NEW LIGHT ON SPION KOP. According to Mr. Bennett-Burleigh, the war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," the retirement by the British from ...
Article : 156 wordsOn the resumption of the debate on Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice's motion of censure upon the Government, Mr. George Wyndbarn gave some details of the force ...
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Family Notices : 1,681 wordsLord Roberts has received a joint communication from President Kruger and President Steyn, protesting against the destruction of farmhouses by the British ...
Article : 83 wordsMr. John Redmond, who has just been elected chairman of the united Irish Nationalist party, moved his amendment declaring that the war is unnecessary and ...
Article : 191 wordsThe grass has been burnt northwards of the Modder River, in the Cape Colony, and of the Tugela Kiver, in Natal, the Boers being of opinion that the khaki ...
Article : 59 wordsActing upon Sir Redvers Buller's recommendation, Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to confer the Victoria Cross upon three officers and one corporal for ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Euryalus arrived safely at Cape Town on February 5 with the second Victorian contingent, and the Warrigal, with the New South Wales A Battery on board, ...
Article : 202 wordsMr. Goschen claimed that for any shortcomings in the conduct of the war the Cabinet would take full collective responsibility, as the war policy was formulated ...
Article : 157 wordsThe necessity of maintaining the strietest discipline amongst the British troops was emphasised during the Spion Kop fighting in a most resolute manner. ...
Article : 70 wordsThe election of a member of the House of Commons for York, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lord Charles Hereford, resulted in the Conservative ...
Article : 71 wordsMr. Chamberlain replied in a speech notable equally for its brilliance and its frankness. He said that the issues between Boer and Briton in South Africa ...
Article : 410 wordsNative deserters from the Boer commandos state that five field cornets were killed at Spion Kop, whilst the total Boer casualties numbered 1,000. Seven of the ...
Article : 62 wordsThe French press has been trying hard to persuade Germany to take advantage of England's difficulties in South Africa and lead a European campaign against her ...
Article : 130 wordsA determined attempt at escape has been made by five of the Boer prisoners of war at Simonstown, the naval station near Cape Town. The prisoners were recently ...
Article : 74 wordsAccording to the "Daily Telegraph," President Kruger had made arrangements to visit Europe if Ladysmith had fallen on January 6, in order to petition the powers ...
Article : 38 wordsSir Edwin H. Egerton, the British Minister at Athens, has, in the name of Her Majesty the Queen, publicly thanked the people of Greece for the friendship and ...
Article : 47 wordsThere are indications that Lord Methuen's Modder River force is to be raised to 60,000 men, by the addition of the Sixth Division, under ...
Article : 67 wordsIt was announced some time ago that a French officer, Colonel Villebois de Mareuil, had greatly contributed to the organisation of the Boer plans for the Natal campaign, ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Maharajah of Jaipur has given a lakh of rupees (£10,000) to the fund for the relief of the familes of the soldiers and sailors killed or wounded in the war in ...
Article : 37 wordsOn the staff of Colonel Villebois de Mareuil, the French officer who is reported to have directed the manoeuvres in Natal, and who is now etated to be at Colesberg, ...
Article : 63 wordsA correspondent of the "Cape Argus" states that President Kruger has sent 90 additional guns to the front from Pretoria, which is now entirely denuded of ...
Article : 32 wordsThe arrival of the first portion of the City of London Volunteers (the 500 who sailed on January 14) vas the occasion of a great manifestation in Cope Town. Lord ...
Article : 95 wordsReports have been received in London to the effect that the Boer supplies of ammunition are running short. There is said to be a serious want of ...
Article : 52 wordsIn reply to an Imperial request. Colonel Hoad has agreed to change his five companies of Australian foot into mounted rifles. ...
Article : 49 wordsTowards the end of January, the first detachment, consisting of 600 men of the Imperial Yeomanry Corps, formed for service in South Africa, railed for Cape Town. ...
Article : 55 words"The Times" correspondent at Ste[?] stroom states that the Boers are distributing pamphlets written in the Basuto language inciting the Basutos to rise in ...
Article : 53 wordsIn anticipation of the war being protracted for months to come, the Imperial Government has been obliged to. enter into further important contracts for stores. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe debate was resumed on February 6 by Mr. Asquith, who exonerated the Government on the charge of having desired war with the Transvaal, ...
Article : 413 wordsA meeting was called at Northampton for February 7 by Mr. Henry Labouchere, the Radical member for that town, at which he intended to speak against the ...
Article : 83 wordsThere are reported to be 7,000 Boers in l[?]ger at Colesberg, and General French is using every endeavour to cut off their retreat towards the Orange River. ...
Article : 74 wordsSo great has been the enthusiasm displayed in Cape Town in the formation of the corps of irregular cavalry called, in honour of Lord Kitchener. Kitchener's ...
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Advertising : 12 wordsCrossing over the Zululand border, the Boers from Vryheid are reported to have raided an important town —Ngutu, where they not only ...
Article : 58 wordsArrangements have been made by the War Office for the embarkation for South Africa this week of 13,000 troops, 3,000 horses, and six guns. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe joint protest of Presidents Kruger and Steyn to Lord Roberts, which insolently describes British troops as "white brigands indulging in general devastation ...
Article : 115 wordsLord Roberts lately, wrote to General Joubert offering to release Colonel H.P.N. Pretorius, who was second in command of the Transvaal artillery, and was taken ...
Article : 38 wordsThere are reported to be 20,000 Boers still in leager between Kimberley and the Modder River. The Dordrecht commando has been ...
Article : 34 wordsThe [?]lling fund startd by the "Daily Telegraph" for the relief of the [?] and [?] of the soldiers engaged in [?] war in South Africa now amounts to ...
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The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Sat 10 Feb 1900, Page 46
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