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  2. THE BOER WAR.

    LONDON, December 18, 4.25 p.m.—The railway has been destroyed two miles north of Modder River Station. A Boer commando from Jacobsdal is moving in ...

    Article : 186 words
  3. CHURCHILL RECAPTURED.

    LONDON, December 18, 4.25 p.m.—Reuter's correspondent states that Lieutenant Winston Churchill, the correspondent for the "Morning Post," who recently made his escape from ...

    Article : 40 words
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  5. BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS

    LONDON, December 18.—The second battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and 1000 of the Yorkshire Regiment (Princess of Wales's Own) arrived at Capetown yesterday. ...

    Article : 39 words
  6. THE QUEENSLAND CONTINGENT.

    LONDON, December 18.—The Queensland contingent, which arrived at Capetown by the steamer Cornwall, suffered from an epidemic of influenza during the voyage. ...

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  7. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT ROBERTS.

    LONDON, December 18.—The deepest sympathy is manifested for Field-Marshal Lord Roberts whose son, Lieutenant the Hon. F. H. S. Roberts, of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, has succumbed to ...

    Article : 56 words
  8. THE N.S.W. PATRIOTIC FUND.

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  9. THE QUEEN REMAINS AT WINDSOR.

    LONDON, December 18.—The Queen has decided to remain at Windsor during the Christmas season, being reluctant to be far from London in the present position of affairs. ...

    Article : 35 words
  10. PATRIOTIC FERVOR CANADA.

    LONDON, December 18, 4.25 p.m.—The correspondent of the "Times" says that "Canada from ocean to ocean is aflre with patriotic fervor." ...

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  11. THE N.S.W. LANCERS AT STELLENBOSCH,

    SINGLETON, Monday.—A Singleton resident has received a letter from one of the Lancers now at the front. They were at the time he wrote at the remount station, called Stellenbosch, where some ...

    Article : 318 words
  12. COMFORTS FOR AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    LONDON, December 18, 4.25 p.m.—Australian residents in Capetown are raising a fund to provide comforts for their countrymen in the field. ...

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  13. BOERS STRENGTHENING STORMBERG.

    LONDON, December 18, 4.23 p.m.—The Boers are reinforcing their troops at Stormberg, and the position is being strongly entrenched. There are 4000 of the enemy at Colesberg. ...

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  14. BRITISH INTERESTS IN THE TRANSYAAL.

    LONDON, December 18, 4.25 p.m.—Mr. W. Davis, one of the United States Assistant Secretaries for the Interior, has gone to the Transvaal to insist upon the right of his ...

    Article : 42 words
  15. GATACRE'S REVERSE.

    LONDON, December 18, 4.25 p.m.—Two persons have been arrested for treason in connection with the reverse to Major-General Sir W. P. Gatacre's force at Stormberg. ...

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  16. BRITISH RECONNAISSANCE.

    LONDON, December 18.—Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen in a reconnaissance on Friday dismantled one big gun and silenced two smaller guns of the Boer artillery. He shelled the ...

    Article : 41 words
  17. FEELING IN IRELAND.

    LONDON, December 18, 4.25 p.m.—A number of proposed pro-Boer meetings in Ireland were proclaimed riotous demonstrations on Sunday. ...

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  18. GENERAL CLERY'S MOVEMENTS.

    LONDON, December 18.—The "Daily Telegraph" says it is supposed that the division under Lieutenant General Sir C. F. Clery is working round Weenen, with the intention of getting between ...

    Article : 52 words
  19. CRONJE WITH 20,000 MEN.

    LONDON, December 18.—It is estimated that General Cronje has now under his command 20,000 men. Many others are massing at Jacobsdal. in the Orange Free State, a few miles ...

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  20. MR. CHAMBERLAIN AT DUBLIN.

    LONDON, December 18, 4.25 p.m.—Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, was invested with the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at Dublin University to-day. ...

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  21. FOR THE WOUNDED.

    A second shipment of bed wraps, or nightingales, for use in the military hospitals during the war, was dispatched by Mrs. P. J. Waller, of Parramatta, on the Nineveh yesterday, to the New South ...

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  22. ROBERTS TO BE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

    LONDON, December 18.—The Defence Committee of the Cabinet, considering that the operations in Natal require the undivided attention of Sir Redvers Buller, has appointed Field-Marshal Lord ...

    Article : 217 words
  23. A FEDERAL CONTINGENT.

    The Cabinet yesterday evening considered the question of sending a second contingent to South Africa, and decided to ask Parliament this afternoon for a grant of £50,000 towards meeting the ...

    Article : 924 words
  24. LORD METHUEN'S REVERSE

    LONDON, December 18, 4.25 p.m.—The "Times" states that the information supplied to Lieutenant General Lord Methuen, which led to the British reverse at Magersfontein, was ...

    Article : 38 words
  25. THE BATTLE OF MAGERSFONTEIN.

    LONDON, December 18, 4.25 p.m.—The Boer losses at the battle of Magersfontein totalled nearly 2000. Over 100 bodies were found in the river with ...

    Article : 48 words
  26. CONSPICUOUS BRITISH GALLANTRY.

    LONDON, December 18.—At the battle of Magersfontein all of the Scandinavian commando, numbering 85 men, under Baron Faderscwolds, were either killed or wounded, with the ...

    Article : 109 words
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  28. GENERALS TO BE REPLACED.

    LONDON, December 18.—The "Times" implies that Lieutenant General Sir Charles Warren, who recently arrived at Capetown, will replace Lieutenant General Lord Methuen in command of the ...

    Article : 64 words
  29. GENERAL FRENCH'S COLUMN.

    LONDON, December 18.—Two thousand Boers occupy a range running parallel with the railway near Arundel. During a night march a force of Australians and ...

    Article : 91 words
  30. TOTAL BRITISH LOSSES.

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