LONDON, December 28, 4.10 p.m.—The enemy heavily bombarded Mafeking on the 21st instant. The garrison briskly replied. ...
Article : 60 wordsDr. Gerald S. Samuelson, who will accompany the Army Medical Corps half field hospital to the scene of war, was born in London in 1865. He received his primary education at the King's ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 210 wordsLONDON, December 28.—The Cape Mounted Police at Belmont have capture 1000 of the enemy's cattle and 2000 sheep. ...
Article : 24 wordsLONDON, December 28, 4.10 p.m.—In view of the disloyalty of the Dutch in Cape Colony, the loyalists advocate the proclamation of martial law. The "Times" hints that stringent measures will ...
Article : 52 wordsSir,—The military authorities might extend the time for recruiting from the bush men for good riders and shorts. As the district is wide, those wishing to volunteer will not have time to get to town to give in names. ...
Article : 245 wordsLONDON, December 28, 4.10 p.m.—The Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maharajah of Gwalior have offered to the British Government troops, money, and their own swords for service in South Africa. ...
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Advertising : 1,505 wordsLONDON, December 28.—The offer from India of two batteries of artillery for service in South Africa has been accepted by the Imperial Government. ...
Article : 28 wordsLONDON, December 28.—Rough riders to be employed as scouts are being enrolled in increasing numbers in Cape Colony and Natal. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 89 wordsLONDON, December 28.—The Boers have constructed bo[?]-proof ways leading from the kopjes north of Colenso to the Ladysmith-road. Parties of Boers have been seen on both sides ...
Article : 44 wordsLONDON, December 28, 4.10 p.m.—The soldiers were in the front with Christmas festivities and sports at Ladysmith, and treated 200 children to a Christmas tree. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 90 wordsLONDON, December 28.—Captains Kirkwood and Grenfell, of the Natal Light Horse, have been captured by the enemy while scouting near Cheveley. ...
Article : 25 wordsLONDON, December 28.—Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren has arrived at Cheveley. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe matter of organising a bush contingent of rough riders and sharp-shooters for service in South Africa is being pushed ahead. Messrs. John See (Colonial Secretary), G. E. Fairfax, and J. R. ...
Article : 108 wordsLONDON, December 28.—Sir William Armstrong, Whitworth and Company, Limited, are hastily transforming at their Elswick works, Newcastle-on-Tyne, a battery of twelve-pounders into ...
Article : 30 wordsThis smart and popular young officer, who has just been appointed as senior subaltern to "A" Battery, is a son of the late Charles Taylor, M.D., and grandson of Commander Frederick Taylor. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 105 wordsLONDON, December 28.—The Lund line steamer Woolloomooloo has been chartered by the Government for the conveyance of stores for the troops in South Africa. ...
Article : 31 wordsLONDON, December 28, 4.10 p.m.—Mr. E. Burney Young, of the South Australian Government Bonded Depot, presented twenty cases of brandy to the hospital ship Maine. ...
Article : 31 wordsLONDON, December 28, 4.10 p.m.—Mr. Henning, of Adelaide, has handed Dr. Cockburn, the South Australian Agent-General, 100 guineas for the Australian Patriotic Fund. ...
Article : 28 wordsLONDON, December 28, 4.10 p.m.—The Right Hon. Harry Escombe, late Premier of Natal, died suddenly in the street at Durban yesterday. ...
Article : 30 wordsLONDON, December 28.—General Gourko, the Russian commander who was reported to have left for South Africa, accompanied by two Dutch officers, will represent Russia in South Africa. ...
Article : 37 wordsYesterday afternoon the men of the Army Medical Corps, under Captain Eames and Lieutenant Samuelson, were engaged in pitching the tents for the half field-hospital on the Artillery Cricket ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 352 wordsLONDON, December 28.—General Cronje, in command of the Boer forces at Magersfontein, has been further reinforced, and is throwing up entrenchments within three and a half miles of the ...
Article : 57 wordsLONDON, December 28.—The artillery at Ladysmith on Tuesday shelled Isimbulwana Hill, about five miles east of the town, where the Boers were entrenched. ...
Article : 34 wordsLONDON, December 28.—The enemy's forces on the Tugela have thrown a rough bridge across the river near Pieters, north of Colenso. A commando crossed the bridge, and fortified ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, December 28.—The siege of Kuruman, British Bechuanaland, has been raised, and the Boers have withdrawn from the neghborhood. ...
Article : 26 wordsSir,—Seeing the severe reverses that our troops are meeting with through (in my opinion) want of proper scouting, I should like to ask through the medium of your valued paper and other Sydney papers. Where in ...
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Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Fri 29 Dec 1899, Page 5
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