LONDON, January 7.— Lieutenant-General French yesterday in force assaulted the Boers round Colesberg. he discovered two of the enemy's guns placed five miles to the north of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 633 wordsAt a large and representative meeting of the metropolitan police held at the Central Police Barracks on Friday, it was unanimously resolved that the members of the metropolitan, and country ...
Article : 223 wordsPERTH (W.A.), Monday.—Files brought by the steamer Stassfurt from South Africa to December 19 contain accounts of General Buller's repulse at Tugela. It appears that the British fought ...
Article : 292 wordsLONDON, January 7, 3.30 p.m.—It is reported from Mafeking that Lord Edward Cecil (son of the Marquis of Salisbury) is not wounded, but is suffering from fever. ...
Article : 32 wordsLONDON, January 7.—the German East African line steamer herzog, from Hamburg for Delagoa Bay, has been seized and taken to Durban. ...
Article : 29 wordsLONDON, January 7, 3.30 p.m.—It is understood that the cargo of the German steamer Bundesrath, which was recently seized by H.M.S. Magicienne, at Delagoa Bay, included 7000 saddles, ...
Article : 45 wordsBROKEN HILL Saturday.—The fund started by the Caledonia Society in aid of the widows and orphans of the killed in the Highland Brigade is growing apace. In addition to £50 voted by the ...
Article : 75 wordsThere were about 300 horses on view at the Agricultural Ground on Saturday for the purpose of enabling Major Thompson, who is purchasing for the British army, to make a selection. The latest ...
Article : 90 wordsLONDON, January 7, 3.30 p.m.—The British prisoners at Pretoria are guarded by 300 foreigners, all the burghers being at the front. ...
Article : 26 wordsApplications for places in the Bushmen's Contingent continue to be numerous. The following additional subscriptions have also been received: H. S. Chipman, £450; Medico, North Sydney, £5; ...
Article : 202 wordsLONDON, January 7, 3.30 p.m.—During the voyage of the Dunottar Castle with Lord Roberts on board to Capetown, a sentry reported a man was acting in a suspicious manner near his ...
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Advertising : 1,531 wordsLONDON, January 7,3.30 p.m.—The Montgomeryshire Yeomanry discovered two Boer spies in their ranks. They were almost lynched. One man had his jaw and the other his nose broken. ...
Article : 108 wordsLetters have been received in Sydney by the steadier Moravian, which give some interesting information as to the movements of the men of the New South Wales contingent, which sailed in ...
Article : 384 wordsLONDON, January 7, 3.31 p.m.—The Boers have re-occupied Dordrecht. ...
Article : 15 wordsLONDON, January 7.—Lieutenant-General Sir G. S. White, in command of the Ladysmith garrison, reports that the Boers in considerable force early yesterday morning attacked the ...
Article : 51 wordsLONDON, January 7, 3.30 p.m.—The hospital ship maine takes with her a large ozone apparatus, by the use of which bacilli in wounds will be killed. ...
Article : 34 wordsLONDON, January 7, 3.30 p.m.—The War Relief Fund has reached £500,000. The shilling subscription organised by the "Daily Telegraph" totals £100,000. ...
Article : 48 wordsLONDON, January 6.—General Bulier is effectively scouting, and shelling the enemy's positions. He has now eighty-three guns. LONDON, January 7.—General Buller made a ...
Article : 51 wordsMajor Charles Bateson Harvey, who is reported to have been killed during the fighting on Thursday near Colesberg, was the second son of the late Sir Robert Bateson Harvey, Bart., and ...
Article : 412 wordsANOTHER SORTIE. THE ENEMY FOREWARNED. A GALLANT BUT USELESS EFFORT. LONDON, January 6.—Colonel Baden-Powell reports having made a sortie from mafeking with the armored train on December 26 (not December 24, as previously reported), with a view to ...
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Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Mon 8 Jan 1900, Page 5
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