The Cameronians and the King's Royal Rifle Corps, who scaled the steepest side of Spion Kop, sustained 154 casualties. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles James Blomfield, ...
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Advertising : 1,801 wordsLONDON, January 30.—President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, is visiting President Kruger at Pretoria. ...
Article : 20 wordsLONDON, January 30, 3.45 p.m.—Lieutenant-Colonel Byron, of the Queensland artillery, has been attached to Lord Roberts's staff as an extra ...
Article : 27 wordsLONDON, January 30, 3.45 p.m.—Dr. Leyds, the Transvaal Agent in Europe, states that the initial conditions of peace which the Boers demand include the concession of territory and seaports to ...
Article : 43 words"Larger every day" grows the encampment at Randwick. There are now sufficient men training there to form not only the Bushmen's Contingment, but also that "third contingent" which has ...
Article : 858 wordsLONDON, January 30, 3.45 p.m.—Including the Eighth Division of the Army Corps, which is mobilising, there are now 40,000 additional British troops afloat or under orders for South Africa. ...
Article : 38 wordsLOND0N, January 30.—The offer of General Riciotti Garibaldi to enrol several thousand volunteers for service with the British in South Africa has been declined by the Government. ...
Article : 34 wordsLONDON, January 30, 3.45 p.m.—Pathetic messages have been received from Ladysmith by heliogram.The messages state that the soldiers and ...
Article : 47 wordsLONDON, January 30.—The Australian Bushmen's Fund, organised in London, amounts to £5000.Mr. R. Oliver, formerly Minister of Public ...
Article : 38 wordsLONDON, January 30.—The opinion is growing that the most feasible strategic movement for the British forces in South Africa would be to advance in force from De Aar and Naaupoort, ...
Article : 78 wordsLONDON, January 30, 3.45 p.m.—Reuter's correspondent states that Major-General Lord Dundonald with his mounted brigade re-crossed the Tugela River on Saturday, and that ...
Article : 40 wordsLONDON, January 30, 3.45 p.m.—The Pretorian officials informed the Consul of the Transvaal Government at Delagoa Bay that 2000 British were captured at Spion Kop, and that the Portuguese ...
Article : 41 wordsLONDON, January 30.—Further details of the fighting at Spion Kop on Wednesday state that there was desperate fighting throughout the whole day, much of the conflict being waged in a thick mist. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 308 wordsLONDON, January 30.—Major-General Clements made a demonstration in the vicinity of [?]tein, about 12 miles south-east of De Aar, and drew the fire of the Boers. ...
Article : 71 wordsLONDON, January 30.—Military critics on the Continent speak in scornful terms of the British strategy. They declare that the Boer positions around Ladysmith are impregnable, and that the ...
Article : 42 wordsWith regard to Private Ratcliffe, of the Victorian Contingent, by the steamer Euryalus, who was put ashore at Albany (W.A.) for insubordination, a letter was received at Melbourne on Saturday ...
Article : 122 wordsThe Postmaster-General has been advised by the general manager of the Eastern Extension Cable Company, Melbourne, as follows:—"The cable steamer Anglia left the Thames on ...
Article : 48 wordsLONDON, January 30.—Parliament opens to—day. The forecast of the Queen's Speech notes the unusual absence of seriously contentious legislation, or of extensive domestic reforms. The foreign ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,014 wordsA letter from Corporal Kilpatrick (since dead) of the New South Wales Lancers, has been received by an old friend of his, Mr. Albert Obermann, of. Parramatta, under date Arundel, ...
Article : 1,029 wordsLONDON, January 30.—Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, M.P. for Crickade division of Wiltshire, will, on behalf of the Opposition, move a vote of censure upon the Government for its want of knowledge, ...
Article : 87 wordsLONDON, January 30.—The stores in the British depot at De Aar are valued at £1,000,000. ...
Article : 24 wordsLONDON, January 30, 3.45 p.m.—A rupture of friendly relations between Italy and Turkey is probable, owing to the refusal of the Turkish Government to surrender Sylvia G[?]meli, an Italian ...
Article : 60 wordsLONDON, January 30, 3.45 p.m.—A Johannesburg refugee who has reached Durban reports that an explosion took place at a large shell factory at Johannesburg on January 20, causing great ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 69 wordsLONDON, January 30, 3.45 p.m.—A number of members of ambulance corps who recently arrived at Pretoria via Delagoa Bay have discarded their Red Cross badges, and have been supplied ...
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Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Wed 31 Jan 1900, Page 5
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