Since writing my last letter I have made a tour round to find out where our various contingents are. You would hardly believe how impossible it is to find out anything about troops' ...
Article : 7,314 wordsThe War Office has received a report from General Sir Redvers Buller stating that Spion Kop was found to be too large to hold. ...
Article : 409 wordsCaptain Howland, who is in charge of the first contingent from South Australia, says in a letter to a relative that the appointment of officers to the Australian Regiment has caused much dissatisfaction all ...
Article : 199 wordsThe Boers report they surrounded a squadron of Bethune's Horso. The British casualties numbered 20, and 15 were captured. ...
Article : 25 wordsThree hundred and fifty picked mounted troops have left Burmah for Durban. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe War Office is silent as to the general casualties of the British forces in the storming, the holding, and the abandonment of Spion Kop. ...
Article : 35 wordsGeneral Ricciotti Garibaldi, of Italy, has offered to enrol several thousand volunteers to Great Britain for service in South Africa. ...
Article : 27 wordsIn commenting on the abandonment of Spion Kop the British press is very cool. The newspapers insist on the necessity of redoubling the efforts that have been ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Boers are manufacturing 12,000 cartridges and 200 shells daily. ...
Article : 19 wordsDrives north and south have been extended on the lode at the 500ft. and 600ft. levels of the South Kalgurli, 26ft. in each direction. The average value of the ore being broken from the faces is about ...
Article : 193 wordsDr. Leyds, the Transvaal Plenipotentiary, to the European Powers, attended the dinner given by Prince Hohenlohe, Chancellor of the German Empire, on the ...
Article : 40 wordsAlthough it might be said the Prince of Wales is not quite a yeoman in the strict sense of the dictionary word, it must be remarked that the first gentleman of England has given a hearty send off to the ...
Article : 330 wordsLord Tweedmouth, a prominent member of the Liberal Party, speaking at Edinburgh, said that all Liberals were agreed that the war in South Africa must ...
Article : 43 wordsIt is feared that the coming abdication of Tsai-t'ien, the Emperor of China, which a recent cable stated would take place at the beginning of the Chinese ...
Article : 70 wordsThe " Times," in its leading article this morning, states that there is a strong probability that Ladysmith must fall. Strategically such an ovent, ...
Article : 139 wordsIt is reported that 16 prisoners from the Australian Horse and New South Wales Lancers have arrived at Pretoria. ...
Article : 26 wordsWhat we publish to-day does not indicate any encouraging developments Regarding the relief of Ladysmith. Sir Charles Warren's force is again south of the Tugela. No doubt the order to ...
Article : 1,304 wordsGeneral Mercier, who took such a prominent part in the prosecution of Captain Dreyfus, has been elected a member of the Franch Senate. ...
Article : 32 wordsA few days ago a paragraph appeared in the " Herald " embodying a statement which had been made to the effect that a parson, supposed by some to be a Baer, was in the third contingent at ...
Article : 204 words" Le Siecle," a Parisian daily paper, has published the test of a document signed by 100,000 Frenchmen in 1871, thanking England for food and ambulance ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Transvaal vorsion of the British attack on Spion Kop and of its abandonment has been published. The account declares that four commands covered by ...
Article : 129 wordsThe remains of the Duke of Teck, who died at White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, on January 22, have been interred at Windsor. ...
Article : 34 wordsOn inquiry at the Lancer head quarters yesterday afternoon as to whether Colonel Burns's offer of 50 fully- equipped Laucers had yet been accepted by the Government, our Parramatta representative was ...
Article : 113 wordsThe captain of the ship Canada has cabled to the owners for instructions in reference to the outbreak of fire in the cargo of coal. At n meeting of the City Council to-day a ...
Article : 117 wordsBishop Green (of the diocese of Grafton and Anmidale) preached an eloquent sermon last evening at St. Albau's Church of England. Referring to eveuts m South Africa, he said it was impossible as ...
Article : 245 wordsFurther details have been roceived of the manner in which Spion Kop was taken by the forces under Major-Goneral Woodgate. ...
Article : 230 wordsIntense hent provails in Natal, the thermometer standing at 112 in the shade. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 56 wordsAccording to a Boer report a fragment of a shell during a recent bombardment of Ladysmith wounded Dr. Jameson in the log. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Premier oabled last week to the Secretary of State for the Colonies inquiring if it was true as reported, that be had recommended that the Cape to Australia cable routo should be accepted ...
Article : 140 wordsA public meeting was held at the School of Arts on Saturday night to express sympathy with Great Britain in the Boer war, and to protest against disloyalty. Mr. W. R. Baker presided. A number of ...
Article : 375 wordsThe British forces have occupiod Thebits, an important position near Steynburg. The occupation of the position ...
Article : 42 wordsOn Sunday afternoon a service of thanksgiving was held in the Leichhardt Town Hall for the benefits conferred upon the working classes by the Early Closing Act. The Mayor of Leichhardt (Alderman ...
Article : 220 wordsIt is reported that Lieutenant-General Sir W. F. Gatacre holds all the passes in the district of Sterkstroom. ...
Article : 25 wordsSir Alfred Milner, High Commissioner for South Africa, has issued a proclamation denying the validity of the forfeiture of property in the Transvaal and Orange ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Postmaster-General (Mr. W. P. Crick) has been advised as follows:—" Cable communication between Mezambique and Lorence Marques has been restored. The Easteru Telegraph Company notifies ...
Article : 50 wordsA report states that it is ancertain whether Lieutenant-General Sir Chas. Warren really garrisoned Spion Kop after his surprise of it. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe first batch of Imperial Yeomanry has sailed for South African. Prior to their departure they were inspected by the Prince of Wales. ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Chief has been Struck out of the Nowmarket Handicap and Australian Cup, having failed to stand the preparation. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 30 Jan 1900, Page 5
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