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  2. FROM THE BOER SIDE.

    "Our friend the enemy!" For six weeks the New South Wales Lancers (with whom the present scribe is associated as war correspondent) had been in daily touch with the Boers. Six weeks of ...

    Article : 2,181 words
  3. THE WAR. KIMBERLEY RELIEVED.

    Intelligence has been received from Modder River giving particulars of important movements by the column under Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, which is ...

    Article : 427 words
  4. LATE EDITION. HERALD OFFICE, 8.15 a.m. THE WAR.

    Lieutenant-General J.D.P. French, who has relieved Kimberley, reached that town on Thursday. Lord Roberts's column is at Jacobsdal, ...

    Article : 832 words
  5. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL CLERY'S BRIGADE.

    Major-General the Hon. N. G. Lyttelton has succeeded to the command of Lieutenant-General Sir C. F. Clery's brigade with General Buller's column, in ...

    Article : 40 words
  6. ARMY INCREASE SCHEME. IMPASSIONED SPEECH BY LORD ROSEBERY.

    In the House of Lords last night the Earl of Rosebery, in the course of an impassioned speech, complained that the country was being denuded of troops. ...

    Article : 255 words
  7. BRITISH COLUMN IN ZULULAND.

    The British column commanded by Colonel Addison, which entered Northern Zululand in order to harass the enemy's communications above Ladysmith, reached ...

    Article : 51 words
  8. THE AUSTRAL CHARTERED.

    The British Government has chartered the Orient liner Austral as a transport for the conveyance of troops to South Africa. ...

    Article : 26 words
  9. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    Major Crompton's Volunteer Electrical Engineers have been incorporated with the army, and will take to the front two traction engine trains, a searchlight ...

    Article : 41 words
  10. BOMBARDMENT OF LADYSMITH.

    The Boers on Sunday, approaching Potgieter's Drift, constructed trenches and other defences on that side. The bombardment of Ladysmith has become ...

    Article : 30 words
  11. COLONEL PLUMER'S MOVEMENTS.

    Colonel Plumer reports a lively artillery duel with 600 Boers at Crocodile Pool, on the north-west border of the Transvaal. ...

    Article : 27 words
  12. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    In the House of Commons last night Mr. George Wyndham, Under-Secretary for War, stated that the expenditure incurred in the training of the volunteers ...

    Article : 167 words
  13. PROTECTION OF ZULULAND.

    A flying column has been despatched to Zululand for the protection of Eshowe. ...

    Article : 19 words
  14. LORD KITCHENER'S MOVEMENTS.

    Major-General Lord Kitchener's movements are unknown. ...

    Article : 13 words
  15. MOUNTING A 6-IN. WIRE GUN.

    Captain Scott of H.M.S. Terrible has mounted a 6in, wire gun for General Buller. ...

    Article : 20 words
  16. THE SITUATION.

    The long-expected British movement into the Orange Free State has commenced auspiciously. From the headquarters at Modder River Lord Roberts has sent two army corps divisions, with ...

    Article : 1,115 words
  17. DEPARTURE OF THE LANCERS.

    The fourth contingent of Lancers for service in South Africa left Sydney' this afternoon by the steamer Austral[?]sian, of the Aberdeen line, and was accorded an enthusiastic send-off by relatives, ...

    Article : 844 words
  18. ORDNANCE MAPS FOR THE BOERS.

    It has been ascertained that General Joubert, commander of the Boer forces, ordered the printing at Zurich a year ago of 5000 ordnance maps of South Africa. ...

    Article : 35 words
  19. POLICE TRAINED AS RIFLE SHOTS.

    The members of the police force at Sheffield, England, are being trained in the use of the rifle. ...

    Article : 26 words
  20. STRENGTH OF LORD ROBERTS'S COMMAND.

    Lord Roberts's entire force consists of 50,000 men, including Lieutenant-General French's mounted corps of 6000. ...

    Article : 24 words
  21. THE EARLY CLOSING ACT.

    Last evening a meeting of shopkeepers in the eastern suburbs prejudicially affected by the passing of the Act was held. Mr. A. Fernandez was voted to the chair. Several members of the central league ...

    Article : 224 words
  22. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL FRENCH'S ADVANCE.

    No mention is made in reports of opposition to Lieutenant-General French's advance. It is unknown whether the Boer retreat ...

    Article : 45 words
  23. COLONIAL COAL FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    The steamer Aldershot will arrive here from Plymouth in about a month. Messrs. G. S. Y[?]ill and Co. have been advised that the British Government will require for her 4000 or 5000 tons of coal. ...

    Article : 83 words
  24. RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY.

    News has just reached London to the effect that Kimberley has been relieved. ...

    Article : 21 words
  25. INVASION OF THE FREE STATE.

    Major-General Hannay's brigade of Mounted Infantry marched from the Orange River to Ramdam, 12 miles over the Free State border. A slight ...

    Article : 74 words
  26. THE DISASTER TO COLONEL LONG'S FIELD BATTERIES.

    The Attorney General, Mr. B. R. Wise, has received an interesting letter from Captain A. Fitzpatrick, who was appointed by the War Office as a Special Service Officer, and who, on reporting ...

    Article : 764 words
  27. BOERS MOVING SOUTHWARD.

    The British have retired to Arundel and the enemy have reoccupied the Taaibosch Hills. The Inniskilling Dragoons charged the B[?]ers, inflicting great loss ...

    Article : 43 words
  28. THE FIGHTING AT RENSBURG.

    The War Office reports the following casualties among the colonial troops in the fighting near Rensburg on the 10th and 12th instants:— ...

    Article : 141 words
  29. MEETINGS.

    At the monthly meeting of the Sydney Institute of Public Accountants' Literary Society held on Wednesday night, Mr. F. A. A. Russell, M.A., harrister-at-law, delivered a very interesting lecture ...

    Article : 335 words
  30. WOMEN'S LAAGER AT MAFEKING.

    The Boers continue to shell the women's laager at Mafeking. The Boer women are applauding this conduct. ...

    Article : 64 words
  31. MOBILITY OF COLONIAL TROOPS.

    Sir A. Cockburn (Agent-General of South Australia), sneaking at King's College extension dinner, described the Australian mounted troops as of great ...

    Article : 60 words
  32. THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTHERN CAPE COLONY.

    The First Dragoon Guards, in an engagement with the enemy at Rustenberg, had seven men captured and six wounded. ...

    Article : 32 words
  33. INCREASE OF GERMAN ARMAMENTS.

    Thirty-eight batteries, equipped with machine guns, are to be added to the German army. ...

    Article : 23 words
  34. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL C. CONNINGHAM KILLED.

    Lieutenant-Colonel C. Conningham, second in command of the Worcestershire Regiment, was killed in the recent fighting near Rensburg. ...

    Article : 29 words
  35. RUSSIA AND AFGHANISTAN.

    The "Times" confirms the report that there are 20,000 Russian troops in the vicinity of Kus[?]k, 80 miles from Herat. ...

    Article : 31 words
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  37. Y.M.C.A. TENT.

    Notwithstanding the strong wind on Thursday night, the Y.M.C.A. tent was filled with men of the contingent. Addresses were delivered by the Rey. W. Hough, of Randwick, who took ...

    Article : 79 words
  38. RECONNAISSANCE NEAR CHIEVELEY.

    The forces under Major-General the Earl of Dundonald whilst engaged in a reconnaissance to the east of Chieveley had six men wounded, including Lieu ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 119 words
  39. SIR WILLIAM MACCORMAC.

    Lord Roberts has summoned Sir William MacCormae, at present in Natal with General Buller's column, to proceed to the western frontier. ...

    Article : 28 words
  40. PROFESSOR ANDREE'S FATE.

    The Bishop of Moos[?]nee, Canada, states that the Eskimos report that two men descended in a balloon and were murdered by the natives. The bishop ...

    Article : 49 words
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