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  2. THE DIAMOND FIELDS. RISE AND PROGESS OF KIMBERLEY.

    The siege of Kimbarley now belongs to the past, but the page on which its history will be wiritten will be most interesting one in the chronicles of South African colomsation. The great sub-continent ...

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  3. THE WAR. THE RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY.

    Lieutonant-General J. D. P. French,. who has relieved Kimberley, reached that town on Thursday, the 15th instant. No mention is made in reports of ...

    Article : 248 words
  4. THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD.

    Lord Roberts is at Jacobsdal, which was occupied after an engagment in which the enemy lost heavily. Many British and Boer wounded were found there. The enemy has been cleared from ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The British reserve fleet is coaling. Feb. l8. The reserve squadrons, together with six battleships and several cruisers, are to ...

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  6. LATE EDITION. HERALD OFFICE, 5.55 a.m. THE WAR.

    The Highland Bridage, under the command of Major-General Hector MacDonald, hsa reinforced Lieuteant General Kelly-Kenny's divisions, which ...

    Article : 56 words
  7. REINFORCEMENTS FOR CRONJE.

    A large force of Boers at Rensburg, with 10 guns, which was proceeding to the western frontier with the view of reinforcing Commandant Cronje, has been ...

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  8. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL FRENOH'S ADVANCE.

    Lieutenant General French's splendid advance from De Keits Drift, on the Reit River, by which he seized Klips Drift, Rondevals Drift, and another crossing ...

    Article : 67 words
  9. BOERS MOVING SOUTHWARD.

    The British have retired to Arundel and the enemy have recoupied the Taaibosch Hills. The 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons charged the Boers, inflicting ...

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  10. CITY OF LONDON VOLUNTEERS COMPLIMENTED.

    Lord Roberts has complimented the regiment of City of London Volunteers upon tho gallantry it displayed in the fighting at Jacobsdal. ...

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  11. NAAUWPOORT THAREATENED.

    Lietutenant-General R. A. P. Clements, who hwas operating in the vicinity of Colesberg, hsa retired in order to protect the British base at Naauwpoort, which is ...

    Article : 35 words
  12. FIERCE FIGHTING AT RENSBURG.

    The fighting at Reusburg on Monday last was fiere and determined. Four thousand Boers attacked a hill defended by troops of the Worcester Regiment, ...

    Article : 70 words
  13. PROMOTIONS GAZETTED.

    Lieutenant-General French, who relieved Kimberley, has been promotes to the rank of Major-General, and Lieutenant-Colonel Kekwich, the commander ...

    Article : 48 words
  14. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.

    Tho Hon. Ivor C. Guest has been returned unopposed for Plymouth in the House of Commons in place of Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C. who resigned his seat in ...

    Article : 125 words
  15. LORD ROBERTS AT JACOBSDAL.

    Field-Marshal Lord Roberts's column is at Jacobsdal, about 30 miles south-east of Kimberley. Lord Roberta's entire force consists of ...

    Article : 36 words
  16. THE FIGHTING NEAR RENSBURG.

    In the fighting which took place on Monday last near Rensubrug the Boer casualties were, heavy. The Australians were greatly outnumbered; but, ...

    Article : 339 words
  17. COLONEL PULUMER'S MOVEMENTS.

    Colonel Plumer, who is advancing to the relief of mafeking, reports a lively artillery duel with 600 Boers at Crocodile Pool, on the north-western border of the ...

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  18. A DIFFICULT MOVEMENT.

    The army under the command of FieldMarshal Lord Roberts responded magnificently to his plans. The movement involved heavy ...

    Article : 118 words
  19. BEILLIANT BAYONET CHARGE BY THE COLONIALS.

    The colonial troops made a brilliant bayonet charge on Friday night at Dordrecht, which was lately occupied by the enemy. The Boers fled. ...

    Article : 33 words
  20. THE SITUATION IN NATAL.

    Tho Beers on Sunday last, approaching Potgieter's Drift, constructed trenches and other defences on that side of the Tugela. The bombardment of Ladysmith has ...

    Article : 38 words
  21. 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 : 258 words
  22. OPERATIONS IN THE FRENCH SOUDAN.

    Tho French force operating in the French Soudan has captured the fortress of Rabah, the Arab Sultan in the Kuma Mountains, defeating a force of 12,000 ...

    Article : 92 words
  23. THE GUARDS ENCAMPED AT MAGERSEONTEIN.

    The British Guards are encamped on the position at Magorsfontein recently oceupied by Commandant Cronje. ...

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  24. ESCAPE FROM LADYSMITH.

    Mr. Hutton, the correspondent of Reuter at Ladysmith, has escaped from the beleaguered town and has arrived at Chieveley. ...

    Article : 48 words
  25. NEW YORK POISONING CASE.

    Roland Molineux, son of General Molineux, of the United States Army, who was recently sentenced to death in New York for poisoning Mrs. K. G. ...

    Article : 51 words
  26. RUSSIA AND AFGHANISTAN.

    The "Times" confirms the report that there aro 20,000 Russian troops in the vicinity of Kushk, 80 miles from Herat. ...

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  27. SIR REDVERS BULLER'S ARTILLERY FIRE.

    Sir Redvers Buller's fire on Dorn Kloof, where a balloon reconnaissance disclosed the presence of 12 cunningly-masked guns, has disabled two bit guns of the ...

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  28. BRITISH WOUNDED AT JACOBSDAL.

    Lord Roberts is much gratified with the admirable hospital arrangements made at Jacobsdal by the German ambulance and by Drs. Kaltner and ...

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  29. REV. HUGH PRICE HUGHES VISITS AUSTRALASIA.

    The Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, M.A. (ex-President of the English Wesleyan Conferene and superintendent of the West London Mission) is to visit ...

    Article : 43 words
  30. INCREASE OP GERMAN ARMAMENTS.

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

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  31. VICTORIA. DEATH UNDER CHLOROFORM.

    A death under chloroform is reported from Ballarat. A domostie servant named Catherine Moore, aged 24, paid a visit on Saturday to a deneal surgery to have some teeth ...

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  32. THREATENED COAL FAMINE IN ENGLAND.

    In the House of Commons last night Mr. W. G. Ellison-Macartney, Parliamentary Secretary to the, Admiralty, stated that, owing to the high prices of English ...

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  33. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL EAGAR.

    Lieutenant- Colonel H. A. Eagar, of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifiles, Succumbed to his wounds at the Boer hospital at Burgnersdrop. The enemy transferred ...

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  34. GENERAL BULLER'S COLUMN.

    A Reuter's telegram states that the Boers claim to have killed 13 Lancers, wounded fire, and captures nine in an engaement with a porition of General ...

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  35. ENEMY SOUTH OF KIMBERLEY DISPERSED.

    Lieutenant-Genoral French has telegraphed to the War Office that he has completely dispersed the enemy to the south of Kimberley, and captured the ...

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  36. THE RELIEVING COLUMN FRANTICALLY WELCOMED.

    Lieutenant-General French's column was frantically welcomed by the garrison and the townspeople on reaching Kimberley. The news of the relief of Kimberley ...

    Article : 149 words
  37. SIR WILLIAM MAC CORMAC.

    Lord Roberts has summoned Sir Willliam MacCormac, the eminent surgeon, at present in Natal with General Buller's column, to proceed to the western frontier. ...

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  38. 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 ...

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  39. CARDINAL MORAN IN MELBOURNE.

    Great interest was taken to-day by members of the Roman Catholic Church in the dedication and opening ot the newly-ereoted church at St. Mary's, the Star of tha Sea, at West ...

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  40. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL OLERY'S BRIGADE.

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

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  41. PROFESSOR ANDREE'S FATE.

    The Bishop of Moosonee, Canada, states that the Eskimos report that two men descended in a balloon and were murdered by the natives. The bishop ...

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  42. MAGERSFONTEIN ABANDONED.

    Lord Roberts has telegraphed to the War Office that he has good reason to believe that Magersfontein, where the Boers under Commandant Cronje were ...

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  43. GIFT OF A NEW ZEALAND LADY.

    Miss Johnston, of Wellington, New Zealand, has given to Mr. W. P. Reeves, the Agent-Geueral of the colony, 15 field glasses, to be forwarded to members of ...

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  44. MOUNTING A 6-IN. WIRE GUN.

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

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  45. THE AUSTRAL CHARTERED.

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

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  46. NEW ZEALAND MIDLAND RAILWAY CASE.

    Tho Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has dismissed with costs the appeal by the New Zealand Midland Railway Company against tlie award in favour of ...

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  47. CRONJE'S FORCE IN LAAGER.

    Lieutenant-General Kelly-Kenny on the 16th captured 78 waggons laden with stores, Mauser rifles, and shells. Owing to his oxen being fatigued ...

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  48. BRITISH COLUMN IN ZULULAND.

    A flying column has been despatched to Zululand for the protection of Eshowe. The British column commanded by Colonel Addison, which entered Northern ...

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  49. A POLICE OFFICER DROWNED

    Constable Timothy Scannell, aged 44, was drowned while bathing at the South Melbourne Baths this morning. He went off duty at 5 o'clock, and before leaving the barracks ...

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  50. 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 tranis, a sen[?]chlight ...

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  51. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL FRENCH SCOURING THE COUNTRY.

    I [?]-Gernal French is scouring the country to the [?] of Kimberley. ...

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  52. THE NEXT ENGLISH ELEVEN.

    Owing to the war in South Africa, the tour of the English Eleven which was to have been selected by. the M.C.C. for Australia next season has been ...

    Article : 39 words
  53. FEDERAL DELEGATION.

    A meeting was held on Friday protest against the appointent of Mr. Parker as delegate to London ia connection with the Commonwealth Bill, The following resolutions were carried:—1. "This ...

    Article : 139 words
  54. ORDNANCE MAPS FOR THE BOERS.

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

    Article : 36 words
  55. [?] ENEMY.

    [?] of [?] General KellyKenny's [?] infantry is pursuing a very large Boer convey in the direction of Bolemfontein. ...

    Article : 39 words
  56. CAMPAIGN IN NORTHERN CAPE COLONY.

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

    Article : 148 words
  57. NEW ZEALAND.

    Two men were playing dice in hotel at Greymonth and quarrelled. They weal outside and fought. One. named P. Carew, 30 yoars of age, a native of Ireland, was snbsequently picked up ...

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  58. POLICE TRAINED AS RIFILE SHOTS.

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

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  59. HOT FIGHT AT THE RIET RIVER.

    A Boer convoy of 200 waggons has been captured at the Riet River after a hot fight. The British casualties numbered 30. ...

    Article : 35 words
  60. TO-DAY.

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  61. OREUZOT REPRESENTATIVE WOUNDED.

    M. Leon, the French. representative of MM. Schneider and Sons (Creuzot gun works) in the Boer forces, was seriously wounded, while watching the ...

    Article : 34 words
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  63. MOBILITY OF COLONIAL TROOPS.

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

    Article : 60 words
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  65. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL FRENCH'S REAR PROTECTED.

    Prior to Lieuteuant-General French's arrival at Kimberley, the Beors evacuated Alexander's Fontein. Lieutnant-Colonel Kekewich, the ...

    Article : 46 words
  66. THE BOERS OUTFLANKED.

    The Boers held jacobsdal until Lieuteant-General kelly-Kenny outflanked ...

    Article : 39 words
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