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Detailed lists, results, guides : 157 wordsThe country around Kimberley is reported to be clear of the enemy. ...
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Article : 43 wordsLord Roberts has issued a proclamation stating that President Steyn, and not the burghers of the Orange Free State, will be held responsible for the invasion, and ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Irish Fusiliers, with loud cheers and with bayonets fixed and flashing, charged and won Green Hill. Sir Redvers Buller's cavalry guard the ...
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Article : 457 wordsThe British Government has, owing to their disloyalty, omitted the names of the Lord Mayor of Dublin and other Irish Mayors from the list of Assize Court ...
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Article : 239 wordsDr. Leyds, the Transvaal Plenipotentiary to the European Powers, explains that the Free State burghers, who were in Natal, have gone to help General Cronje in the ...
Article : 67 wordsA troop of Inniskilling Dragoons and a detachment of Victorians defended the kopjes west of Bastard's Nek, near Rensburg, until the enemy attacked them with ...
Article : 230 wordsThe Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has dismissed the appeal in the case of Forman v. Liddesdale from the decision of the Chief Justice of Victoria, ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Maplemore, the second of the huge transports chartored by the British Government to convey the Bush Contingent to South Africa, arrived yesterday from Duchan, and steamed to Cockatoo ...
Article : 1,194 wordsThe Bushmen's Fund now amounts to £11,500, and the committee has decided to remit £10,000 to Sydney for distribution amongst the various colonies in ...
Article : 42 wordsGeneral Buller is operating in Natal with great vigour. It will be remembered that for a considerable time the Boers were south of the Tugela, on the west side of Colenso. Several ...
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Article : 106 wordsThe personalty of the late Sir Henry Tate has been sworn at £1,250,000. ...
Article : 21 wordsYesterday afternoon his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor [?]t a few enthusiasts in the way of volunteers to give officially a name to the sheep-dog that is to go to South Africa with the Bushmen. ...
Article : 110 wordsHer Majesty the Queen has contributed £1000 to the Indian Famine Relief Fund. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 107 wordsThe opinion of the Crown Law officers regarding the action of Messrs. Copley and Guthrie in hauling down the flag in Government House Domain has been forwarded to the Governor, and ...
Article : 121 wordsThe British casualties in the relief of Kimberley numbered 50. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe Premier yesterday received a telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies in reply to a message he forwarded to London a few days ago. Mr. Chamberlain, on behalf of the Imperial ...
Article : 72 wordsADELAIDE.—Arrival February 20, Barbarossa, s., from Bremen. Departure: February 20, Islamount, for the United Kingdom. ...
Article : 19 wordsLieutenant-General Lord Methuen, who was yesterday reported to have ocoupied Magersfontein, traversed the position and arrived at Kimberley unopposed. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Premier, Sir John Forrest, has telegraphed informing Mr. Lyne that Western Australia requires accommodation on one of the two troopships now in Sydney for from 100 to 110 men and 125 horses. ...
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Article : 55 wordsMr. Cecil Rhodes is paying the expenses of the conveyance of women and children from Kimberely to the seaside. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Wonda Musical Club gavs at Schu[?]der's A B C Cafe last evening a reunion in honour of the departure of Corporal Fitzhardinge, of the Bushmen's Contingent, to South Africa. There was a large ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 21 Feb 1900, Page 7
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