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  2. THE BUSHMEN. DEPARTURE OF THE IMPERIAL CONTINGENT.

    Though the departure of the Imperial Bushmen's Contingent yesterday was emphasised by an amount of enthusiasm worthy of the occasion, it hardly reached in intensity the wave of patriotic feeling ...

    Article : 998 words
  3. AT THE FRONT. THE BLOEMFONTEIN CAPTURE.

    At General Roberts's capture of Bloemfontein all the Australian troops, except the Victorians and others under Colonel Hoad, were engaged in the march which resulted in taking the town. ...

    Article : 727 words
  4. THE WAR. SIEGE OF WEPENER.

    The Boers who are besieging Wepener have been reinforced from Thaba'nchu. April 23. The officers and men of ...

    Article : 118 words
  5. LORD ROBERTS'S CENSURES.

    Military critics in the United States approve of the censure made by Lord Roberts on Sir Redvers Buller and Sir Charles Warren. ...

    Article : 47 words
  6. BRITISH OPERATING AT SANNAHPOST.

    Lieutenant-General Pole-Carew, who was recently appointed to the command of the Third Division, is operating with the second battalion of the South Wales ...

    Article : 45 words
  7. THE LATE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL UMPHELBY.

    By the command of Lord Roberts the body of the late Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. E. Umphelby, of Victoria, who was fatally wounded at the batlle of Driefontein on ...

    Article : 51 words
  8. INSPECTION OF THE ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE.

    Lord Roberts has inspected the Redcross section of the army now at Bloemfontein. ...

    Article : 24 words
  9. AUSTRALIANS ILL.

    Private Henry, of the Queensland Mounted Infantry, and Private C. A. Bennett, of the "A" Battery, New South Wales Artillery, are seriously ill ...

    Article : 33 words
  10. LORD METHUEN'S RETIREMENT.

    The rear-guard action fought by Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen to defend his convoy on his retirement from Zwartkopjesfontein to Boshof was the ...

    Article : 133 words
  11. LETTER FROM PRIVATE TRESIODER, A.M.C.

    Sergeant Gumley, of the North Sydney police, is in receipt of an interesting letter from Private W. P. Tresidder (Army Medical Corps), who went to South Africa with the second contingent from the colony. ...

    Article : 691 words
  12. THE SITUATION.

    The military situation is rapidly developing in interest. For some weeks past the events of the campaign have been of a monotonous character, varied only by a couple of incidents in which the ...

    Article : 1,633 words
  13. THE FREE STATE AS AN AGRICULTURAL COUNTRY.

    It will be noticed from the cables that Mr. Steyn, of the Orange Free State, in very anxious about the rich grain parts of the State, and that be is exhorting the burghers at all costs to prevent the British ...

    Article : 987 words
  14. THE RELIEF FORCES.

    Major-General Brabant, who is advancing upon Wepenor from Rouxville (due south of that town), was engaged to-day fighting within 20 miles of Wepener. ...

    Article : 51 words
  15. A THREATENING COMMANDO.

    A commando which is stationed near Frankfort threatens Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen at Boshof. ...

    Article : 19 words
  16. SHELLING AT ELANDSLAAGTE.

    The shelling of the British position at Elandslaagte by the Boers from north of Sundays River was continued ou Saturday. ...

    Article : 29 words
  17. BRISK CANNONADING.

    Major-General Brabant, leading one-half of his mounted division, found the Boers strongly posted at Baesman's Kop, with several guns. ...

    Article : 34 words
  18. ALONG GEORGE-STREET.

    Perhaps the most striking feature of the view of the pageant and its observers as it presented itself in George-street West was the evidence of the fact that the people of Sydney are becoming habituated to the ...

    Article : 378 words
  19. BRITISH DRIVE OFF THE BOERS.

    On Saturday 1000 Boers crossed Sundays River Bridge and shelled the Elands Laagte Colliery. The British had the heavier guns and ...

    Article : 34 words
  20. SIR H. M. RUNDLE'S COLUMN.

    Further particulars have been raceived of the march of Lieutenant-General Sir H. M. Rundle's column, which includes the 17th Brigade and two batteries from ...

    Article : 170 words
  21. VENTURESOME BOERS.

    The prolonged inactivity of the British has made the Boers very venturesome. Disguised iu khaki, several of the enemy have explored the camp of the ...

    Article : 40 words
  22. COLONEL VANDELEUR KELLY, A.M.C.

    Colonel Vandeleur Kelly, of the New South Wales Army Medical Corps, writing to Mrs. Kelly from Storkstroom, under date March 20, gives some interesting particulars concernting the treatment of the ...

    Article : 251 words
  23. THE BOER ARTILLERY.

    It is stated that the Boers have mounted 69 guns at Kroonstad, on the railway in the northern portion of the Orange Free State. ...

    Article : 45 words
  24. LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.

    Captain R. R Thompson, formerly adjutant of the Australian Horse, out now in command of a squadron in South Africa, writing from Wessel's farm, near Bloemfontein, on March ...

    Article : 1,128 words
  25. BRIDGE-STREET TO THE WHARF.

    The decorative aspect of this portion of the route was by no means so pronounced as at the last farewell to the troops. Across Bridge-street, between George and Pitt-streets, two lines of flags extended. ...

    Article : 712 words
  26. DEPARTURE FROM ROOKWOOD.

    The reveille sounded at 4 a.m. yesterday, and shortly afterwards the Rookwood camp was astir. It was a cold, misty morning, with the fading moon shining dimly, and the men were glad to ...

    Article : 1,439 words
  27. BOER CONCENTRATION IN SOUTH EASTERN TRANSVAAL.

    There are 10 commandos, with two Long Toms, north of Klerksdorp, which is eight miles over the Vaal, and at Potchef-stroom, about 10 miles further north. ...

    Article : 36 words
  28. BARROWFULS OF CARTRIDGE CASES.

    Private W. H. Hambly, of the mounted bearer section of the New South Wales Army Medical Corps, writing from Bleemfontein on March 18, states that they camped at the Modder River for a ...

    Article : 416 words
  29. THE HOPE OF INTERVENTION.

    Deserters from the enemy's forces in Natal declare that the hope that the Great Powers will intervene in the war alone keeps the Boers at the front. ...

    Article : 34 words
  30. THE PATRIOTIC FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 184 words
  31. THE PROJECTED ADVANCE.

    The severe censorship on news from the front is believed to indicate that Lord Roberts's forward movement has commenced. ...

    Article : 31 words
  32. WOMEN FIGHTING WITH THE BOERS.

    Doctors report that many of the Boer killed proved to be women disguised as men. Several Boer women so disguised have ...

    Article : 54 words
  33. CLEARING THE FLANKS AND REAR.

    The "Standard" states that Lord Roberts is delayed in commencing his advance owing to the necessity of clearing his flanks and his rear of the enemy. ...

    Article : 71 words
  34. THE LATE LIEUTENANT C. O. BASCHE.

    Lieutenant Vandelour Kelly, of the N.S.W. Mounted Riflea, who is serving under Colonel Knight at the front in a letter to his mother received by last mail, referred to the late Lieutenant ...

    Article : 166 words
  35. THE BOERS IN SWAZILAND.

    Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, M.P., has visited the Queen of Swaziland at her kraal, and has urged her not to permit the defeated Boers to occupy the caves in ...

    Article : 48 words
  36. THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH.

    A lady writing from Pietermaritzburg under date March 1 says:—"Ladysmith is relieved at last. The news seems really too good to be true. To-day wa have a letter stating that for many days their ...

    Article : 263 words
  37. SIR CHARLES WARREN LEAVES NATAL.

    Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren has traversed Durban (Natal), and East London (Cape Colony). It is understood that Sir Charles ...

    Article : 44 words
  38. REMOUNTS FOR THE ARMY.

    Lieutenant-General Ian Hamilton, who commands the colonial division in the Orange Free State, is successfully employing Australian Bushmen to scour the ...

    Article : 74 words
  39. NEW ZEALAND PRISONERS AT PRETORIA.

    At the request of the Governor and the Premier, the United States Government has instructed the American Consul at Pretoria to look after the wants of the New Zealand prisoners and to see that they are ...

    Article : 51 words
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