A Reuter's telegram states that Father Mathews, who was taken prisoner by the Boers, when the 1st battalion of the Irish Fusiliers surrendered at ...
Article : 106 words"We publish to-day an article by our special war correspondent in the troopship Kent, giving an account of the voyage of the men of the Army Medical Corps and of the Lancers of the ...
Article : 7,304 wordsColonel C. G. Keith-Falconer, the officer commanding the 1st battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, was killed at Belmont by an ambushed party of Boer ...
Article : 76 wordsSir G. W. Des V[?]ux, formerly Governor of Fiji, and High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, in the course of an interview said that Australia would be ...
Article : 67 wordsAs soon as business permitted in the Assembly yesterday the Government was questioned in regard to the recent Anglo-German agreement. Mr. A. Griffith adopted a form of ...
Article : 1,407 wordsThe Premier, in answering questions in the Assembly to-day, stated that the Government had been confidentially advised, through the Lieutenant-Governor, of the Samoan agreement, ...
Article : 133 wordsAn additional infantry division of 11,000 men is being mobilised for South Africa. This force, together with the troops already in South Africa and under orders ...
Article : 68 wordsThe French Budget Committee favours a large increase in the navy. M. Pelletan, the Budget Committee reporter, who has hitherto been a ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Boer forces are strongly posted at Belmont, from which position they will resist the advance of the British to the relief of Kimberley. ...
Article : 31 wordsFurther transports have arrived at Capetown. They carry to Durban 2000 additional troops, who will arrive in Natal within the week. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe steamer Aberdeen, with the Sydney troops on board, arrived at 11 o'clock this morning. The vessel experienced very bad weather on Sunday and Monday, and slowed to half speed to save the ...
Article : 136 wordsColonel Adolf Sohiol, who was in command of the German Legion, and who was captured nt Elands Laagte, admits that it was the intention of the Boers ...
Article : 97 wordsLater particulars have been received of the situation at Mafeking, which is being gallantly defended by the British force under Colonel Baden-Powell. ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Paris police have raided the headquarters of a religious sect known as the Assumptionists for evading payment of the monastery tax, and have seized ...
Article : 51 wordsMy telegram from Albany of November 6 will have apprised you of our movements so far, and of our having encountered very heavy weather and lost one horse. We met a very heavy sea, and if the ...
Article : 1,906 wordsThe last detachment of the New South Wales Contingent for service in South Africa took final leave of Australian shores this afternoon amid a scene of genuine enthusiasm, ...
Article : 1,972 wordsFurther particulars of the bombardment of Ladysmith by the Boers under General Joubert have been received. On the 9th instant the enemy's guns were ...
Article : 68 wordsThe port of Twochaufu, at the entrance to Tung-ting Lake from the YangtseKiang, in the province of Hu-nan, China, has been thrown open to foreign trade. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe British cruiser Magicienne fired blank cartridge at the French steamer Cordova, 70 miles ftom Delagoa Bay, in the belief that she carried ammunition for ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 200 wordsJapan resents Russia's claims to Masampo, in Corea. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe bombardment of Ladysmith by the Boer artillery is increasing in intensity. General Joubort is hoping by this ...
Article : 55 wordsThe British Government has received an offer of a volunteer corps for South Africa from Servians. The Marquis of Lansdowne, ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Emperor and Empress of Germany will, on the occasion of their approaching visit to London, lunch with the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House in ...
Article : 59 wordsLast night a publc meeting inaugurated a branch of the patriotic fund at Quirindi. There was a large attendance. The chair was occupied by the Mayor (Alderman William Hawker), and a number of ...
Article : 215 wordsThe War Office has ordered through the Agents-General 1000 tons of Victorian Algerian oats, 150 tons of Victorian tinned meats, and 200,0001b. of New South ...
Article : 42 wordsEleven transports, with 14,000 British troops for service in South Africa, have arrived at Capetown. Six thousand men immediately ...
Article : 33 wordsThe barquentine Oberon, 1054 tons, while proceeding from Liverpool to Glasgow to load for Fremantle, Western Australia, went ashore in Ardrossan ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Boers are bombarding Kimberley at a range of 8000 yards. No damage is caused by the shells, which fall into heaps of debris, many ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Marquis of Salisbury (the Premier) and Field-Marshal Lord Wolseley (the Commander-in-Chief) are on a visit to her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle. ...
Article : 32 wordsWe are now at win with the Transvaal, and the God of Battles must decide an issue about which there has been only too much circumlocutory and fruitless negotiation. The announcement that the ...
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Article : 13 wordsWhen the first edition of the "Herald" went to press the Legislative Assembly was discussing the Early Closing Bill in committee. COUNTRY MUNICIPALITIES. ...
Article : 262 wordsSpeaking at Bristol last night, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, referred to the situation in South Africa in the following terms:— ...
Article : 61 wordsSir Julian Salomons, Agent-General for New South Wales, has been elected a Bencher of Gray's Inn, London. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe police are inquiring into an alleged fraud in the Bank of Victoria. It appears that the bank received a letter from the A.J.S Bank, Sydney, to which were added a few lines crediting ...
Article : 127 wordsThe report as to the death of Edward Pooley, the Surrey wicket-keeper, has been contradicted. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe proceeds from the opening performance at Mr. Charles Wyndham's new theatre in Charing Cross-road on Thursday will be devoted to the wives and ...
Article : 115 wordsAt Mark Lane wheat is 6d per quarter cheaper for the week. ...
Article : 19 wordsLadie[?] Patriotic Fund Meeting: Town Hall, 3.30 p.m. Presbyterian Chuch [?]entena[?]t Thanksgiving Festival, Town Hall, Sydney, 6, 7, and 8 p.m. Kesington Races, 2 15 p.m. ...
Article : 222 wordsAs a result of the conference between the members of the Port Adelaide Corporation and the Marine Board, it has been decided to recommend the Government to secure a site in the vicinity of ...
Article : 184 wordsThe first of the monthly sessions of the Criminal Court was commenced to-day. Mr. Justice Hensman, who fell and sprained one of his ankles last week, is still confined to ...
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Advertising : 193 wordsWhen Kimberley was threatened a month ago its defenders announced their ability to hold out until reinforcements arrived. There were then in the garrison about 3000 troops, including Imperial troops ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 15 Nov 1899, Page 7
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