Further details of the operations under General Sir Redvers Buller in Natal state that the Boers occupied an impregnable entrenched position across the Tugela ...
Article : 175 wordsReinforcements for General Sir Rodvers Buller are being sent from India. A brigade is to be despatched to the Cape consisting of four regiments of infantry, ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Legislative Council yesterday, having passed the third reading of the Dubbo to Coonamble Railway Bill, adopted with great enthusiasm and without disoussion a resolution ...
Article : 1,370 wordsThe Premier proposed in the Leeislative Assembly last night a motion expressing approval of the determination to despatch a further local military force for service in South Africa. After a short ...
Article : 5,408 wordsThe railway has been destroyed two miles north of Modder River Station. A Boer commando, which has been massing at Jacobsdal, is reported to be moving ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Boers are reinforcing their troops at Stormberg, and the position is being strongly entrenched. The enemy is 4000 strong at Colesberg. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe guides who led Major-General Sir William Gata[?]re's troops into a difficult position at Stormberg were mysteriously shot during the retreat of the British. ...
Article : 35 wordsTwo persons have been arrested for treasonable conduct in connection with the reverse to Major-General Sir W. F. Gatacre's force at Stormberg. ...
Article : 28 wordsSir William Gatacre has forbidden the farmers in the Sterkstroom and Queenstown districts to move without passes. ...
Article : 23 wordsMajor-General J. D. P. Frenchy who lately occupied Arundel, has been compelled to evacuate Vaal Kop, near that town. ...
Article : 44 wordsOne flank of the Boor force rests on the Modder River and extends eastwards. The other flank is rapidly approaching the river westwards, with a continual ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Continental press, while criticising the British tactics, acknowledges the dignity and calmness of Great Britain in the face of her recent reverse in South ...
Article : 40 wordsThe newspapers declare that there is a much larger number of German and French officers serving with the Boers than is generally supposed. Others ate ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, was invested with the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at Dublin University ...
Article : 32 wordsAt Headquarters all the executive officers are eager to get to work. This does not imply that they have not been at work already. They have anticipated the sending away of our portion of the second ...
Article : 760 wordsThe British Government has accepted the services of the second Canadian Contingent formed for service in South Africa. ...
Article : 29 wordsMr. Winston Churchill, war correspondent for the "Morning Post," who recently made his escape from the Boers, was re-captured at Watorfalhausen. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe "Daily News," in an article on the result of the recent general election in New Zealand, congratulates Mr. Seddon, the Premier, on his brilliant victory. It ...
Article : 55 wordsIn the cours of a speech in London last night, Mr. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, paid a warm tribute to Australia for the help proffered to the mother ...
Article : 75 wordsSeveral pro-Boer meetings in Ireland proposed to be held on Sunday were proclaimed riotous demonstrations. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 33 wordsAustralian residents in Capetown are raising a fund to provide comforts for their countrymen in the field. ...
Article : 24 wordsBar silver is quoted at 2s 3 3-16d per ounce standard. ...
Article : 15 wordsA carge of 15,000 quarters of Australian wheat, now crops to be shipped in January, has been sold at 28s 3d per quarter. ...
Article : 28 wordsMr. No[?]l Calvert has been given a commission in the 6th Dragoon Guards. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe Quebec correspondent of the "Sunday Times" says that "Canada is from ocean to ocean afire with patriotic fervour." ...
Article : 31 wordsField-Marshal Lord Roberts, Commandor-in-Chief of the British forces in South Africa, and Major-General T. Kelly-Kenny, who is to command the sixth ...
Article : 46 wordsAfter our first edition went to press the discussion on the Loan Estimates, which was then taking place was continued, Eventually the Loan Estimutes were adopted. ...
Article : 345 wordsTin is quoted at £106 10s per ton. ...
Article : 15 wordsMr. W. Davis, United States AssistantSecretary for the Interior, has gone to the Transvaal to insist upon the right of his Government to protect British interests ...
Article : 36 wordsMajor-General Lord Kitchener, who is to be Field-Marshal Lord Roberts' Chief of Staff, will roach Cairo from Khartoum on Friday. ...
Article : 27 wordsArrangements have been made for the departure of Lord and Lady Brassey from the colony on January 13. It is intended that his Excellency shall drive from Government House across ...
Article : 137 wordsCable comunication with Delagoa Bay has been interrupted by a cyclone which swept over the coast of South-east Africa. ...
Article : 26 wordsLieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren, who is to replace Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen in command of the First Division of the Army Corps, has started ...
Article : 40 wordsConsols are quoted at 99¼, a fall of 1½ since Saturday last. It is rumoured that a large fresh issue is contemplated. ...
Article : 29 wordsReports from the Transvaal continue to occupy a large space in the American newspapers, but little in addition to the news cabled to the Australian press. The following is Lord Methuen's report of ...
Article : 305 wordsThe Premier has received the following cable from the Agent-General:—"The British have been repulsed at every point except at Arundel. The British total l[?]sses [?] far, including deaths by ...
Article : 95 wordsThe London and provincial volunteers are eagerly and enthusiastically responding to the call for more men. Already the offers exceed the requirements. ...
Article : 53 wordsLord Chesham, who in 1879 retired with the rack of captain in the 16th Lancers, is organising and will command a force of 300 yeomanry intended for ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Cabinet Council held a meeting to-night when it was decided that in the interests of the Empire New Zealand should send a second contingent, but before taking action the views ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Loan Estimates for 1699-1900 were laid on the table of the Assembly at midnight on Tuesday. They provide for an expenditure amounting in all to £2,871,981. The items include £100,000 for purchase ...
Article : 132 wordsOn the meeting of the Legislative Assembly yesterday some questions were asked legarding the war. Mr. SLEATH asked the Colonial Secretary if he ...
Article : 7,226 wordsSir C. E. Howard Vincent, M.P. for Central Sheffield, colonel commanding tho Queen's Westminster Volunteers, has offered to raise 1000 skilled marksmen for ...
Article : 31 wordsThe R.M.S. Alameda arrived this evening with the following passengers:- For Sydney: Mr. Myson Mr. and Mrs. Falger, Mesers. E. R. Grass, F. A. Loosemore. Mr. and ...
Article : 87 wordsMr. Winston Churchill, war correspondent, perhaps has made a mistake. A prisoner must not play ducks and drakes with an enemy, and it might be that the son of Lord Randolph ...
Article : 709 wordsSignora C. De Baraty's Pupils' Concert: Oddfellows' Temple, Wednesday, 8 p.m. Sydney Theosophical Society: 42 margaret-street, at 8 p.m. ...
Article : 121 wordsInformation has been received that the Boor losses at the battle of Magersfontein totalled nearly 2000. Over a hundred bodies wore found in ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 20 Dec 1899, Page 7
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