Details continue to come through concerning t[?] battle of Tugela. Previous to the engagement the Boers dammed the river, thus deepening the ...
Article : 195 wordsLieutenant-General Lord Methuen, who is entrenched near the Modder River, is awaiting the arrival of cavalry and artillery reinforcements from Capetown before ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Legislative Council yesterday, without demur, consented to sit to-day "unless otherwise ordered," but when hon. members were asked to suspend suth of the Standing Orders as would ...
Article : 1,680 wordsIn au article on Wednesday the "Times" comments on the extreme gravity of the military situation in South Africa. It states that Lord Methuen is unable to advance on Kimberley or ...
Article : 6,033 wordsThe north of Cape Colony is essentially Dutch, and the Boer (anglice farmer) has evidently joined tooth and nail with his relations over the Orange River. It was in this country the New ...
Article : 1,157 wordsThe War Office has officially reported that Major-General J. D. P. French's artillery shelled Wasfontoin Farm, near Arundel (Northern Cape Colony). ...
Article : 67 wordsThe trial of the alleged Royalist, antiSomite, and Nationalist conspirators in France is being proceeded with in Paris before the Senate constituted as a High ...
Article : 181 wordsThe Boers fired an empty shell into Mafeking containing a message advising the besieged "not to drink all the whisky." ...
Article : 32 wordsIt has transpired that Trooper G. Bradford, one of the members of the New Zealand Contingent attached to Major-General J. D. P. French's division, ...
Article : 134 wordsIt has been ascertained that the Boers posted the Germans, Hollanders, and Irish serving in their army in the most dangerous positions in every fight. ...
Article : 31 wordsAs illustrating the deadly effect of Lyddite, it has been ascertained that during the battle of Magersfontein many of the enemy were killed by the shock of ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Prince of Wales, president of the English commission for the Paris Exhibition, presided at a meeting of the commission yesterday. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Boers are massing in great force at the camp at Stormberg recently abandoned by the British under MajorGeneral Sir William Gata[?]re when he ...
Article : 56 wordsThe British Government has ordered a supply of 25,000 shrapnel shells from Krupp,s factory at Essen, in Germany. ...
Article : 27 wordsEarl and Countess Carrington have offered their large house at High Wycombe, Bucks, as a convalescent home for soldiers. ...
Article : 26 wordsBar silver is quoted at 2s 3 l-l6d per ounce standard. ...
Article : 16 wordsCaptain John Williams, in command of Messrs. Durna, Philp, and Co's island trading steamer Moresby, which anchored in Watson's Bay at an early hour on Thursday, supplies the ...
Article : 632 wordsThe colonial scouts attached to the British forces in Natal have seized stock to the value of £15,000 belonging to disloyal farmers in Natal. ...
Article : 31 wordsIt is not believed that the Boers will cross the Tugela River to capture the abandoned guns, which, the British troops, who are entrenched, are still watching. ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Government Insarance Department has increased its premium rates on account of the fall in the rate of interest. All the sitting Maori members of Parliament ...
Article : 35 wordsAt the quarter communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge yesterday Mr. A. J. Peacock was nominated as Grand Master, vice Lord Brassey, who is returning to England. ...
Article : 192 wordsA distinct advance in the development of the despatch of the main Australian contingent was made yesterday, when the Premier, the Minister for Defence, Major-General French, and Colonel ...
Article : 441 wordsThe second battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers has reached Capetown and has been ordered on to Durban. It is believed that the second battalion ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Newcastle Marine Board delivered its reserved docision this afternoon in regard to the recent collision between the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamship Coraki and Messrs. J. and A. ...
Article : 200 wordsInstances are known of the Boer artillery having outranged the British artillery at the Tugela River and elsewhere. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe "Times" in an article this morning comments on the extreme gravity of the military situation in South Africa. The journal states that ...
Article : 112 wordsA flying column with eight guns is being organised at Woolwich for service in South Africa. The formation of a Howitzer brigade is ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Hobart Marine Board elections to-day resulted in Messrs. Ernest Peacook, G. Jordan, and W. Watchorn being chosen out of five candidates. R. Rex and R. Snowden were ...
Article : 133 wordsThere wtre no arrivals or departures to-day in connection with the foreign coal trade, and the only clearance was the barque Mal-y-don for Valparaiso with 1609 tons of coal from the Waratah colliery. ...
Article : 65 wordsField-Marshal Lord Wolseley, the Commander-in-Chief of the British army, has accepted the offer of the Lord Mayor of London (Alderman Alfred James ...
Article : 141 wordsA special meeting of the general committee of the Newcastle aud District Agricultural, Hor[?]cultural, and Industrial Association was held in the Hall of Commerce to-night, the president, Dr. J. L. Beeston, ...
Article : 165 wordsAdvices From newspaper correspondents in Natal confirm the report that the force defending Ladysmith, under MajorGeneral Sir G. S. White, is short of shells. ...
Article : 59 wordsMr. J. G. Ward was sworn in to-day as Colonial Secretary, Minister for Railways, PostmasterGeneral, Commissioner for Telegraphs, and Minister for Industries and Commerce. Mr. ...
Article : 113 wordsThe Mayoress of Newcastle (Mrs. Timbury) entertained a large company of prominent ladies at a garden party at the Lawn Tennis Courts this afternoon. The weather was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 178 wordsThe Premier and the Minister for Defence have had great difficulty in giving full and immediate attention to the urgent matter of the despatch of the troops. The strain of the lengthy sittings of ...
Article : 665 wordsLieutenant-General Lord Methuen, commanding the British division near Modder River, has only a fortnight's supplies. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe north-western provinces of Canada have offered to furnish a detachment of 1000 experienced rough riders for active service with the British army at a day's ...
Article : 34 wordsit is thought possible here that the mast and flag of the supposed sunken steamer, reported to have been seen near While Top Rocks by Captain Leggin, of the R.M.S. Arcadia, are survey marks ...
Article : 148 wordsOn 'Change to-day Marshall's Queen, contributing, sold at 1s 4d. KALGOORLIE, Thursday. A good strike has been made in the Eclipse lease. ...
Article : 214 wordsThe second Canadian contingent, accepted for service in South Africa, will consist of three field batteries of artillery and three squadrons of mounted rifles, in ...
Article : 33 wordsThe enemy's official accounts of the battle of Magersfontein admit the wonderful and sublime courage of the British infantry in its advance against a hail of ...
Article : 41 wordsThere is a strong outery for the setting apart of a day of humiliation and prayer in connection with the war in South Africa. ...
Article : 32 wordsPigeon Shooting N.S.W. Gun Club, Lord's-road, Botany, 11 a.m. Sydney Cricket Ground: League of N.S.W. Wheelmen, Night Cycle Carnival, 7.30 o'clock. ...
Article : 87 wordsAt the Paddington Town Hall last evening an enthusiastic meeting of residents was held in connection with the New South Wales Patrotic Fund. The audience included many of the promment residents, ...
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Advertising : 140 wordsA balloon reconnaissance made by Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen has revealed the fact that General Cronje's position is increasingly formidable. The ...
Article : 59 wordsSir H. Campbell-Bannerman, leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, speaking at Aberdeen last night, urged the vigorous prosecution of the war by the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 22 Dec 1899, Page 5
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