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  2. WITH THE S.S. KENT CONTINGENT.

    After thirty days of weary steaming we at last sighted the South African coast. We saw a line of low scrub-covered bills, without any sign of habitation. At the edge of the sea were ...

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  3. THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

    A [?]eliograph signal has been received at Chieveley from Ladysmith, intimating that the garrison can hold out indefinitely. The British casualties as the result of ...

    Article : 99 words
  4. LATE EDITION.

    Major-General Lord Kitchener joined Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief of the forces in South Africa, at Gibraltar, on board the steamer Dunottar Castle. ...

    Article : 46 words
  5. EUROPEAN SKILLED OFFICERS AT PRETORIA.

    The members of the Afrikander Bund at Capetown report that 8000 European officers and men skilled ia artillery tactics are held in reserve at Pretoria. ...

    Article : 34 words
  6. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Marconi instruments for wireless telegraphy, intended for the Boers, were recently seized by the British at Cape-town. Experiments were made by the ...

    Article : 54 words
  7. FORMAL LANDING OF THE KENT CONTINGENT.

    We made our formal landing on South African soil to-day. The Kent arrived early in the morning, and during the day I went ashore to prospect. The first thing that struck us was ...

    Article : 4,052 words
  8. FREE STATE AND TRANSVAAL TROOPS.

    There is much friction between the Free State and Transvaal troops opposing Lord Methuen near the Modder River. The Transvaalers, fearing defection from ...

    Article : 64 words
  9. AT THE TUGELA.

    The enemy placed barb[?]d wire at the bottom of the fords which the British attempted to force at the Tugela River on the 15th instant. ...

    Article : 48 words
  10. THE SITUATION.

    The British are waiting for reinforcements, perhaps also for the new Commander-in-Chief, Lord Roberts, and his chief staff officer, Lord Kitchener. So far removed from the scene of ...

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  11. NEW SOUTH WALES ROUGH RIDERS.

    Shortly after the British Government was officially acquainted by the military authorities at the seat of war that good horsemen who were also [?]f[?]cient marksmen were of in[?]stima[?]le value in the ...

    Article : 800 words
  12. AT MODDER RIVER.

    General Cronje, the Boer commander at Magersfontein, has notified that he declines to hold communications with Lord Methu[?]n until the end of the war. ...

    Article : 45 words
  13. REINFORCEMENTS AT CAPETOWN.

    The second battalion Lancashire regiment and the second battalion Middlesex regiment have arrived at Capetown from Southampton. ...

    Article : 45 words
  14. KIMBERLEY WELL PROVISIONED.

    Kimberley has sufficient provisions to last for six months. ...

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  15. THE KIMBERLEY RELIEF COLUMN.

    The Boers refrain from replying to Lord Methuen's shells, fearing that if they return the British fire they will disclose their positions. ...

    Article : 35 words
  16. LOYALTY OF AUSTRALIA AND CANADA.

    The "Times" war correspondent at Modder River says that it is difficult to overestimate the effect of the loyalty displayed by Australia and Canada. The colonial ...

    Article : 100 words
  17. GENERAL JOUBERT AGAIN AT THE FRONT.

    General Joubert, who temporarily resigned his command of the Boer forces before Ladysmith in consequence of illness, has gone to the front again. ...

    Article : 52 words
  18. THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.

    The "Daily Chronicle" states that the Australian infantry are stationed at Enseon (?), the Canadian troops at Belmont, and the Queensland Mounted Rifles ...

    Article : 36 words
  19. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL.

    Accounts of the escape of Mr. Winston Churchill, the "Morning Post " correspondent, from Pretoria, have been published. ...

    Article : 74 words
  20. THE TUGELA RIVER ENGAGEMENT.

    In the action at the Tugela River on the l5th instant General Sir Redvers Buller, who was under heavy fire, had a narrow escape, a bullet having grazed ...

    Article : 58 words
  21. THE DUTCH RISING.

    One thousand Dutch residents of Cape Colony have reinforced the Boers at Tug[?]la. The "Times" correspondent at ...

    Article : 90 words
  22. THE NICHOLSON'S NEK INCIDENT.

    The "Daily News" states that it was Colonel Adye, Lieutenant-General Sir G. S. White's staff officer accompanying Lieutenant-Colonol Carleton's brigade, ...

    Article : 45 words
  23. THE PEACE OF EUROPE.

    The Vienna correspondent of the "Times," in referring to the state of feeling in Europe, says that the nervousness of diplomatists at Great Britain's ...

    Article : 70 words
  24. THE DISAFFECTED DISTRICT.

    The Cape mounted police have occupied Dordrecht, about 50 miles north-east of Sterkstroom. The Boers retreated from the town. ...

    Article : 31 words
  25. WHAT AN OFFICER'S WIFE SAYS.

    Some interesting items might be culled from a private letter from an officer's wife to a lady relation in Sydney. The letter, dated Maritzburg, October 30, says:—"Of course, you see all the papers about ...

    Article : 385 words
  26. THE POSITION AT TUGELA.

    The naval guns of the British command the whole of the Boer positions at the Tug[?]la River, rendering it impossible for the enemy to advance. ...

    Article : 34 words
  27. THE FAR EAST.

    Russian reinforcements for the Far East are being hastily despatched from Odessa. ...

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  28. FEVER AND PINKEYE.

    Fever and pinkeye have broken out in the Boer camp at Mag[?]rsfontein. Pink[?]ye has also appeared, among the horses of the British at De Aar and ...

    Article : 33 words
  29. THE ACTION NEAR ARUNDEL.

    The New Zealand troops attached to Major-General J. D. P. French's division were in a tight corner in the action near Arundel, between Naauwpoort and ...

    Article : 102 words
  30. MATERIAL FOR THE BOERS.

    The British cruiser Forte, one of the vessels of the Cape of Good Hope and West African station, has captured a cargo of stretchers and railway sleepers ...

    Article : 48 words
  31. VICTORIA.

    The French mail steamer Australi[?]n, which arrived to-day from Sydney, was restricted to the outer anchorage owing to the presence on board of a number of passengers from Noumea, ...

    Article : 155 words
  32. CAPETOWN—ARRIVAL AND LANDING.

    We steamed into the harbour and saw toworing above us the flat-topped eminence of Table Mountain. In the harbour we saw transport after transport, all great big, vessels with the big ...

    Article : 621 words
  33. MAJOR-GENERAL LORD KITCHENER.

    Major-General Lord Kitchener, chief of Lord Roberts's staff, now on his way to Capetown, has arrived at Gibraltar in H.M.S. Dido. ...

    Article : 28 words
  34. MAJOR-GENERAL FRENCH REINFORCED.

    A squadron of the 10th Hussars has reinforced Major-General French's division at Naauwpoort. ...

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  35. MR. SCHALK BURGER.

    General Schalk Burger, who is reported to have opened his mind and said the Boers will fight to the last man, although they know the British will be victorious, is an example of the progressive Boer. [?] ...

    Article : 275 words
  36. THE SIXTEENTH LANCERS.

    Before leaving England Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, obtained a promise that the 16th (the Queen's) ...

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  37. DEATH OF THE HON. J. MARTIN, M.L.C.

    The Hon. James Martin, M. L. C., died at his [?]sidence, Gawler, on Wednesday afternoon, in his 79th year. The veteran colonist had been unwell for some weeks past with ...

    Article : 255 words
  38. BOER AND BRITISH ARTILLERY COMPARED.

    The British newspapers bitterly complain that the British artillery in South Africa is antiquated as compared with the Boers' guns, which are of the newest ...

    Article : 36 words
  39. SEDITION IN THE CAPE ASSEMBLY.

    Three members of the Cape House of Assembly have been implicated in seditious acts. ...

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  40. ARTILLERY REINFORCEMENTS FOR NATAL.

    The 63rd battery of artillery, which recently arrived at Capetown, has left for Durban. ...

    Article : 25 words
  41. THE YEOMANRY BRIGADE.

    Twenty thousand men have volunteered for the Imperial Yeomanry Brigade being organised for service in South Africa. ...

    Article : 23 words
  42. THE CONTINGENT UNIFORM.

    In general orders issued yesterday the following description of the uniform to be worn by the members of the contingent is given:- The following will comprise the articles of uniform ...

    Article : 92 words
  43. CHAETER OF TRANSPORTS.

    The following liners have been chartered as transports by the British Government for the conveyance of troops to South Africa:—Umbria (Cunard ...

    Article : 47 words
  44. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL.

    The Boers alloge that Mr. Winston Churchill, the correspondent of the "Morning Post;" who recently reached Delagoa Bay, escaped from Pretoria in ...

    Article : 34 words
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