The Minister for Defence has increased the Bushmen's Contingent from 237 men to 252 men. ...
Article : 36 wordsNews from Natal regarding the relief of Ladysmith states that General Buller, with his main force, has now altered the town. When the relieving force entered ...
Article : 145 wordsOur Sydney correspondent telegraphs that, under instructions from the Board of Health, Robert Walker, of Annandale, who had been under observation for several days, and is ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Army Estimates for the current year were introduced in the House of Commons last night. Provision is made in the Estimates for a total force of 430,000 men, and ...
Article : 54 wordsLatest news regarding Lord Roberts's operations in the Orango Free State show that the British troops now hold all the kopjes for miles around Paardeberg. ...
Article : 65 wordsThe news of the relief of Ladysmith aroused intense enthusiasm. The news was received at the Bushmen's camp at midnight, and all the men turned out and ...
Article : 100 wordsOur Warwick correspondent writes as follows, under yesterday's date:—"Dr. G. E. Dennis, resident medical oficer at the Warwick Hospital, passed away at 2 o'clock this ...
Article : 1,347 wordsSir John A. Cockburn, Agent-General for South Australia, who was included in the list of New Year's Day honours, proceeded to Windsor yesterday, and was invested with ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Maplemore, the second of the two British transports carrying the New South Wales bushmen, left Sydney Harbour this morning. She will call at Adelaide and ...
Article : 37 wordsArrivals.— Devon, s., from Brisbane, via ports (at Dunkirk); Jumna, s., from Brisbane; Friedrich der Grosse, s., from Sydney, via ports (at Hamburg); Yallaroi, ship, from ...
Article : 91 wordsReports Issued in Brussels (the headquarters of Dr. Leyds) declare that General Joubert is now concentrating 50,000 troops at Winburg, about sixty miles north-east of ...
Article : 61 wordsHer Majesty the Queen and the Prince of Wales have telegraphed their congratulations to Generals Sir Redvers Buller and Sir George White on the relief of ...
Article : 36 wordsIt is stated that 300 men of the Third Contingent are so anxious to go to South Africa that they have offered to accept the Imperial rates of pay if sent there. ...
Article : 39 wordsThere were no outbursts of enthusiasm at the relief of Ladysmith in this city, except for a demonstration in the Electric Telegraph Office, which was carried out in ...
Article : 69 wordsPrivate letters received from soldiers at the front in Natal indicate that during the attack by General Buller's force on Spionkop on the 23rd January last, a British convoy ...
Article : 62 wordsNews has been received that MajorGeneral Clements with a British force has occupied Colesberg, near the frontier of the Orange Free State, and has secured a ...
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Advertising : 23 wordsThere was great rejoicing at the relief of Ladysmith, and unbounded enthusiasm throughout the colony. All the cities were gaily decorated. The Earl of Ranfurly ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Premier was asked yesterday, with reference to the nature of the despatch received by Mr. Lyne (of New South Wales) from Mr. Chamberlain, which has given rise ...
Article : 114 wordsNews is to hand that since the relief of Ladysmith was effected by the British troops the Boers are retreating over a new railway line which they have constructed ...
Article : 114 wordsThe news of the relief of Ladysmith was the signal for a patriotic demonstration throughout the colony. In the city flags were hoisted over the public buildings, and ...
Article : 127 wordsLord Kitchener, Chief of the Staff to Lord Roberts, who was recently in command of a portion of the British force at Koodoosrand, has now arrived at Arundel, near Colesberg. ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Premier still declines to disclose the nature of the cablegram from Mr. Chamberlain which has given rise to so much speculation. Mr. Lyne has cabled to ...
Article : 111 wordsThe camp occupied by General Cronje's force in the bed of the Modder River at Koodoosrand is found to be a scene of terrible pollution, the carcasses of the ...
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Advertising : 635 wordsFurther information regarding the recent occupation of Jamestown, in the north-east of Cape Colony, by Colonel Brabant's force, states that the Boers last fifty killed and ...
Article : 62 wordsIt is stated that the confidential cable from Mr. Chamberlain asks the Australian Governments to raise a force of 2500 bushmen for service in South Africa, in addition to ...
Article : 75 wordsThe news of the relief of Ladysmith yesterday morning was received with general satisfaction. The great strain upon the public had, ...
Article : 208 wordsInformation has been received from Mafeking that on the 18th instant the Boers made a fierce assault on the place, but the attack was repulsed by Colonel ...
Article : 56 wordsThe following handicaps have been declared by Mr. F. Cowell, the official handicapper of the Brisbane Dingey Sailing Club, for the 14-footer and 10-footer handicaps, ...
Article : 108 wordsLord Roberts is causing 170 wounded Boers who were found in General Cronje's camp at Koodoosrand to be cared for by the British field hospital. ...
Article : 34 wordsFurther information regarding the casualties among the colonial troops in the fighting at Klipkraal on the 16th February states that Privates T. Bull and W. Tweedie, ...
Article : 164 wordsGeneral Buller reports tnat the troops forming the garrison of Ladysmith, in consequence of the arduous work and severe privations they have undergone, will ...
Article : 52 wordsLater Information from Koodoosrand states that the Boer laager there was found to be a veritable charnel house. The supply of food, with tbe exception of meat, had been ...
Article : 214 wordsFurther particulars of the assault and capture of Pieters Hill, to the north of Colenso, by the British troops who were advancing to the relief of Ladysmith show ...
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Advertising : 326 wordsAt the direction of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor the relief of Ladysmith was signalled yesterday by a royal salute at noon at Brisbane, Townsville, and Thursday ...
Article : 39 wordsHis Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor has received a message, from Sir Alfred Milner, Governor of Cape Colony and British High Commissioner for South Africa, dated ...
Article : 38 wordsGeneral Buller in his despatch conveying the information of the relief of Ladysmith, reports that the Boers appear to have eventually retreated in hot haste, leaving ...
Article : 118 wordsThe first news of the relief of Ladysmith was carried down the river in the early morning by Captain Swansen, of the steamer Pacific. As he passed the dredges and ...
Article : 188 wordsIt is estimated that British reinforcements to the number of 38,870 will arrive in South Africa during the present month, and 18,000 additional troops will, arrive ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Government have not yet decided what is to be done with the third contingent, which is still in camp at Kensington. The men are still being drilled so as to be ...
Article : 71 wordsNow that direct communication with Ladysmith has been restored it turns out that the garrison was reduced to a very parlous condition owing to the shortage of ...
Article : 992 wordsIt is stated that Colonel Albrecht, a prominent Austrian officer serving with the Boers, who was recently captured by Lord Roberts, told the latter that the tactics of ...
Article : 99 wordsIntense excitement was created throughout Great Britain when the news of the relief of Ladysmith was received, and peals were everywhere rung from the church bells. In ...
Article : 72 wordsThe expressions of joy throughout the country appear to have been even more emphatic than in Brisbane, and every possible form of demonstration was used in ...
Article : 1,257 wordsThe Patriotic Fund now amounts to £25,864, and the Bushmen's Fund has reached a total of £80,170. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Premier has received an intimation from Sir Alfred Milner that Ladysmith has been relieved, and he has forwarded the following reply:— "The people of New South ...
Article : 100 wordsIt is now stated that the total number of Boer prisoners who surrendered at Koodoosrand was 4900, and among them are many old men and boys. ...
Article : 51 wordsThe relief of Ladysmith has caused feelings of unbounded relief throughout the United Kingdom, and the manifestations of rejoicing, have been universal. Throughout ...
Article : 258 wordsGeneral Cronje is stated to be terribly depressed since his surrender. He is to be imprisoned on board the old flagship Captain in the harbour of Capetown. ...
Article : 32 wordsIt is stated that Mr. Cramberlain, in his communication to the Premiers, asks the colonies to raise further bodies of mounted men, who are good ...
Article : 54 wordsM. Henri Rochefort, the well-known French Journalist, has invited subscriptions towards a fund for purchasing a sword of honour for General Cronje, the Boer ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 3 Mar 1900, Page 7
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