When the Guards Brigade took possession of the Magersfontein position, so long, held by the Boers, there were evidences on every. hand that the enemy had abandoned the ...
Article : 216 wordsTo-day's issue of "The Age" consists of 12 pages. In the supplementary pages appear a new serial story, "The Reluctant Voyagers," by Stephen Crane, and a ...
Article : 2,813 wordsThe London "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent with Lord Roberts's force, now pursuing General Cronje, reports that General De La Rey, the Free State commander. ...
Article : 65 wordsRenter's correspondent at Pretoria reports that the authorities at Pretoria are preparing to despatch large reinforcements, under prominent leaders, into the Free ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Premier received a telegram yesterday from Mr. N. E. Lewis, the Premier of Tasmania, with reference to the losses by the Victorian troops during the fighting in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 177 wordsThe "Daily mail" correspondent telegraphs that he was present when a British convoy of 200 waggons with supplies for Lord Roberts's troops was attacked by the ...
Article : 109 wordsSpeaking at a patriotic demonstration at Rockdale to-night, Mr. John See, Minister of Defence, said that some of Australia's brave soldiers had already fallen in battle. ...
Article : 204 wordsBesides winning the Green Hill and Monte Cristo positions, General Buffer has succeeded in carrying the whole of the Boer line of trenches on Inhlawe Hill. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 218 wordsLicutenant-General Kelly-Kenny, whose Sixth Division closely followed General Cronje's flight eastward towards Bloemfontein, has just captured 150 of the enemy's ...
Article : 65 wordsThe final selection of the four buglers necessary to complete the establishment of the Bushmen's Corps took place yesterday. The following were chosen : -- W. Esdaile, ...
Article : 49 wordsWhen the British column under Major General Clements was falling back from Rensburg to Arundel, two companies of the 2nd Wiltshires, about 200 strong, on ...
Article : 89 wordsAt the ordinary meeting of the Port Melbourne council last night, Cr. Boyd moved : -- That this council expresses its deep regret at the ...
Article : 68 wordsColonel Featherston, the permanent medical officer, has received a large number of applications from nurses anxious to proceed to South Africa. He has selected some ...
Article : 80 wordsBugler-boy Dunn, who was wounded in the firing line at the battle of Colenso, has been summoned by the Queen to her presence. As a special reward for his bravery ...
Article : 46 wordsThe London committee in charge of the Anglo-Australian Bushmen's Fund has now received subscriptions amounting to £11,500. Of this sum £10,000 will be cabled ...
Article : 58 wordsLord Roberts has issued an official notice, addressed to the Boers, which is likely to have a beneficial effect on the fears of the Free Staters. The Commander in Chief ...
Article : 97 wordsA meeting of Coburg shire ratepayers was held in the public hall last evening, for the purpose of expressing an opinion upon the action of the council in refusing to vote a ...
Article : 344 wordsBrigadier-General Brabant, who commands a colonial brigade, moved out from Penhoek, six miles easterly from Sterk-strom, with a column of mules and oxen ...
Article : 149 wordsWhen the British forces took possession of Jacobsdal. the town on the extreme left, or east, flank of the series of Boer lines in front of Lord Methuen, the Free State ...
Article : 114 wordsAt yesterday's meeting of the Board of Viticulture, Mr. Blayney introduced the question of the phylloxera outbreak in the Victorian vineyards. An inspector had, he ...
Article : 336 wordsA report is current in London that General Cronje, who succeeded in escaping from Magersfontein with 5000 men, and has since been caught up by Lieutenant-General ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 192 wordsThe total British losses incurred during the brilliant operations which led to the relief of Kimberley were insignificant. The killed and wounded and missing total only ...
Article : 124 wordsGeneral Buffer has gained further success in the operations he is conducting on the east side of Colenso, with a view of turning the Boer position on Inhlawe Hill. ...
Article : 150 wordsLord Methuen has made a march from his position at Modder-bridge right to Kimberley, passing completely through the abandoned Boer lines at Magersfontein. No ...
Article : 44 wordsDr. Leyds, the Boer envoy to Europe, has offered an explanation in France for the success achieved by General Buller on the Tugela. He states that owing to the with. ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Viceroy of Ireland, acting under instructions from the Imperial Cabinet, has taken the unusual step of omitting from the Commissions of Assize List the names ...
Article : 61 wordsSir, -- Referring to your paragraph in Monday's "Age" making mention of a new pattern of saddle for the Bushmen's Contingent being identical with those used by the ...
Article : 96 wordsAt the passage of Klip Drift the Naval Brigade rendered most important service. The blue jackets brought their long 12 pounder quick-firers to bear on a detached ...
Article : 65 wordsDetailed reports have now been received of the engagement on 12th inst., in which the Victorian Mounted Rifles attached to the Rensburg command suffered so severely ...
Article : 357 wordsColonel Pretorius, the Boer officer who was wounded at Elands Laagte. and suffered amputation of the leg in consequence, has been released by order of Lord Roberts. ...
Article : 53 wordsSome fishermen who were at work in Hobson's Bay. off the South Melbourne beach, at 3.30 a.m. yesterday, made a ghastly haul in the shape of a man's body. ...
Article : 239 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday, The Premier said that as the Victorian Parliament was the only Parliament in session in the Australian colonies, he thought ...
Article : 765 wordsFrom the vantage points already gained, General Buller determined to deliver an assault on Monte Cristo, to the eastward. A heavy artillery fire was opened upon ...
Article : 428 wordsFollowing on Lord Roberts's success on the Modder comes news of General Buffer's successful forward movement on the Tugela. After capturing Hussar Hill, some ...
Article : 621 wordsAt an inquest held yesterday in the case of Patrick Cadden, aged 56, who was found dead near the Little Dock on the 5th inst., Mr. Blackett. Government Analyst, ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 21 Feb 1900, Page 7
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