General J. D. P. French's mounted column, which is driving a large force of the enemy in the direction of Piet Retief, came into collision this week ...
Article : 111 wordsGen. French's cavalry and mounted infantry, who are in country near Piet Retief, have achieved further minor successes. They have made prisoners ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Australasian bushmen, including the third contingent of South Australians, who are with Lord Methuen, have done most of the recent fighting ...
Article : 74 wordsMr. Nademan, a Boer, who resides at Harrismith, declares that he recently saw a burgher shoot his own brother dead, in presence of their aged mother, ...
Article : 156 wordsIt is reported that on the 13th inst a commando, which it is understood is under the command of Gen. Christian De Wet, crossed the Orange River, and ...
Article : 820 wordsCol. G. C. Knight, of the New South Wales mounted infantry, and Col. A. Aytoun, of the Queensland bushmen, have been discharged from hospital, ...
Article : 121 wordsDr. W. J. Leyds, who has gained considerable notoriety for his false statements in regard to the progress of the war in South Africa, complains that ...
Article : 47 wordsWhile a party of Boers were engaged at night in trying to blow up a section of the railway at Edenburg, in the Orange River Colony, an armoured ...
Article : 101 wordsThe War Office yesterday issued the following list of casualties to Australian troops:— MORTALLY WOUNDED. ...
Article : 111 wordsAdvices from Pretoria affirm that Gen. J. D. P. French's cavalry and mounted infantry, who are now in the vicinity of Swaziland, are still driving ...
Article : 92 wordsTo-day King Edward and Queen Alexandra inspected Lord Strathcona's Horse at Buckingham Palace, and presented war medals and colours. ...
Article : 49 wordsIn view of the heavy expenditure which has to be incurred in South Africa in prosecuting the war, Lord Kitchener recently asked the British ...
Article : 109 wordsIt transpires that Mr. Port, the late Netherlands Consul at Delagoa Bay, whose exequatur was withdrawn by the Portuguese Government, is ...
Article : 35 wordsMr. Winston Spencer Churchill, M.P., the famous war correspondent, son of the late Lord Randolph Churchill, made his maiden speech in the House ...
Article : 98 wordsThe British authorities have commandeered 4,000 horses in the Harrismith district, Orange River Colony, and 2,000 in the neighbourhood of ...
Article : 36 wordsThe latest messages from the seat of war describe a decisive and important victory achieved against Gen. Christian De Wet's commandos in Cape ...
Article : 720 wordsDespatches from Cape Town show that the pursuit of Christian De Wet's forces in country west of De Aar Junction is being holly maintained by ...
Article : 323 wordsMr. Chamberlain, replying in the Commons yesterday to the attacks of pro-Boers, reiterated the declaration that Great Britain's policy had not varied ...
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Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), Sat 23 Feb 1901, Page 8
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