News has been received from Colonel Baden-Powell, the gallant, commander of the Mafeking garrison, stating that General Snyman, with a large force of Boers, made a smart attack on the ...
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Article : 169 wordsA detachment of troops under General Gatacre at Smithfield have captured some Transvaal Boers and a load of arms and ammunition and Olivier guns. ...
Article : 103 wordsThe following letter was received by a near relative of the gallant officer to whom England is looking with interest and admiration. It was carried through the Boer lines in a quill stuck ...
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Article : 51 wordsInformation is to hand from Natal reporting that the Boers have totally destroyed by fire the town of Pomeroy, which lies north-east from Ladysmith. ...
Article : 30 wordsAlthough the object of Sir Alfred Milner's journey has not been publicly stated, there are many indications that he has gone to Bloemfontein to meet Lord Roberts in order to discuss ...
Article : 71 wordsCable messages from Pretoria reached the British Foreign Office yesterday but nothing has been divulged as to their contents. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe question raised by Mr Seddon whether or not Australasia might not set free a large number of Imperial troops for service elsewhere if necessary, has made a strong impression on the ...
Article : 83 wordsThe 'Times' bespeaks the heartiest approval of the Empire for the decisions of the Imperial Government in connection with the offering of military commissions to Australians, which the ...
Article : 82 wordsIt has been ascertained that the Transvaal Boers when retreating northward from Bloemfontein blew up three railway bridges on the line to Kroonstadt. This action is taken to ...
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Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917), Sat 24 Mar 1900, Page 3
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