General Ian Hamilton's division has arrived at the Vaal -River 15 miles to the east of Pary's at Boschbank, close to the Lindeques Drift. ...
Article : 84 wordsDetails have now been received of the fighting which preceded Lord Roberts's occupation of Germiston, a suburb of Johannesburg. The first assault was made by General French's cavalry, which, on Tuesday, supported by Ian Hamilton's division, found the enemy in position at a ...
Article : 294 wordsDr. Krause, formerly Crown Prosecutor, and now commandant of Johannesburg, has surrendered Johannesburg to Lord Roberts. The Commander -in -Chief has sent some of his officers into the town to dictate to the Beer commander the terms under which the surrender will ...
Article : 130 wordsThe war correspondents report that the marching of the troops has been magnificent. Sir Archibald Hunter's column ...
Article : 52 wordsThe accounts furnished by the correspondents at the front of the movement by which the crossing of the Vaal was effected at Wonderfontein Drift on ...
Article : 68 wordsIt was reported recently that as a prelude to his occupation of Johannesburg, Lord Roberts had sent a force of cavalry to seize and cut the main Natal railway line between Pretoria and Heidelberg, thus cutting off the Boers, who are defending the Natal passes against Sir Redvers Buller, from ...
Article : 73 wordsThe War Office has published a cable despatch from Lord Roberts, officially announcing his enery into the Transvaal at Vereiniging, 77 miles by rail ...
Article : 145 wordsOver- confidence and want of caution on the part of the British have been responsible for another successful Boer ambush in the Free State. Two officers and 40 men of Brigadier -General Brabant's Colonial (Cape) Division have been captured near Ficksburg on the Basuto border. ...
Article : 54 wordsMr George Musgrove. formerly of the theatrical firm of Williamsen and Musgrove, is, in conjunction with Mr Frank Gerald, organising a performance for the benefit of the men of the Australian contingents. The benefit, which is to take place on June 26, will be supported ...
Article : 81 wordsThe steady march of Lord Roberts's troops on to the Transvaal, and their enveloping movements, have proved irresistible, and the Boers, who, it was ...
Article : 247 wordsThe Portuguese authorities have closed the Delagoa Bay railway, and all goods traffic, and have ordered all available troops to be in readiness to go to ...
Article : 51 wordsThe following telegram has been received from Lord Roberts by the War Office and has been posted:-- "GORMISTON, Tuesday Evening ...
Article : 172 wordsOn arriving at Germiston, Lord Roberts despatched a force to Hatherley to cut the railway line to Delagoa Bay, but in the meantime the Boers had deserted Pretoria, and Kruger had taken, his departure in the train which he had in readiness. His destination is said to be Watervalboven, 120 miles ...
Article : 100 wordsThroughout Great Britain the rapidity with which Lord Roberts has achieved his recent successes has given rise to a feeling of surprise, mingled with ...
Article : 149 wordsThe Burgomaster of Pretoria, on Kniger's flight being announced summoned the leading inhabitants to a meeting in the Town Hall, in order to make arrangements for the preservation of order and for the reception of the British troops. At this meeting a committee was appointed to make the ...
Article : 115 wordsLord Roberts has officially reported that the vanguard of his army of advance crossed the Vaal River at Pray's Crossing on Thursday last. ...
Article : 40 wordsRefugees from Johannesburg report that there has been general looting of private houses, and that a great flight of foreign residents has taken place. ...
Article : 134 wordsThe Earl of Rosslyn, while acting as one of the war specials of the London "Daily Mail," was captured by the Boers, and sent prisoner to Pretoria. has telegraphed a report of the position there to his paper, via Delegoa Bay. Lord Rosslyn state that considerable anxiety was felt by Mr Hay, the ...
Article : 126 wordsThe "Times" correspondent with Lord Roberts's troops explains that Lord Roberts's strategy has disconcerted the Boers to such an extent that they ...
Article : 151 wordsThe Boers in retreating across the Vaal River, abandoned defences which extended for thirty miles, and which were protected by thirty guns. ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 2 Jun 1900, Page 22
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