Later despatches received from Lord Roberts show that the occupation of Pretoria was preceded by fighting in the rugged country outside the ...
Article : 241 wordsOn Saturday a message was received by the War Office from Lord Roberts stating that Johannesburg was quiet, and that many of the Boers were ...
Article : 90 wordsThe War Office has received a cablegram from, Lord Roberts reporting that Pretoria is in the occupation of the British forces. LONDON, Tuesday Night. ...
Article : 93 wordsThe Boer commandos, which General French encountered and routed on his march upon Johannesburg, in their retreat on Pretoria, were utterly ...
Article : 77 wordsWhen Lord Roberts made his entry into Johannesburg on Thursday last he was met at the entrance to the town by Dr Krause, the Commandant, who ...
Article : 114 wordsThe latest advices received from Pretoria state that on Thursday night one Transvaal commando was attempting to harass the rear of Lord Roberts's ...
Article : 79 wordsGeneral Ian Hamilton's casualties in the fighting near Florida, to the nest of Johannesburg, are now given. The majority of the losses were suffered by ...
Article : 51 wordsPretoria is in the wildest state of confusion and panic, and a general collapse of all Governmental functions followed the stampede of Government officials ...
Article : 179 wordsAccording to a report received from Khama, the chief of the Bamangwalos, in the Bechuanaland Protectorate, the Boers in the northern districts of the ...
Article : 57 wordsLord Roberts has cabled that the occupation of the Transvaal seat of government was carried out in the most satisfactory manner, and that he met ...
Article : 45 wordsMajor Karri Davis, who so greatly distinguished himself at Ladysmith with the Imperial Light Horse, and at Mafeking, where he was the first to ...
Article : 61 wordsThe War Office has received a despatch from Lord Roberts, dated Tuesday, the 5th inst., giving particulars of the surrender of Pretoria. The ...
Article : 262 wordsMajor-General Hutton's mounted infantry--the colonial brigade--have captured to the northward of Johannesburg a 3-inch Krupp gun and the carriages ...
Article : 59 wordsLord Roberts's troops were disposed around Johannesburg on Wednesday so an to completely surround aud command the town. ...
Article : 146 wordsGeneral French, with his cavalry, arrived on Thursday at Irene, six miles south-east of Pretoria. Heavy firing can he heard in the direction of ...
Article : 35 wordsA great feature of the operations for the capture of Johannesburg was a superb bayonet charge by the Gordon Highlanders. ...
Article : 33 wordsLord Roberts has reported that Pretoria is surrounded by the British troops, who are disposed as follows:-- The Guards Brigade is stationed close ...
Article : 74 wordsOnly one member of the Transvaal Executive remained in Pretoria after the flight of President Kruger. The British officers have been given ...
Article : 39 wordsComplete silence is still observed by Lord Roberts with regard to his movements, and there is an entire absence of official news from the front. It is ...
Article : 268 wordsThe Irish-Americans have made two determined, but fortunately unsuccessful efforts, to blow up the railway line between Johannesburg and Pretoria. ...
Article : 53 wordsThe news of the abandonment of Pretoria has been received in London with perfect calmness, and there has been none of that delirious rejoicing which ...
Article : 45 wordsField-Marshal Lord Roberts. Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, made a State entry into Johannesburg yesterday, and received Commandant Krause's ...
Article : 152 wordsReports received from Pretoria show that the town is full of refugees from other parts of the Transvaal, and from the Orange River Colony, who are said ...
Article : 216 wordsThe fall of Johannesburg has been the signal for an immense reflux of the former population of the gold-fields city. Hundreds of Uitlanders are returning to ...
Article : 36 wordsFurther particulars of the fighting at Pretoria on Monday show that the forts were shelled by the British before the occupation of the town. ...
Article : 189 wordsAmong the numerous congratulatory telegrams received by Mr. Chamberlain on the fall of Johannesburg, and the reported abandonment of Pretoria, is one ...
Article : 36 wordsIt has transpired that Judge Kock, a Transvaaler notorious for his anti-British utterances and braggadocio, was arrested in Johannesburg before its ...
Article : 58 wordsLord Roberts, cabling to the War Office on Thursday morning, the 31st ult., states that General French, during his match to Johannesberg from the Vaal ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 9 Jun 1900, Page 22
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