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  2. CAPE REBELS.

    A body of Cape-rebels, 800 in number, who are massed in the neighborhood of Kruguman, 80 miles west of Vryburg, sent a message to Sir Charles Warren ...

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  3. PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY.

    While, in his first despatch, Lord Roberts confined himself to dealing with the defeat of the Boers, in his second he describes their pursuit by ...

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  4. DEFIANT PROCLAMATION BY STEYN.

    A proclamation, full of defiance, was issued on June 11 to the Free Staters by Mr Steyn, their ex-president. Mr Steyn maintained in his ...

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  5. BOERS MASSING.

    The Boers who retreated from the Natal frontier are massing at Paarde Kop, between Volksrust and Standerton, and at Ermelo, half-way between ...

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  6. GENERAL SAREL ELOFF.

    Sarel Eloff, President Kruger's grandson, who was captured at Mafeking, on 13th May, by General Baden-Powell, and who was subsequently lodged in ...

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  7. ANOTHER BOER RAID.

    A British reconstruction train was attacked on Thursday by a body of Boers at Leew Spruit. The British lost in the fight 3 killed, 5 ...

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  8. BADEN-POWELL AT PRETORIA.

    General Baden-Powell, who has been engaged in the pacification of the western districts of the Transvaal, at the head of 800 men, has arrived at ...

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  9. BULLER ORDERED TO STANDERTON.

    With a view to isolating the Free Staters and preventing them from crossing into the Transvaal, Lord Roberts has ordered Sir Redvers Buller to proceed ...

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  10. NARROW ESCAPE OF LORD KITCHENER.

    It is reported that during the attack on the British repairing train at Leenwspruit on Thursday, when three of the ...

    Article : 55 words
  11. THE BATTLE OF HATHERLEY.

    The letters of the war correspondents at the front describing in detail the battle of Hatherley, which resulted in the complete rout of Botha's army, ...

    Article : 203 words
  12. THE AUSTRALIAN BUSHMEN.

    The Manchester Port, which left Brisbane on 18th May, with the Queensland detachment of the Australian Imperial Regiment has arrived at Beira. ...

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  13. BADEN-POWELL AT RUSTENBURG.

    General Baden-Powell, who was recently stated to be at Pretoria, is now at Rustenburg, an important town 60 miles to the westward, and is engaged ...

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  14. KITCHENER'S ESCAPE.

    It appears that Lord Kitchener's escape was a miracle of prompt decision and daring. Lord Kitchener's sleeping-car was ...

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  15. SIR REDVERS BULLER.

    According to a Boer report, Sir Redvers Buller is in hot pursuit of the Boer army retreating northwards from the Natal frontier. ...

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  16. GENERAL ITEMS.

    As was feared, the 900 British prisoners transported by the Boers to the fever-haunted recesses of the Elands Valley at Nooitgedacht, are enduring ...

    Article : 75 words
  17. SIR ARCHIBALD HUNTER.

    Sir Archibald Hunter reports that he has occupied Krugersdorp, an important mining town, 16 miles west of Johannesburg, and the key of the West ...

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  18. WAKKERSTROOM OCCUPIED.

    General Hildyard as occupied Wakkerstroom, an important Transvaal town, 30 miles east of Charlestown. No opposition was met with, and ...

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  19. BOERS SHELLING FICKSBURG.

    The large body of Boers who have been hemmed in by Sir Leslie Rundle on the Basutoland border are now making desperate efforts to break through ...

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  20. IN NATAL.

    The Imperial authorities are adopting a firm policy with regard to the punishment of British subjects convicted of having taken up arms on the side of ...

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  21. THE EARL OF AIRLIE'S DEATH.

    Further details of the battle of Eerste Fabrieken, fought on the 11th inst., show that Colonel the Earl of Airlie, of the 12th Lancers, who was killed in the ...

    Article : 75 words
  22. SPARSELY FED AND IN RAGS.

    Particulars have been received via Delagoa Bay, of the condition of the 900 British prisoners who were conveyed by the Boers to the ...

    Article : 82 words
  23. BOERS ATTACK A CONVOY.

    General De Wet, the Free State commander, made an attempt on Tuesday last to block the progress of a large convoy which was proceeding to ...

    Article : 71 words
  24. JOHANNESBURG AND PRETORIA.

    Good order is reported to prevail at Pretoria, where everything is quiet. In Johannesburg the shops are open, and the market is daily becoming more ...

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  25. BOER LOSSES AT LAING'S NEK.

    In the operations by Sir Redvers Buller, which resulted in the evacuation of Laing's Nek by the enemy, the Boers had 140 men killed. ...

    Article : 33 words
  26. THE COLONIAL TROOPS.

    An army order which has been issued announces that a special gratuity is to be given to the members of the Australasian and Canadian contingents now ...

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  27. SIR REDVERS BULLER.

    A cable message has been despatched to Sir Redvers Buller by Her Majesty the Queen, congratulating him on the brilliant successes he has achieved on ...

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  28. BRITISH PRISONERS RELEASED.

    Full particulars have now been received with regard to the large number of British prisoners who secured their release from their prison at ...

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  29. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES

    The following casualty in the ranks of the Australian troops has been reported:--Private H. E. Praises, of the South Australian contingent, killed by ...

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  30. THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    The Boers have again attacked the engineers engaged in reconstructing the permanent way north of the Rhenoster, but have been dispersed ...

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  31. WHEN THE WAR IS OVER.

    For some time past the subject has been much discussed of settling the reservists now serving in South Africa upon the land when the war is over. ...

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  32. NATAL VOLUNTEERS RELEASED.

    Many of the Natal Volunteers who have been serving under Sir Redvers Buller have been released and allowed to return to their homes. ...

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  33. ADVANCE ON THE WEST.

    On the 9th inst. Klerksdorp, one of the oldest towns in the South African Republic, surrendered to Sir Archibald Hunter. ...

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  34. IN CAPE COLONY.

    Sir John Gordon Sprigg, who was sent for by the Governor of Cape Colony on the collapse of the Schreiner Cabinet, owing to the split relative to ...

    Article : 92 words
  35. DECISIVE MEASURES

    Sir Leslie Rundle has issued a proclamation to the Boers in the Ficksburg district, announcing that in the event of their non-surrender by the 15th inst. ...

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  36. LAING'S NEK TUNNEL REOPENED.

    It is officially reported that the Laing's Nek tunnel, both ends of which had been blown up by the Boers on their retirement from Natal, has been ...

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  37. ANOTHER BOER RAID.

    The Zand River railway station, south of Kroonstad, was the scene of another Boer raid on the British lines of communication recently, when a vigorous ...

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  38. THE DELAGOA RAILWAY.

    The Delagoa railway bridge near Hector's Spruit has collapsed, and goods traffic is suspended. The Boers suspect that the bridge has ...

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  39. BULLER AT SANDSPRUIT.

    News has been received of further important operations in the Transvaal. By a general forward movement, General Buller's force has reached ...

    Article : 71 words
  40. SCHREINER'S ATTITUDE.

    Mr J. Rose Innes, Q.C., who has accepted office in the new Cape Ministry formed by Sir Gordon Sprigg, has been given the portfolio of ...

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  41. DEATH OF MRS GLADSTONE.

    The death is to-day announced of Mrs Gladstone, widow of the late Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and daughter of the late Sir Stephen Glynne, who has been ...

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  42. GENERAL BADEN-POWELL.

    General Baden-Powell is operating at the head of 800 men further northwards in the Marico district, where he is pacifying the principal towns ...

    Article : 206 words
  43. INVASION OF THE TRANSVAAL.

    Lord Roberts, in a despatch referring to the withdrawal of the Boers from Laing's Neck, explains that the occupation of Pretoria by his troops caused ...

    Article : 82 words
  44. BURIED WITH HER HUSBAND.

    The funeral of Mrs Gladstone, widow of the eminent statesman, William Ewart Gladstone, took place to-day. Her remains were interred in the ...

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