Lord Roberts has taken strong measures against Pretoria residents who have been guilty of treasonable practices. ...
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Article : 62 wordsLord Roberts reports that the total number of prisoners who surrendered to Sir Archibald Hunter in the Orange River Colony, has now readied 3348. ...
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Article : 70 wordsThe gunboat Lizard, 715 tons, six guns, Lieut-Commander John C. Watson, one of the vessels of the Australian squadron, has arrived at Hong Kong. ...
Article : 34 wordsAn instance of Boer treachery reported from Frederickstad, north of Potebofstroom. which is now held by General Smith Dorian's brigade. ...
Article : 90 wordsAn important announcement was made last night in the House of Commons, in Committee of Supply, by Mr Bredrick, the Under Secretary for ...
Article : 195 wordsSir Redvers Buller, who is leading a column northwards through the Transvaal from the Natal border, has made considerable progress. ...
Article : 93 wordsThe British garrison at Eland's River holding the line of defences between Rustendurg and Zeerust, were attacked by a force of Boers on the 4th inst. ...
Article : 96 wordsThe rapid advance of Lord Roberts to the eastward, and the evident inability of General Louis Botha to make any effective resistance to his progress. ...
Article : 122 wordsBa[?]ds of main riders are striving by means of detonators and dynamite to blow by the railway line north [?]rooms[?] ...
Article : 42 wordsA despatch received today from Lord Roberts stales that he has reason to fear that the garrison on the Elands River, about 30 miles north of Rustenburg, has ...
Article : 188 wordsIt is reported officially that Commandant Olivier, who was with General Prinsloo's force prior to its capture, does not consider himself to be bound ...
Article : 125 wordsA noteworthy discovery has been made at Tientsin, by Captain Winga[?]e. of the Royal Chinese Artillery, of Wei-hai-Wei. ...
Article : 54 wordsGeneral Ian Hamilton's column, which formed part of the force engaged in driving the Boers eastward, has been recalled from Middleburg, and has passed ...
Article : 59 wordsAs was the case in France, where the number of volunteers for active service in China was so great as to almost embarrass the Government, an immense ...
Article : 72 wordsA Reuters message from Delagoa Bay announced some little time ago that the Malesene Bridge, near Heeler Spruit, 40 miles West of the Portuguese ...
Article : 194 wordsGeneral Ian Hamilton's Brigade has received orders to march at once on Rustenberg, and raise the siege, as it is known that Major-General ...
Article : 36 wordsGeneral Downing has occupied Harrismith, and has thus effectively blocked the road for Olivier's escape into the Drakensberg ranges. ...
Article : 25 wordsTwo of the scouts attached to the Rhodesian field force under Sir Frederick Carrington now operating towards Rustenburg, have been captured ...
Article : 61 wordsThe German military authorities have decided that the troops sent to China shall be dressed in khaki, and shall wear soft felt hats, similar to those ...
Article : 45 wordsIt is officially reported that General Ian Hamilton, who is fighting his way to Rusteuburg. has ejected the Boers from Magalies Berg, to the north of the ...
Article : 118 wordsThe divisions under Generals Broadwood and Ridley are now gradually tightening the cordon of British troops by which General De Wet's commandos ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Boers have again been [?] gross treachery, the includ[?] in two of the British being [?] A party if Beers at Water[?] ...
Article : 140 wordsOf the foreign troops already in China the French force numbers 2600. It is announced that 6500 more are to arrive tomorrow (the 9th inst), and ...
Article : 85 wordsThe forces under Lord Kitchener, operating against the Boers under General De Wet, at the Rhenoster River, have been reinforced by a body of ...
Article : 54 wordsMr George Wyndham, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for War. yesterday referred in the House of Commons to the condition of the British ...
Article : 104 wordsIt has been reported that seventeen of the prisoners who were captured by General Ian Hamilton, at Magliesburg, about 25 miles to the eastward of ...
Article : 109 wordsAnother raid bas been made by the Free Staters on the railway at Honning Spruit, north of Kroonstad. The Boers tore up the rails, causing a ...
Article : 93 wordsIt is reported that 6000 refugees from Harbin [?] and elsewhere in the district through which runs the Eastern Chinese railway, have arrived at ...
Article : 50 wordsA smart piece of work has been performed by Colonel Gough with 500 mounted troops on the Klip River, south-east of Heidelberg. ...
Article : 83 wordsReports received from South Africa show that, there are now 1800 British prisoners at Nooitgedacht, 178 miles east of Pretoria, who are said to be ...
Article : 38 wordsIn pursuance of the suggestion lately made by Lord Salisbury and accepted by the European powers and America, the British Government has issued a ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Boers who wrecked the train which was proceeding from [?]tein to Pretoria, near Honing's Spruit, between Kroonstadt and the Vaal River. ...
Article : 78 wordsGeneral De la Rey is retiring from the hills near Rustenberg, before the forces of General Ian Hamilton, after a stub born attempt to hold his position. ...
Article : 57 wordsGeneral Botha, who is in command of The Boars in the eastern portion of the Transvaal has asked for confirmation of the news of the surrender of General ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 11 Aug 1900, Page 23
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