Lord Hopetoun, the Governor-General of the Australian Commonwealth, who has been for some time past on a visit to India, has sailed from Bombay, to ...
Article : 90 wordsNotwithstanding the precautions taken by the French Government to prevent anything in the nature of an official welcome to Mr Kruger when he ...
Article : 80 wordsAnother severe blow has been inflicted upon the Boer commandos who are marauding in the country around Bloemfontein. ...
Article : 172 wordsCommandant de Beer, with a force of 800 Boers, is still investing Schweizer Reneke (Mamusa), in the south-west of the Transvaal, 25 miles east of the ...
Article : 150 wordsMajor-General's Barton and Douglas who are operating along the line of the Vaal River report having occupied the town of Klerksdorp 118 miles ...
Article : 54 wordsA reverse has been inflicted upon the Boers,-- who have for some time past been besieging Vryheid, a town in the extreme south-east of the ...
Article : 68 wordsYesterday 90 colonial soldiers who have served in South Africa, and been invalided to England, visited Windsor. Castle by command of Her Majesty the ...
Article : 362 wordsIt is announced that General Louis Botha, the commander-in-chief of the Boer forces, has founded a new republic at Boosenkal, to the westward of ...
Article : 45 wordsA sensational incident is reported from Breslau, in Germany. The Emperor William and his brother in-law, Prince Bernhard of ...
Article : 113 wordsHaving withdrawn the exequatur granted to Mr G. Pott, formerly Consul General for the Transvaal at Delagoa Bay, the Portuguese Government has ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Boers are displaying activity on the borders of Bechuanaland, and it is estimated that General Delarey has a force of 1000 men between Fourteen ...
Article : 53 wordsMr H. Copeland, the Agent-General for New South Wales, has made representations to the War Office with regard to the advisability of purchasing ...
Article : 73 wordsAn indication of the gradual settlement of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony is afforded by the announcement that the cable service for both ...
Article : 37 wordsAn important movement is now being made by the Boer forces, which have hitherto been operating in the mountain country lying north of the Delagoa ...
Article : 78 wordsA Reuter's telegram gives an account of an act of great daring and gallantry by Mr Harvey Finlayson, sou of Mr J. H. Finlayson, of the "South Australian ...
Article : 136 wordsThe following commissions in the Imperial Army have been given to Australian soldiers:-- Sub-Lieutenants, Royal Field ...
Article : 62 wordsThe alarm created by the news that the Czar is suffering from typhoid fever has been, to a large extent, allayed by the publication of reassuring ...
Article : 135 wordsSevere fighting has taken place in the Orange River Colony, at Edenburg, a station on the railway 45 miles southwest of Bloemfontein. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Cabinet decided this week that it would be preferable to accord a splendid welcome to the troops returning, by the Harlech Castle, than reserve the ...
Article : 372 wordsIn spite of their repeated denials, ample evidence is forthcoming that the Boers still continue to ignore the recognised rules of civilised warfare by the ...
Article : 61 wordsThe "Daily News," which, throughout the South African campaign, has paid special attention to the work of the Colonial troops, comments to-day ...
Article : 83 wordsMajor Esterhazy, who was notorious in connection with the Dreyfus case, has made a confession to the French Consul-General in London, which ...
Article : 149 wordsVryheld, a town in the Transvaal, near the Natal frontier, is besieged by the Boers. The British garrison, which has ...
Article : 70 wordsGeneral Sir Redvers Buller and Lady Audrey Buller have been received at Windsor by Her Majesty the Queen, in recognition of his great services in ...
Article : 39 wordsAn Italian Boer, who had sworn the oath of neutrality, has been tried at Johannesburg for treachery, and sentenced to be hanged. ...
Article : 43 wordsThe parties of marauding Boers who are roaming about in the Orange River Colony have interrupted the railway communication between Bioemfontpin ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Queensland Government is inviting applications in Pretoria to fill ten vacancies for non-commissioned officer instructors to the local forces. ...
Article : 28 wordsA somewhat sensational report as to the intentions of Lord Kitchener, chief of staff to Lord Roberts, is in circulation at Durban. ...
Article : 75 wordsSniping continues to be persistently practised by the Boers in many places. Soldiers are even occasionally shot at in the streets of Pretoria. ...
Article : 29 wordsIn accordance with the new scheme of operations devised by Lord Roberts for the pacification of the Orange Free State, an important chance is ...
Article : 57 wordsAfter many months of indecisive fighting in the Philippines, the American forces have at length achieved a success of some importance. ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Caledonian Society of South Africa is raising a corps of 300 mounted Scotsmen to assist in keeping order in the annexed territories after the ...
Article : 33 wordsLoud complaints are being made by the loyalists in Cape Colony of the lenient manner in which many of the Boer rebels have been treated by the ...
Article : 74 wordsLord Kitchener has returned to Standerton, in the Transvaal. He is sending into Natal for detention the families of all Transvaal ...
Article : 43 wordsAlthough the Hon. Miss Roberts is reported to he recovering from the attack of enteric fever which recently prostrated her. ...
Article : 58 wordsThe death is announced of Sir Arthur Sullivan, the distinguished composer, in his 59th year. At the Williamstown Court ...
Article : 113 wordsGeneral Abel Erasmus, with a force of 2000 men and with 12,000 cattle and 1000 waggons, is at Olifant River, in the Middelburg district. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Young Men's Christian Association is again to the fore in extending a cordial welcome-home to our returning soldiers. For the convenience of those ...
Article : 126 wordsThe principal topic of discussion in the city at present is the war loan to be issued by the Government early next month. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe members of the ambulance fitted out in the United States for the assistance of Boers, have returned to New York. ...
Article : 92 wordsDr. Leyds, the former representative of the Transvaal in Europe, has arrived at Marseilles, where Mr. Kruger is expected in the course of a few days. ...
Article : 44 wordsColonel Smith of the A Battery of New South Wales Artillery, has been appointed to the command of the Prieska district. ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 24 Nov 1900, Page 22
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