An important discovery has been made within twenty miles of Johannesburg. The fresh find Includes large areas of ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Hon. R. W. Hanbury, President of the Board of Agriculture, has delivered an important speech Indicating the intention of the Salisbury ...
Article : 84 wordsOn Sunlay last the British inflicted severe punishment on the Boers at Barberspan, 25 miles south-west of Bloemfontein. ...
Article : 83 wordsMajor-General Smith-Dorrien, who is operating in the Lydenburg district, has burned the town of Dullstroom, 15 miles from Belfast, in consequence of the ...
Article : 42 wordsThe list of casualties in South Africa published by the War Office to-day, contains the name of Private A. W. Grey, of the New South Wales Contingent, ...
Article : 122 wordsMajor-General Clements has again met a force under General De la Rey, and has dispersed them The force consisted of 900 Boers, with ...
Article : 113 wordsGeneral De Wet and ex-President Steyn, who, with 1000 Boers, were recently reported to have escaped through the British lines and reached ...
Article : 168 wordsSir Redvers Buller has been presented with the freedom of the city of Exeter, and with a sword of honor by his native county, Devonshire. ...
Article : 32 wordsGeneral J. E. Boyes, the commander of the 17th Brigade, is clearing the country of the Boer marauders between Vrede and Harrismith, in the Orange ...
Article : 48 wordsThirteen men of the York and Lancashire Regiment; when travelling in a waggon, fell into an ambush south of Utrecht, in the south-east of the ...
Article : 60 wordsAt Thaba N'chu, on the Basut[?]border which has from the first been a leading Boer stronghold, a large number of women and children have been ...
Article : 57 wordsAt East London, in the Cape Colony recruiting is actively proceeding for the regiment of Imperial Light Horse, which is under the command of Colonel ...
Article : 121 wordsA document signed by a hundred combatant Boers has been forwarded to the British Commander-in-Chief, offering to lay down their arms and ...
Article : 41 wordsLord Roberts met with a slight accident on Sunday last. His horse fell with him. and he was rather shaken. He has telegraphed to say that he feels ...
Article : 42 wordsA German-American, named Mack, has been sentenced to death for having tried to tempt a British soldier from his allegiance. ...
Article : 60 wordsGeneral Clements has collected and brought into Krugersdorp, 22 miles from Johannesburg, twenty-three Boers and their families, who accepted the oath of ...
Article : 76 wordsMajor Robert Berwicke-Copley, of the King's Royal Rifles, has defeated a commando of 350 Boers at Greylingstadt, inflicting considerable loss, and capturing a ...
Article : 36 wordsThe accident met with by Lord Roberts on Sunday last, when his horse fell with him, was more severe than appeared from his first telegram, in ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Dutch war-ship Gelderland, with Mr Kruger on board, arrived at Marseilles yesterday. It was expected that she 'would have been signalled a day ...
Article : 203 wordsA very successful foray has been made by the garrison of Rietfonteln, a town south of Johannesburg, with the object of putting a stop to the constant ...
Article : 56 wordsGeneral Baden-Powell, who has been suffering from enteric fever for the last fortnight, is now recovering. ...
Article : 23 wordsAn outpost, consisting of men of the East Kent Regiment (the Buffs) has been surprised by the Boers south-west of Balmoral, a station on the railway, ...
Article : 84 wordsMr Johan Colenbrander, a loyal Dutch colonist is enrolling a British regiment 1000 strong from among the British settlers around Buluwayo. ...
Article : 29 wordsGeneral Settle, who within the last fortnight has marched from the south- west corner of the Transvaal down the western boundary of the Orange River ...
Article : 64 wordsGeneral Olivier, who with his three sons, was captured by General Bruce Hamilton, and was sent to Ceylon several weeks ago, has been entertained at ...
Article : 72 wordsSir Alfred Milner and Mr Theophilus Schreiner (brother to Mr W. P. Sohrei- ner) have both recently warned the British concerning the condition of affairs ...
Article : 179 wordsThe War Office recently determined to establish in the Transvaal and Orange River colonies a semi-permanent force of 25,000 men for the ...
Article : 88 wordsThree severe engagements have been fought cast of Pretoria, in each of which the Boers were repulsed with heavy loss. ...
Article : 232 wordsIn the Reichstag last night the attention of the Government was drawn to the action of Lord Roberts in sending to Cape Town 700 persons, mostly ...
Article : 125 wordsThe arrival at Marseilles of the Dutch war-ship Gelderland,, which brought Mr Kruger from Delagoa Bay, having been delayed a day by gales and hazy ...
Article : 390 wordsLieutenant Paxton, with a small company, was riding from Thaba 'Nchu, on the east of Bloemfontein, to Ladybrand, on the Basuto border. Mistaking the ...
Article : 71 wordsA recent cablegram from Lord Roberts reveals the fact that another plot against him was arranged by Boers and their sympathisers, and was frustrated by the ...
Article : 136 wordsAccording to the "Standard," Lord Kitchener, who was appointed Major- General on September 25, 1896, is to be forthwith promoted to the rank of ...
Article : 71 wordsA force or 800 Boers made a vigorous and sustained attack on Dewetsdorp, 45 miles south-east of Bloemfontein, last week, and for a time they gained ...
Article : 46 wordsA cowardly outrage has been perpetrated by two Boers, the victim being Lieutenant Newmeyer, who was commanding the forces doing police duty ...
Article : 126 wordsAnother Tasmanian has received the Victoria Cross -- Lieutenant G. G. E. Wylly, of the Bushmen's Corps. It has been awarded to him by Her Majesty ...
Article : 49 wordsLord Kitchener's plan for ending the war by removing the Boers from their farms is being carried out in the Eastern Transvaal. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe announcement of the discovery of a plot to murder Lord Roberts by blowing up St. Mary's Church, Johannesburg, during morning service on ...
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Article : 44 wordsThe marauding Boer commandos in the Orange River Colony are still showing great activity to the west of Bloemfontein. ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 1 Dec 1900, Page 18
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