In addition to the numerous prisoners taken by the British in the battle of Elands Laagte, 500 of the Boers' horses were captured. ...
Article : 30 wordsA remarkable instance of individual bravery is recorded as having occurred at Elandslaagie. The hero of the incident is a ...
Article : 74 wordsTwo hundred of the Boers taken prisoners at the battle of Elands Laagte have been sent down by railway to Ladysmith. The Government has ...
Article : 64 wordsHer Majesty the Quern has been much affected by the severe losses which the British troops have sustained in their splendid victories at Glencoe and ...
Article : 89 wordsCommandant Cronje, whose force retired southward from Mafeking to attack Kimberley, has received the support of fresh commandos of Boers from ...
Article : 180 wordsThe engagement between General Sir George White's troops and the Free State forces on Tuesday, when the British attacked the enemy's ...
Article : 146 wordsA most surprising aud unexpected step on the part of President Kruger has been announced. He has issued a proclamation to the ...
Article : 112 wordsCorrected returns have been received of the number of the enemy's guns captured by the British in the battles at Glencoe and Elandslaagte. ...
Article : 76 wordsTo-day's messages from the seat of war in Natal give additional instances of the cool bravery displayed by the British officers at the storming of the enemy's ...
Article : 124 wordsThe heavy losses which the British infantry engaged at Elands Laagte sustained in carrying the Boers' position were, it is explained, due partly to the ...
Article : 400 wordsThe party of 30 Hussars who arrived safely at Ladysmith after a perilous pursuit were not, as was first reported, fugitives from Glencoe. ...
Article : 120 wordsThe Boers have surrounded Kimberley with their forces, investing it as for a siege, and are devastating the surrounding country. The most serious danger, ...
Article : 187 wordsThe abandonment by the Boers under Commander Cronje of the hopeless task of capturing Mafeking is confirmed. The splendid defence made by Colonel ...
Article : 95 wordsFearful loss was suffered by the Transvaal Boers, according to further native accounts, in an attack made by Commander Cronje on Colonel ...
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Article : 12 wordsIt appears that, in addition to their gross treachery in hoisting a white flag as a sign of parley or surrender, and then firing on the British, the Boers ...
Article : 139 wordsOn Thursday 2000 Free State Boers, who it was arranged should advance from the west towards Ladysmith, came across from Tintwa and Van Reenan's ...
Article : 194 wordsAfter the battle of Elandslaagte it is reported that the British and the Boers fraternised in order to render assistance to the wounded. ...
Article : 56 wordsNews received from Pretoria indicates that the Bechuana report of a severe and signal defeat inflicted by Colonel Baden-Powell at Mafeking on Commander. ...
Article : 139 wordsWhen the Orange Free State finally determined to fight side by side with the Transvaal during the war, a federal flag for the allied Afrikander Republics was ...
Article : 59 wordsA junction has been effected between the forces commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Yule, which have come down from the neighborhood of Glencoe, and ...
Article : 63 wordsTelegraphic communication with Kimberley, which Free State and Transvaal Boer forces combined are investing, is still interrupted, but news ot date of ...
Article : 70 wordsThe London newspapers to-day devote much space to a criticism of General Joubert's plan of operations for a joint attack on Glencoe, Elandslaagte, and ...
Article : 80 wordsLord Edward Herbert Cecil, fourth son of Lord Salisbury, a captain in the Grenadier Guards, is with the force under Colonel Baden-Powell. ...
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Advertising : 56 wordsAmong the Boer leader killed in the battle of Elands Laagte was Dr. Coster, a Pretorian harrister, who was at one time Transvaal State Attorney, and was ...
Article : 42 wordsAs previously reported, Lieutenant- Colonel Yule marched his force wards in order to junction with Sir Geo. White's forces at Ladysmith. ...
Article : 79 wordsCommander Cronje, who with his troops have been harassing Mafeking, where he cut off the water supply, decided upon a change of front. ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 28 Oct 1899, Page 23
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