The news received to-day from the seat of war in Natal completes the account of Lieutenant-Colonel Yule's retirement from Glencoe, and the junction ...
Article : 210 wordsA good deal of attention has been excited by the announcement that the Channel Squadron cruisers are to convoy the transports for South Africa ...
Article : 96 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 wordsThe Rhodesian Volunteer Horse Regiment, 1000 strong, which constitutes Colonel Powell's force at Mafeking, includes in its ranks a number of ...
Article : 176 wordsAn incident which vividly illustrates the intensely patriotic feeling which prevails in the British Colonies, is reported from Victoria, the capital of British ...
Article : 66 wordsIn view of the friendly attitude towards Great Britain displayed by the German Government, in spite of the fact that numbers of ...
Article : 107 wordsIn the House of Commons early yesterday afternoon a summary of the military situation in Natal, prepared by Field-Marshal Lord Wolseley, ...
Article : 167 wordsThe news of the British success atGlencoe has led to marked demonstrations of loyalty in Capetown. A meeting of Irishmen has been held, ...
Article : 95 wordsHints were recently thrown out by the French newspapers that Russia might seek to take advantage of Great Britain's entanglement in South Africa ...
Article : 106 wordsIn response to an appeal made by H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, formerly Commander in Chief of the forces, the Lord Mayor of London. Sir John Voce ...
Article : 65 wordsGeneral Sir George White, commander in chief in Natal, has reported to the War Office that Colonel Yule's forces of 4000 men arrived at Ladysmith after ...
Article : 61 wordsAs was anticipated, the Basutos and the Swazis are evincing a strong disposition to attack the Boers. In order to overawe the Kaffirs it has ...
Article : 113 wordsMilitary critics, discussing the movements made by Colonel Yule, referred to by Lord Wolseley in his summary of the situation, explain that the concentration ...
Article : 84 wordsOn the arrival at the Cape of the liner Kinfauns Castle from Southampton, it was ascertained that she had on Aboard specie to the value of L150,000, the ...
Article : 59 wordsOn 25th inst. General White's forces engaged aud repulsed a large force of Free State Boers at a point of seven miles north of Ladysmith, but the ...
Article : 83 wordsA public meeting of Irishmen has been held in New York, to protest against the policy of Great Britain in the Transvaal. It was resolved to present an address ...
Article : 79 wordsFurther seizures of supplies intended for the use of the Boer Republics have been made by the Imperial authorities. The barque Rollo. 878 tons, which left ...
Article : 76 wordsMr F. W. Reitz, the Transvaal State Secretary, has issued an inflammatory manifesto to the Free State Boers. In this document he attacks the British ...
Article : 64 wordsIn anticipation of a simultaneous attack in force by the Transvaal Boers under General Joubert from the north, and the Orange Free State Boers under ...
Article : 88 wordsThere are unmistakable signs that the projected attack in force upon the British position at Ladysmith is imminent. The Free State Boers are ...
Article : 59 wordsThe shipment of the troops for the Transvaal campaign commences to-day at Southampton. Great popular enthusiasm prevails in all ranks and classes, ...
Article : 113 wordsIntelligence has been received from the Bechuanaland border which explains the fall of Vryburg, and the suicide of the British commanding officer. Major ...
Article : 160 wordsExcited by the news of the outbreak of fierce hostilities on the frontier, the Dutch in Natal have broken into mutiny. ...
Article : 28 wordsPresident Steyn has issued a proclamation. annexing a portion of the British Gape territory north of the Vaal River. President Kruger has issued a similar ...
Article : 49 wordsThe special correspondents of the British papers in Natal continue to record instances of individual bravery during the fighting at Elands Laagte. ...
Article : 111 wordsStrong Free State commandos are reported to be massing at Botha's Drift, at the extreme southern point of the Free State, and where the main railway ...
Article : 65 wordsH.R.H. the Duke of Connaught to-day addressed the first battalion of the Scots Guards, of which regiment he is Colonel in Chief, at Chelsea barracks, before they ...
Article : 98 wordsThe South African News Agency states that a delayed message has come through from Mafeking, which gives a possible explanation of the recent rumors ...
Article : 245 wordsLarge subscriptions continue to flow into the various patriotic funds opened in connection with the war. The Lord Mayor's fund for the relief ...
Article : 69 wordsPresident Steyn, of the Orange Free State, has made a final effort to induce the Afrikanders in the British colonies to shake off the yoke of allegiance to ...
Article : 56 wordsThe 1st Battalion of the Border Regiment, 34th foot, which was in garrison at Malta, and left here on 28th September in the P. and O. steamer Sumatra, ...
Article : 48 wordsNews has been received from Zululand that a Boer commando has entered the country, and is marching on Melmoth, a little post, 19 miles north of Eshowe the ...
Article : 43 wordsThe embarkation of the British Army Corps, of 33,000 men, for service in South Africa, is proceeding with the utmost regularity. ...
Article : 61 wordsIn the House of Commons last night Mr Wyndham, Under-Secretary for War, moved that a war credit of L10,000,000 be voted. ...
Article : 192 wordsThe Queen has expressed the greatest satisfaction with the victories won by the British troops in Natal. Her Majesty, however, deplores the heavy losses ...
Article : 39 wordsThe latest estimate of the combined strength of the Transvaal and Orange Free State forces now invading Natal, is that they number 30,000 men. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Army Staff Office has selected for special service in South Africa Colonel Byron, Captain Sellheim and Captain Fitzpatrick. The two former have ...
Article : 35 wordsThe vessels of the fleet reserve have been ordered to be in readiness when required. Cruisers of the Channel squadron will ...
Article : 63 wordsA strong naval brigade has been formed from the crews of the British war ships at Capetown and Simon's Town Bay, and has been despatched to ...
Article : 56 wordsH.M.S. Tartar, of the South African squadron, which is stationed at Delagoa Bay, met the British steamer Avondale Castle off Delagoa Bay, and on inquiry ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 28 Oct 1899, Page 24
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