Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has cabled to the War Office an account of a heavy Boer defeat, following upon a fierce engagement. The report is as follows:-- ...
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Article : 54 wordsThe siege of Koffyfontein by the Boers was coped with by a fine display of British valour. For a month the siege Was persistently maintained. ...
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Article : 71 wordsThe Boers are shooting down natives whole sale. In one Instance at Commando Nek. near Ficksburg, they threw a,dead dog on the top, of the bodies of eight natives whom they had ...
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Article : 124 wordsPrivate R. Gerald, of the Tasmanian forces, is reported missing at Jacobsdal. Private Roscoe, of the West Australian forced, died at Johannesburg. ...
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The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW : 1887 - 1909), Sat 10 Nov 1900, Page 5
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