LONDON, Saturday.--Accounts are to hand of yet another serious reverse to British arms in South Africa. Following close upon the affair at Stormberg, and the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 274 wordsA pleasant little ceremony took place at the North Sydney Fire Station on Saturday evening, when a presentation was made to Mr. S. Holman, who, for more than four years and a half, has ...
Article : 337 wordsThe Premier gave his personal impressions of the events leading up to the offer of the second contingent, its probable composition, and the steps that will be taken to get it away to a ...
Article : 1,015 wordsLONDON, Saturday.--On the 9th instant, Lieutenant Colonel R. G. Kekewich sortied in force, and shelled the Boer position to the north of Kimberley, silencing a cordite gun. ...
Article : 39 wordsMr. William Kilbourne Keyte, the manager for Messrs. Edward Butler and Sons, of Clarence street, Sydney, died suddenly on Saturday afternoon at his residence, Stoncholme, Lane ...
Article : 115 wordsLONDON, Saturday.--On Wednesday the Mounted infantry had a sharp engagement with the enemy 10 miles east of Orange River station. ...
Article : 50 wordsYesterday afternoon the remains of the late Col. M. M. Macdonald, whoso death was announced on Saturday, were interred at St. Thomas' Cemetery, North Sydney, with military honors. The ...
Article : 195 wordsLONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Disloyalty is spreading in the Umtata River district, Victoria East, and King William's Town, three large centres in the eastern province ...
Article : 49 wordsLONDON, Sunday.--Amid the natural depression consequent upon the receipt of the news of General Buller's disastrous repulse, widespread admiration is expressed at the ...
Article : 234 wordsLONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The "Daily Mail" War Relief Fund, derived from the sale of Mr. Rudyard Kipling's poem "The Absent-minded Beggar," has, so far, realised ...
Article : 31 wordsMUDGEE, Sunday.--What appears to be a cowardly murder for gain is now occupying the attention of the Mudgee police. On Friday night a young man named M'Ginnis reported to the police. ...
Article : 388 wordsLONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Lieutenant Winston Churchill, the intrepid correspondent of the London "Morning Post," who distinguished himself and was reported to ...
Article : 54 wordsLONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The British transport Denton Grange, which recently went ashore near Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, with a large number of military ...
Article : 37 wordsThat the prompt action of Mr. Lyne and his Government in, immediately on hearing of the reverse experienced by Methuen's column at Magersfontein, cabling an offer of further ...
Article : 2,070 wordsAlthough beaten in their attempts the British troops were far from being disgraced. It was impossible to remove all the guns when the artillery horses were shot, but ...
Article : 109 wordsLONDON, Saturday.--The War Office has ordered that the dispatch be hastened of the Sixth and Seventh Army Divisions. The tone of the British press generally is ...
Article : 81 wordsThe following messages with regard to the state of feeling among the South African natives are from the "Cape Times":-- HERSCHIEL, November 17.--Englishmen are ...
Article : 558 wordsThere was an air of suppressed excitement at the barracks. among both officers and men on Saturday morning. A reply to the Premier's offer of further assistance to the Empire was expected ...
Article : 876 wordsLONDON, Sunday.--In his unsuccessful attempt to force a passage of the Tugela River at Colenso. General Sir Redvers Bullet only utilised 12,000 of the 30,000 troops ...
Article : 285 wordsGeneral Buller first advanced from Frere with the main relief column to Chieveley, This place is seven miles north of Frere, and within eight of the town of Colenso, on ...
Article : 167 wordsFull details of the battle of Colenso are not yet to hand, although the general outlines and regretful result have been cabled and made public. ...
Article : 453 wordsLONDON, Saturday.--Major General French telegraphs that there are golden opportunities for mounted men at Arundel. Similar advices come to the army leaders ...
Article : 35 wordsLONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The London newspapers recommend that a hearty welcome should be given to any proposal for a wide enrolment of Canadians and ...
Article : 66 wordsOn Wednesday, the 13th inst., Major General G. Barton, C.B., bombarded the town of Colenso with 38 guns. The Boer troops appeared to have deserted ...
Article : 148 wordsLONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Some of the prisoners taken during the Battle of Magersfontein state that the fire from the British artillery entirely cleared the upper Boer ...
Article : 195 wordsGeneral Buller's official despatch is as follows:--"Chileveley, "December 15. ...
Article : 435 wordsLeaving Lieutenant General Clery to attend to the Smithfield commando, General Buller determined to attempt the passage of the Tugela with the main British column. ...
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The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), Mon 18 Dec 1899, Page 5
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