Osman Digna, who was recently captured at the Tokah Hills in the Soudan, has been brought to Suakim, where he is now lodged in prison. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe British advance in Natal continues to make steady progress, and General Lyttleton has now occupied a kopje within 2,000 yards of the Boers' ...
Article : 115 wordsGeneral Warren's and General Clery's wounded at Venter's Spruit on Saturday numbered 11 officers and 279 men. A few only were killed. ...
Article : 2,850 wordsWe are still here waiting for orders, and the men are beginning to fear that we may be kept here for some weeks as it is necessary to have troops at all ...
Article : 2,948 wordsGeneral French has established a new camp about eight miles east of Ingersfontein. ...
Article : 132 words{No abstract available}
Family Notices : 293 wordsColonel Brabant, late Commandant of the Cape Volunteers, has been promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General. ...
Article : 49 wordsMadame Melba is still appearing with great success at the Imperial Opera House, Vienna. Last night, after the mad scena in ...
Article : 43 wordsThe latest despatch from Mafeking is dated the 10th inst. The town was then safe, and the garrison cheerful. The despatch states that ...
Article : 51 wordsA curious point has arisen in connection with the nominations for the vacant city auditorship. These nominations are due on the 29th instant, and there ...
Article : 555 wordsA tragedy arising, according the police, from expressed partisanship with the Boers on the part of a Victorian, come to notice at Ballarat to-day, when the death was ...
Article : 144 wordsThe briefest particulars only continue to be received as to the doings of the British army now advancing to the relief of Ladysmith. ...
Article : 166 wordsA report from Pretoria states that Colonel H. O. C. Plumer, with three armoured trains, is reconnoitring in the neighbourhood of Gaberones, ...
Article : 42 wordsThis afternoon a young man named George Blunderfield, a well-known cyclist, was arrested on a charge of criminally assaulting a girl six years of age, named ...
Article : 65 wordsA second batch of the London volunteers sailed to-day for South Africa. This contingent is composed of 800 ...
Article : 72 wordsThe drought has broken up in the Hughenden district, over 5in. of rain having fallen since Saturday. ...
Article : 24 wordsAt the wool sales to-day, there was a good selection and fair to good competition. The prices declined in sympathy with London right through. Merinos ...
Article : 42 wordsThe latest news from Natal is of a highly satisfactory character. The turning of the Boers' main position has it is stated, been ...
Article : 444 wordsFresh and more stringent passenger ticket regulations have, it is announced, been framed by the owners of steamers trading between ...
Article : 35 wordsThe body of a man, whose skull had been fractured, was found yesterday on the Narromine Common. Foul play is suspected. ...
Article : 28 wordsA brief despatch from Natal was received this evening at the War Office from General Buller. It states that General Warren had that ...
Article : 51 wordsThe food imports of the Transvaal from the United States have, it is stated, doubled since March of last year. ...
Article : 31 wordsMr. Dawson, the leader of the labour party, who has been in an indifferent state of health for some time past, has been advised to visit the southern colonies. ...
Article : 36 wordsLord Beauchamp leaves for New Zealand on Wednesday next for an extended tour, which it is expected will last till the first week in March. ...
Article : 34 wordsMr. Holder left by the express this afternoon in order to attend the Premiers' Conference at Sydney. He expects to return in 10 days' time. ...
Article : 70 wordsIt is stated that General Lyttleton's demonstration on Saturday and Sunday, when facing Potgi[?]ter's Drift, compelled the enemy's left ...
Article : 49 wordsSome brief details have been received of the recent engagement between Lord Dundonald's force and the Boers at Acton Homes. ...
Article : 97 words{No abstract available}
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 23 Jan 1900, Page 5
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