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  2. LORD DUNDONALD’S FORCES.

    Lord Dundonald has conducted a reconnaisance as far as Honger’s Port, north of the Tugela. He was not molested. ...

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  3. GENERAL BULLER’S MOVEMENTS.

    Definite statements have reached Durban to the effect that General Buller has again crossed the Tugela. It is stated by some that the latest forward ...

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  4. LOCAL AND GENERAL

    A QUANTITY of reading matter will be found on the fourth page. HELD OVER.—A report of the recent “Patriotic Concert ” at Dongarra. The ...

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  5. CABLES.

    The farmers in the Thebus district of Cape Colony are joining the colonial troops. ...

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  6. GENERAL FRENCH’S FORCE.

    General French’s force now encloses 7000 Boers in the bids around Colesberg. Lack of naval guns is severely felt by the officers commanding, who, ...

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  7. THE SPION KOP AFFAIR.

    The number of British soldiers missing in connection with the Spion Kop affair is now reported to be 215. The missing men. were chiefly from the ...

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  8. THE BATTLE OF SPION KOP.

    A corporal of irregulars was shot by the British during the engagement at Spion Kop. He was found shaking hands with an acquaintance within ...

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  9. MESSAGE TO HER MAJESTY.

    The Queen has been greatly touched and gratified by the receipt of a loyal message from the Mayor of Mafeking. The message is dated 27th ult, the ...

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  10. AUSTRALIANS CONVERTED INTO MOUNTED INFANTRY.

    Five companies of the Australian Infantry under Colonel Road, at Modder River, have been converted into mounted infantry. They are described ...

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  11. THE ABANDONMENT OF SPION KOP

    Mf Bennett Burleigh reports that the Boers were in the act of abandoning Spion Kop when the British retirement induced them to return. He ...

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  12. LARGE REINFORCEMENTS BULLER.

    The Daily News correspondent at Chieveley is responsible for the statement that large reinforcements for General Buller have been detrained at ...

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  13. BOER STRENGTH NEAR MODDER RIVER.

    The strength of the Boer force between Modder River and Kimberley is estimated at 20,000. ...

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  14. REINFORCMENTS FOR METHUEN.

    There are indications that the 6th, 7th, and 8th divisions of Lord Roberts’ army will reinforce Lord Methuen at. Modder River. On these troops ...

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  15. NOT KILLED BUT PRISONERS.

    Forty soldiers, reported as killed at Magersfontein, are prisoners. ...

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  16. RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER THE ORANGE RE BUILT.

    General Kelly Kenny has re-built the railway bridge over the Orange River. ...

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  17. FIFTEEN MORE BATTALIONS OF INFANTRY.

    The London Daily Mail is responsible for the statement that the Government intend to raise 15 new battalions of infantry. ...

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  18. APATHY IN PREPARING FOR WAR.

    The Standard’s correspondent at Durban states that in November last Armstrong and Whit worth, Ltd, offered to lend the Natal Government a ...

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  19. WOODGATE’S INJURY.

    The injury sustained by Major General Woodgate at Spion Kop consists of a wound over the eye. It was caused by some fragments from a Boer ...

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  20. CONFIRMATION OF REMARKS. ATTRIBUTED TO BULLER.

    The report from Cape Town which credited Buller with having, in an address to the troops on Monday last, expressed a Hope that he would be in ...

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  21. BRITISH SUBJECTS COMMANDEERED.

    Five hind red British subjects at Barkly East have been commandeered by the Boers. ...

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  22. LORD ROBERTS.

    Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief, is actively organising the forces in Capetown. Addressing the first London Volunteers, who have just ...

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  23. BOER COMMANDO AT VRY HEID.

    A Boer commando, one thousand strong, with three guns, is reported to be in the vicinity of Viyheid. Vryheid is in the Transvaal, and lies ...

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  24. STATEMENT BY THE PRESS.

    The Daily Telegraph is responsible for the statement that had Ladysmith fallen when assaulted by the Boers on the 6th ult. Kruger would visit ...

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  25. CABLES.

    Owing to foreign powers contracting largely for Welsh steam coal, the Times expects famine prices to rule until March. ...

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  26. COLONEL BADEN-POWELL’S ACTIVITY.

    Under date January 8, Colonel Baden Powell reports he has forced the Boers to remove several of their big guns to ineffective petitions. ...

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  27. THE BRITISH OCCUPY PRIESKA.

    British troops, with artillery, have occupied the village of Prieska. ...

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  28. THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Goschen made a powerful reassuring speech. He claimed for the entire cabinet the full collective ...

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  29. BOERS FIGHTING STORMBERG.

    The Boers are busily engaged in making forts at Stormberg. ...

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  30. THE N. Z BUSHMAN’S FUND

    Messrs Pharagyn and Tomlin New Zealanders in Loudon have each contributed £100 to N. Z. Bushman’s Fund. ...

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  31. MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR OF KIMBERLEY.

    A heliographic message has been received from, the Mayor of Kimberley. It states that the citizens of the beleaguered garrison are prepared to ...

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  32. To-day’s Cables.

    A cheering message has been received by heliograph from Ladysmith. It states that the garrison were elated on Saturday at hearing Buller’s guns ...

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  33. MAFEKING GARRlSON WELL.

    The garrison at Mafeking is reported to be all well. Colonel Baden Powell urges the military authorities not to relieve the ...

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  34. CLARKE CONDEMNS CHAMBERLAIN.

    Clarke, the eminent counsel, continues to stoutly condemn the part played by Chamberlain and Milner in the negotiations with the Transvaal ...

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  35. STRENGTH OF THE BRITISH AND BOER FORCES.

    Mr Wyndham, Parliamentary Secretary for War in the House of Commons, made a statement as to the strength of the British and Boer ...

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  36. A N Z. TROOPER ILL.

    Trooper J. Harford, of the N.Z. contingent is seriously ill. ...

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  37. DULLER HOLDS THE TUGELA DRIFTS.

    Sir Redvers Boiler Holds all the drifts across the Tugela River. ...

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  38. THE MANSION HOUSE FUND.

    The Mansion House Fund, promoted by the Lord Mayor of London, in aid of the widows and orphans of soldiers killed in South Africa, now ...

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  39. TWO CIVILIANS ESCAPE FROM LADYSMITH.

    According to the latest accounts from Ladysmith, there are very few Boers to the north-west of Ladysmith. Two civilians from the beleaguered ...

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  40. FIRST AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT TO BE MOUNTED.

    In response to enquiries Infantry Brigade, recently offered to transform his five companies into a mounted force. The offer was accepted. The Australian ...

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  41. A HOTCHKISS BATTERY.

    The Hotchkiss battery, lately presented to the New Zealand Government by Armstrong, Whit[?]orth and Co., has been shipped to Cape Town. ...

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  42. CAPTURE OF CATTLE.

    The Cape Mounted Police have captured 1000 head of cattle in the Dordrecht district. ...

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  43. BRITISH FLYING COLUMN.

    A British flying column has reached North Zululand. The column consists of experienced colonial scouts, and its probable object is to harass the ...

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  44. THE BATTLE OF SPION KOP.

    Native deserters from the enemy report that five field cornets of the Boer army were killed during the recent fight on the Tugela. They say that ...

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  45. Monday’s Cables

    The Times announces that supplementary War Estimates are being prepared demanding from parliament the appropriation of £20,000,000. This ...

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  46. BOMBARDMENT OF KlMBERLEY PROCEEDING.

    The Boer bombardment of Kimberley is proceeding with great vigor. In the space of three days no less than 1000 shells were dropped into the town. ...

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  47. THE BATTLE OF SPION KOP.

    Thornycroft, who succeeded in the command of the storming party at Spion Kop when Wood ate fell wounded, has made an interesting ...

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  48. VICTORIA CROSSES.

    The Queen has been pleased to confer the Victoria Crosses upon late Lieutenant Hon. Frederick Roberts, Captain Walter H. Congreve, Captain ...

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  49. WIDOWS AND ORPHANS FUND.

    The employees of the Canadian and Pacific Railway Company have each given half a day’s pay to the Lord Majors Widows and Orphans Fund. ...

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  50. THE FOURTH CAVALRY BRIGADE

    The Fourth Cavalry Brigade are about to embark for South Africa. It consists of 2,528 men. The brigade will be accompanied by six field guns, ...

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  51. SUBSTANTIAL REINFORCE MENUS NEEDED.

    Advices hare been received from Cape Town urging the Government to despatch immediately substantial reinforcements to South Africa. ...

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  52. NEW ZEALANDERS AND REMINGTON’S SCOUTS.

    A British force composed of detachments of New Zealand mounted Remington’s Scouts, and a squadron of Life Guards is reported to ...

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  53. BRITISH PRESSURE ON PORTUGAL.

    Owing to British pressure the Portuguese authorities are imposing more stringent regulations for controlling the landing of foreigners at Lorenzo ...

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  54. BOERS DISTRIBUTING PAMPHLETS AMONG THE BASUTOS.

    The Times correspondent at Sterkstroom reports that the Boers are distributing pamphlets in the Basutos language. The pamphlets promise ...

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  55. THE ROADS TO LADYSMITH.

    Thornycroft declares that the roads leading to Ladysmith are covered with a succession of trenches along the line of route. ...

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  56. FRENCH CONFERS WITH ROBERTS.

    General French, who is commanding the Naanpoort column in the north of Cape Colony, is on a visit to Cape Town. The object of General French’s ...

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  57. BOER DEPRADATIONS IN ZULULAND.

    The Boer force from Vryheid has captured a British magistrate at Ngtu, in Zululand, with, 1[?] white and 34 colored police, together with a number ...

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  58. DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS-IN- REPLY.

    The debate on the Address-in-Reply would, it is stated, have collapsed only that the whips had arranged that a division should take place on Tuesday ...

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  59. PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.

    Colonel Williams, of the New South Wales Army Medical Carps, has been appointed principal medical officer to the Australian troops. ...

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  60. THE SHILLING FUND.

    The Shilling Fund promoted by the London Daily Telegraph, in the interests of the widows and orphans of soldiers who fall in the South African ...

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  61. BULLER’S ARMY.

    General Buller’s army in Natal has been supplied with double rations . ...

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  62. THE AFRICANDER BOND.

    At a meeting of the Cape Town branch of the Africander Bond Hofmeyer presided. Resolutions were carried condemning the action of the ...

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  63. ROBERTS RELEASES A BOER PRISONER.

    Lord Roberts recently wrote to Joubert, the Boer Commandant-General. promising the release of the Boer prisoner Pretorius, who has had ...

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  64. WINTER CLOTHING FOR TROOPS.

    The British Government have ordered 100,000 khaki woolen suits for the troops during the winter season. Orders for several motor cycles have ...

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  65. CONTRABAND.

    In reply to a question asked in the House of Commons, Mr. Broderick stated that Great Britain had in no way surrendered the right to search for ...

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  66. RUSSIAN ENCROACHMENT IN THE EAST.

    By her latest convention with Russia, Persia has, it is believed, allowed her bands to be virtually tied for 70 years. Russia, moreover, by guaranteeing the ...

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  67. JOUBERT ON THE UPPER TUGELA.

    General Joubert is at present on the Upper Tugela. It is supposed that the presence of the Boer Commandant General in the neighbourhood is an ...

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  68. WINSTON CHURCHILL’S OPINION.

    Mr. Winston Churchill declares that everything can be staked on the coming battle. He adds that the spirits of the troops were never higher. ...

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  69. FRICTION BETWEEN WAR OFFICE AND VOLUNTEERS.

    The volunteer officers of England are profoundly disgusted with the War Of lice because of obstacles placed in the way of volunteers going to the ...

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  70. KITCHENER S LIGHT HORSE IRREGULARS.

    Three squadrons of Kitchener’s light horse, and a regiment of irregulars are being formed at Cape Town and are now ready to take the ...

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  71. BOER STRENGTH AT DORDRECHT, JAMESTOWN AND KIMBERLEY.

    Eight hundred rebels from Barkly East, in the north of Cape Colony have reinforced the Boer position at Dordrecht, where the enemy is now 2200 ...

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  72. SCENE IN A R.C. CATHEDRAL IN FRANCE.

    A remarkable scene was witnessed in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Nimes, in France. The occasion was a memorial service for French soldiers. ...

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  73. LADYSMITH RESIGNED TO ANY FATE.

    The Times correspondent at Ladysmith reports that the garrison is resigned to any fate. At the same time it is determined to second to the ...

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  74. CECIL RHODES’ PRIVATE SECRETARY CAPTURED.

    Mr Jourdaan, private secretary to Mr Cecil Rhodes’ bas been captured by the Boers. When taken prisoner, Jourdaan was engaged in carrying ...

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  75. BULLER BEGINS A FRESH MOVEMENT.

    The Morning Leader, on the authority of a correspondent at the front, affirms that General Buller has begun a fresh movement. The object ...

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  76. EUROPEAN SOLDIERS WITH THE BOER ARMY.

    A colonel on the staff of Col. de Villebois Marcuil, the French strategist who is assisting the Boers, declares that in the Boer Army there are ...

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