'A troop of the Inniskilling Fusiliers and 50 Victorian mounted men, under Lieutenant and Adjutant R. W. Salmon, supported Major Cyril St. Clair Cameron's advance party. After mounting their horses under a hail of bullets, the Tasmanians ...
Article : 96 wordsField-Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar, Commander-in-Chief of the army in South Africa, had a most enthusiastic reception from the troops in camp ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 697 wordsCorporal J. H. Whitelaw, of Launceston, also acted splendidly at a trying period. One of the Tasmanians was unable to get to his horse, and was being pressed hard by the enemy, when Corporal Whitelaw went to his rescue. ...
Article : 201 wordsGreat energy is being shown by the War Office in despatching the reinforcements. Five thousand men embarked ...
Article : 38 wordsThere were numerous escapes, many of them being very narrow. Bullets penetrated the clothing, helmets, and water-bottles worn by several of the men. ...
Article : 27 wordsTwenty of the West Australians, under Captain H. G. Moor, discovered the Boers placing a gun near Slingersfontein. ...
Article : 160 wordsIt is believed that the correspondents who are missing were captured. These include Mr. W. J. Lambie, of the "Age." Later. Reuter's reporter states that Mr. Lambie has been killed. ...
Article : 33 wordsObservations have been extensively made of the country occupied by the Boers, ,by means of the captive balloons. ...
Article : 64 wordsOn the 7th inst. it was reported from Pretoria that President Kruger had ordered the closing of the Johannesburg branch of Robinson's Bank, the ...
Article : 68 wordsLieutenant Salmon's men and the Inniskillings returned to camp safely after supporting the Tasmaninans. Later. The "Daily Mail" declares that the Tasmanians on Friday repelled ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Governor has received a cablegram from the Right Hon. Sir Alfred Milner this morning. His Excellency cabled:—"I have to report the following casualties in the Tasmanian contingent on February 9:— Wounded. ...
Article : 352 wordsMajor-General the Hon. N. G. Lyttelton has made a report regarding the position at Vaal Krantz. There were no facilities for artillery ...
Article : 52 wordsA large meeting of the electors of Plymouth, which constituency is represented in the House of Commons by Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C. (C.), was held ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Australians have been warmly commended for their work at the front during the past few days. In the opinion of the Capetown ...
Article : 92 wordsMr. Winton Churchill reports that Sir Redvers Buller is preparing for a fresh advance for the relief of Ladysmith. ...
Article : 58 wordsThe force which will be at the front by the end of the present month will, it is officially stated, consist of 194,000. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Boers have occupied a hill on Boroy's farm, south of the Tugela, and within an hour's ride of Chievely. This, combined with their ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Victorians were also hotly engaged in the Colesberg district on Friday, and inflicted fourteen casualties on the Boers. ...
Article : 35 wordsA shell thrown by the 100-pounder gun struck a rock on which Prince Christian Victor was sitting. The concussion knocked him down. ...
Article : 32 wordsVictor Peers, now serving in South Africa, and reported slightly wounded, left with the first Tasmanian contingent. His age is 25, height, 5ft. 10in., with a good chest measurement, pleasing, if somewhat stern in appearance, and of good military bearing. He received his educational ...
Article : 383 wordsSome time ago it was stated that Major-General French had enclosed the Boers in the Colesberg district. It has now transpired that this is ...
Article : 82 wordsThe "Spectator" proposes the erection of a conspicuous monument to the colonies in the heart of the city. This should be in commemoration of ...
Article : 38 wordsMr. Hales, the war correspondent of the "Daily News," has been captured. ...
Article : 16 wordsAll the prisoners who were taken at Sunnyside and sent down to Capetown for trial on the charge of treason have been committed. ...
Article : 27 wordsA few days ago the men of the New South Wales contingent attached to Major-General French's force made reconnaissance in the direction of ...
Article : 101 wordsLord Robert, in a second telegram to Presidents Kruger, of the Transvaal, and Steyn. of the Orange Free State. [?]as complained of the wanton ...
Article : 63 wordsFifty of the New South Wales mounted men, under Lieutenant Holinres and Locan, assisted by the Innis-killings and artillery, are clearing the ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Tue 13 Feb 1900, Page 5
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