For the eighth time the Boers have changed the position of their siege gun. On Friday night they removed it to its old emplacement to the south-east. ...
Article : 266 wordsIn connection with the official report that a strong Boer force on Wednesday, 4th inst., surrounded and captured three companies of Irish Rifles and ...
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Advertising : 882 wordsThe emergency meeting of the Freemasons which took place on the 18th proved a great success, being very well attended. W.M. the Rev. W. H. ...
Article : 170 wordsTo-day is St. David's Day, and there have been great rejoicings among the Welsh in the town, of whom there are several, including Mr. Algie, from ...
Article : 233 wordsIt will he learned with regret by the citizens of Auckland (by whom Professor Schmitt was favourably and widely known) that he passed away at his ...
Article : 676 wordsTo-morrow is Majuba Day, and if the Boers fancy they are going to celebrate it they will find that Mafeking is quite prepared for the fun. The military, ...
Article : 296 wordsFifteen hundred of the Doer prisoners who had embarked for St. Helena were relanded at Simonstown, owing to the severe outbreak of fever on board ...
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Article : 365 wordsIt has transpired that the column which was captured at Reddersburg belonged to Major-General Sir William Gatacre's (the third) division. ...
Article : 131 wordsThe Winkfield brought the remounts for Major-General French's cavalry division. Ten thousand horses are expected to ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Boers have threatened to invade Basutoland and invest Wepner. As a consequence, Sir Godfrey Yeatman Lagdon, K.C.M G., British ...
Article : 120 wordsMajor-General Clements has made a report to the Commander-in-Chief regarding his progress up to Bloemfontein from the Colesberg district at the ...
Article : 59 wordsIn my last despatch I wrote that the Boers had taken their siege gun away to the western end of the town. Last Wednesday General Snyman returned, ...
Article : 319 wordsCaptain Robert D. Barwick Bruce, of H.M.S. Monarch, guardship at Simonstown, has despatched a contingent of bluejackets to the front. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe monthly meeting of this trust was held on Saturday, all the members being present. Mr. W. Lade wrote, asking ...
Article : 350 wordsAs already mentioned, the feeding of the natives gives a lot of trouble. A soup kitchen has been established, where vegetables, mealies, and ...
Article : 190 wordsSome severe fighting appears to have taken place at Boshof, some distance north-east of Kimberley. It appears that a large number of ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Boers now stretch in a thin line down towards Sannespoort, on the eastern side of the Jagersfontein road. ...
Article : 30 wordsIt appears the troops are suffering severely from pneumonia, owing to the thinness of the uniforms used. Thicker garments are now on the way, and ...
Article : 86 wordsFebruary 27. Majuba Day! God grant our brave fellows have wiped out that memory at last. Yesterday we were shelled all day long, the ...
Article : 303 wordsThe news of the relief of Kimberley has cheered us tremendously. Not that the garrison has even been faint-hearted. Quite ...
Article : 270 wordsAs an external application for the cure of rheumatism, lame back, sprains, swellings, cuts, and bruises, Chamberlain's Pain Balm is without ...
Article : 81 wordsThere are strong, commandoes to the south of Bloemfontein, but they have no baggage. They are rapidly raiding and ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Tue 10 Apr 1900, Page 5
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