Wreck of the Mary.—On Saturday Messrs. W. T. Bell and Co. sold by auction at their mart the salvage from the wreck of the ketch Mary, at ...
Article : 2,160 wordsFurther particulars are to hand concerning the reverse at Nitral's Nek, about 18 miles from Pretoria. The British force consisted of five ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 156 wordsThe Boers were not, however, destined to hold the piece for any length of time. A party of Australian bushmen who ...
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Advertising : 673 wordsThe object of these various attacks by the Boers has been explained in some of the despatches received by cable from the front. ...
Article : 101 wordsIt is declared by the "Daily Mail" that many of the British troops at Pretoria are barefooted. The War Office is sceptical, and it ...
Article : 48 wordsChief Secocoeni, with a force of Zulus, encountered a large number of marauding Boers on his territory. The Zulus immediately gave them ...
Article : 33 wordsSo far thirty of the Lincolns have arrived back at camp. It is difficult, however, to estimate at this stage the exact number of the ...
Article : 52 wordsTroopers P. M. Walsh and L. Hoy, of the New South Wales contingent of the Australasian bushmen, were wounded during the fighting at ...
Article : 30 wordsThe deaths are announced of Troopers C. Gorrie, C. E. Wiggins, and Towsil, of the New Zealand, contingent. They succumbed to enteric fever at ...
Article : 28 wordsIt has transpired that the Boer force which so successfully surprised the British at Nitral's Nek was under command of General De la Rey. ...
Article : 53 wordsThe details of the affair at Nitral's Nek, 18 miles east of Pretoria, show that the Doers are not wanting in dash. It is only about three weeks back that ...
Article : 703 wordsThe 7th Dragoon Guards were successful in checking a simultaneous attack on the outposts at Derdepoort, between Greylingstad, and the railway ...
Article : 60 wordsThree of the companies of Lincolns occupied a pass, and two were camped in the plain, while the guns, escorted by the Scots Greys, were in advance of ...
Article : 47 wordsDuring yesterday fine weather prevailed, but in the afternoon a strong south-west wind sprang up, and for a time a dust storm reigned supreme, ...
Article : 81 wordsAn attempt was made by the Scots Greys and the gunners to hold the hill dominating the Boer position. In this work, however, they suffered ...
Article : 43 wordsMajor-General Smith-Dorries engaged the enemy near Krugersdorp on the 11th inst. He defeated them with great loss. ...
Article : 37 wordsMuch gallantry was shown in rescuing the Maxim gun, which was almost in the hands of the enemy. Eighty men, including a sergeant, ...
Article : 52 wordsShortly after 9.30 last evening a fire alarm was sounded from the Sandhill bell, and was taken up by the central firebell. The brigades turned out with ...
Article : 345 wordsThe Boer commandoes have been making constant attacks upon the rail- way line. They were, however, dispersed on ...
Article : 36 wordsThe men of the Lincolnshire Regiment gave a splendid exhibition of British pluck and endurance. Surrounded as they were on every ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Boers have succeeded in repeatedly cutting the railway lime between Greylingstad and Standerton. This has so interfered with the ...
Article : 52 wordsTowards evening an officer called upon 15 of the men to make an opening in the cordon. The Lincolns rushed forward, but ...
Article : 46 wordsThe cavalry column under General French and the force under Colonel Mahon have fought a dashing battle at Rietfontein. ...
Article : 42 wordsA sensational incident is reported from the Bethlehem district, in which one gun, belonging to the 38th British. Battery, was captured by the enemy. ...
Article : 104 wordsBy nightfall the ammunition was exhausted, and the remnant of the force fixed bayonets. They awaited the attack of the Boers, ...
Article : 33 wordsOf the 10 officers of the Lincolnshire Regiment on, the field five were lost. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Robert Roberts, officer in charge of the second ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Mon 16 Jul 1900, Page 5
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