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  2. CURRENT TOPICS.

    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 ...

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  3. WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Further 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 words
  4. RESCUE OF THE GUN.

    The Boers were not, however, destined to hold the piece for any length of time. A party of Australian bushmen who ...

    Article : 78 words
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  6. OBJECT OF THE ATTACKS.

    The object of these various attacks by the Boers has been explained in some of the despatches received by cable from the front. ...

    Article : 101 words
  7. BAREFOOTED SOLDIERS.

    It is declared by the "Daily Mail" that many of the British troops at Pretoria are barefooted. The War Office is sceptical, and it ...

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  8. MARAUDING BOERS

    Chief Secocoeni, with a force of Zulus, encountered a large number of marauding Boers on his territory. The Zulus immediately gave them ...

    Article : 33 words
  9. THE CASUALTIES.

    So 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 words
  10. ENGAGEMENT AT RUSTENBURG.

    Troopers P. M. Walsh and L. Hoy, of the New South Wales contingent of the Australasian bushmen, were wounded during the fighting at ...

    Article : 30 words
  11. ENTERIC.

    The 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 words
  12. THE BOER FORCE

    It 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 words
  13. NOTES ON THE CABLES.

    The 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 ...

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  14. BRITISH SUCCESSES.

    The 7th Dragoon Guards were successful in checking a simultaneous attack on the outposts at Derdepoort, between Greylingstad, and the railway ...

    Article : 60 words
  15. THE SURPRISE.

    Three 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 words
  16. THE WEATHER.

    During 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 words
  17. HOLDING A HILL.

    An 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 words
  18. SKIRMISH AT KRUGERSDORP.

    Major-General Smith-Dorries engaged the enemy near Krugersdorp on the 11th inst. He defeated them with great loss. ...

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  19. RESCUING A GUN.

    Much gallantry was shown in rescuing the Maxim gun, which was almost in the hands of the enemy. Eighty men, including a sergeant, ...

    Article : 52 words
  20. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

    Shortly 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 words
  21. GENERAL BULLER'S DIVISION

    The Boer commandoes have been making constant attacks upon the rail- way line. They were, however, dispersed on ...

    Article : 36 words
  22. STEADY LINCOLNS.

    The men of the Lincolnshire Regiment gave a splendid exhibition of British pluck and endurance. Surrounded as they were on every ...

    Article : 71 words
  23. THE RAILWAY LINES.

    The Boers have succeeded in repeatedly cutting the railway lime between Greylingstad and Standerton. This has so interfered with the ...

    Article : 52 words
  24. A BOLD DASH.

    Towards evening an officer called upon 15 of the men to make an opening in the cordon. The Lincolns rushed forward, but ...

    Article : 46 words
  25. THE CAVALRY COLUMN.

    The cavalry column under General French and the force under Colonel Mahon have fought a dashing battle at Rietfontein. ...

    Article : 42 words
  26. 38th BATTERY

    A 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 words
  27. AMMUNITION EXHAUSTED.

    By nightfall the ammunition was exhausted, and the remnant of the force fixed bayonets. They awaited the attack of the Boers, ...

    Article : 33 words
  28. OFFICERS OF LINCOLNS.

    Of the 10 officers of the Lincolnshire Regiment on, the field five were lost. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Robert Roberts, officer in charge of the second ...

    Article : 40 words
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