The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Royal mail steamer Victoria, which arrived to-day from Colombo, brings the following description, compiled from the war ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 4,359 wordsAccording to the latest reports from Natal, the Boer movements south of Estcourt continue, and there is evidence of their near approach to Maritzburg, the ...
Article : 127 wordsProceedings were of a sensational character in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, diversified by intervals of broad faree. Sir George Turner, as soon as the House ...
Article : 2,253 wordsLieut. Colonel Kekewich has added another success to the many which have marked his long defence of Kimberley. On the 16th inst. a sortie took place ...
Article : 67 wordsIt is stated on the authority of the "Daily Mail" that the War Office has given orders for the mobilisation of another division of the Army Corps, and that at ...
Article : 49 wordsSir Julian Salomons, the Agent-General for New South Wales, has forwarded to the War Relief Fund the sum of £10,000, which is contributed by an Australian, who ...
Article : 47 wordsA visit has been paid by Mr. Jumes G. Stowe, the United States consul-general at Cape Town, to the Boer prisoners in captivity at Simon's Town, the headquarters ...
Article : 105 wordsSir Redvers Buller is taking immediate steps to expel the Boers from the British territory on the Orange River. For this purpose, 3,000 men have been ...
Article : 119 wordsShould the steamer Medic, which is conveying the Australian troops for service in South Africa, have arrived at Cape Town yesterday (her due date), the agents, ...
Article : 65 wordsAdditional proof is forthcoming of the disloyally which for some time past has been known to exist amongst the Dutch Afrikanders of the Cape Colony. ...
Article : 46 wordsAll railway and telegraphic communication with Estcourt is now completely interrupted. Advancing south from Estcourt, the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 194 wordsA largely attended meeting of residents of Hamilton was held tonight for the purpose of protesting against the unpatriotic attitude assumed by Mr. A. H. Griffith, ...
Article : 59 wordsThe occupation of the border towns on the Orange River is still being proceeded with by the Boers. Among the places in their possession ...
Article : 67 wordsHis Excellency the Governor and Lady Brassey will leave this afternoon for Macedon, where Lady Brassey will remain until Monday. His Excellency will return ...
Article : 961 wordsThe arrival of the British reinforcements at Durban excites great enthusiasm among the townspeople, and the troops as they land are greeted with hearty and ...
Article : 68 wordsNatal was first discovered by Vasco di Gama on Christmas Day, 1497. He therefore christened it "Terra Natalis." A private letter which has been received ...
Article : 411 wordsIt was recently stated by the French Royalist newspaper "Le Gaulois" that Prince Louis Bonaparte, brother of Prince Victor Bonaparte, the head of the ...
Article : 117 wordsThe Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's steamer Wniwera, which left Wellington on October 21, with the New Zealand contingent, has arrived at Port Elizabeth. ...
Article : 60 wordsThe passage of the Boer troops through the country in the neighbourhood of Estcourt has been accompanied by numerous acts of looting. ...
Article : 71 wordsSir,—With reference to some comments by "Uitlander," it needs to be pointed out that the British were not."totally unprepared" at Hronkhurst Spruit. Colonel ...
Article : 159 wordsThe Boers are reported to be in strong force in the neighbourhood of Estcourt, and to be well supplied with artillery. According to the latest intelligence, they ...
Article : 46 wordsIn the country cast of Ladysmith there are a large number of German farmers, who took up land many years ago, ami have become very prosperous and loyal subjects. ...
Article : 68 wordsIn military circles much discussion has taken place with regard to the southward advance of the Boers, It is generally considered that their ...
Article : 74 wordsClose tO Weston, on the Mooi River, 20 miles south of Estcout, Major-General G. Barton had a lively brush with the enemy. ...
Article : 72 wordsAt Half-past, 10 a.m.—Stevenson v. L. Stevenson and Sons Limited (part heard). Practice Court. Mr. Justice Hodges will take chamber business ...
Article : 163 wordsLuch day adds to the astonishment that is being caused by the Boer movements. It was a common belief that the arrival of the Army Corps would narrow the scene of ...
Article : 775 wordsIt is staled that Sir C. F. Clery has decided upon a combined movement against the Boers, and that an important engagement may be expected almost ...
Article : 43 wordsThe audacious advance of the Boers into the very heurt of Natal continues, and, in addition to the foraging parlies south of Estcourt, a more important Boer ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 24 Nov 1899, Page 5
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