During the night on which the British reached Kimberley, the Boers at Spytfontein and Magersfontein, under Cronje, evacuated their positions, leaving large ...
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Article : 41 wordsThe great annual carnival of the Salvation Army was held to-night in the Exhibition Building, wider the conductorship of Commandant Beech, and the ...
Article : 141 wordsThe steamer Gulf of Taranto, which went ashore on Monday morning near Altona Bay, remained hard and last in that position to-day. The work of lightening the ...
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South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), Wed 4 Apr 1900, Page 5
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