Sergeant W. Barham, writing from Elando River, under date Juno 14th, 1900, to his wife, Mrs. W. Barham, of this city, amongst other things says:— ...
Article : 719 wordsMajor-General Broadwood and Major-General Ridley are tightening the cordon around Commandants De Wet and Steyn on the hills west of Vredefort. ...
Article : 37 wordsHon. St. John Broderick, (Parliamentary See for Foreign Affairs), speaking in Committee of Supply, was cheered on announcing the unity of the Powers with regard to ...
Article : 140 wordsIndia is preparing a third brigade for service in China. ...
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Advertising : 139 wordsThe Chinese Council reports that the Foreign Ministers in Pekin were safe on the 30th July, and were arranging for the journey to Tientsin. ...
Article : 61 wordsDoctor Davenport, of Adelaide, has escaped from Wuchang. ...
Article : 15 wordsCommandant-General Louis Botha asks for confirmation of the news of Commandant Prinsloo's surrender, which he desires to communicate to Commandant De Wet. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Russians have captured the Chinese outposts at Petting, and also the fortress at Hunchung. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 33 wordsAn efforts is being mode by the Government to secure an officer from one of the warships to take charge of the contingent for China. ...
Article : 32 wordsSir Claude MacDonald, the British Ambassador at Pekin, in a despatch dated the 21st, stated that the besieged positions were fortified on both sides, thus the lines were ...
Article : 158 wordsDocuments have been discovered in the Government offices at Pretoria indicating that some members of the British House of Commons and other politicians indiscreetly ...
Article : 39 wordsNews was received here late yesterday afternoon to the effect that the Governors bad been seen at Narrin, some 88 miles distant. Parties of civilians went out last ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 36 wordsMr. Rose-Inness, the Attorney-Goneral the Cape House of Assembly, in moving the second reading of the Treason Bill, declared that it was impossible to grant an amnesty ...
Article : 52 wordsMr. WRAGGE'S FORECAST.—N.B.W.: Fine over the northern half; cloudy and foggy, with patchy rain otherwise. Moderate seas. FOUND DEAD.—An elderly woman named ...
Article : 822 wordsMr. W. P. Schreiner, in the Cape House of Assembly, delivered a strong loyalist speech in which he upheld martial law. He said that no martial law was less harshly ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Chinese Ambassadors in Europe have cabled demanding that the diplomatists at Pekin should be authorised to communicate with their respective Powers and also ...
Article : 47 wordsSir,—In reference to a latter of Mr. P. Furness' to the Secretaries of the Indian Famine Relief Fund (and to which you have given publicity in your columns), suggesting ...
Article : 340 wordsWord has just been received hero that it is reported that the Breelong blacks were seen at Wyadra, 22 miles distant. The report appears to be true, as a resident was ...
Article : 230 wordsLi Hung Chang has assured the Consuls that the Ministers at Pekin would be placed in communication with their respective Governments if the advance of the allies on ...
Article : 38 wordsCaptain Fielding is now convalescent and is returning to Queensland. ...
Article : 15 wordsTrooper March, South Australia, who was reported missing, has rejoined his regiment. ...
Article : 21 wordsRussian reports are to the effect that the majority of the Chinese troops and Boxers south of Pekin were concentrated at Yangtsun, and that 50,000 trained troops ...
Article : 93 wordsMrs. Cortis, of this city, is in receipt of the following letters from her husband, Dr. Cortis, who is at the front as a member of the New South Wales Ambulance Corps:— ...
Article : 1,091 wordsLieutenant-General Baden-Powell is hard pressed at Rustenburg. Lieutenant-General Ian Hamilton's division is morning to his relief. ...
Article : 33 wordsGroat secrecy is being observed with regard to the Japanese movements. Generals Shank and Hakwan, it is expected, will make a simultaneous advance ...
Article : 36 wordsThe police parties in search of the Breelong blacks last night were reported to have lost all traces of tho fugitives. The reports of traces being discovered in several ...
Article : 50 wordsAn additional 750 Boers have surrendered to Lieutenant-General Sir A. Hunter, who captured immense supplies of cattle, sheep, waggons, and horses. ...
Article : 33 wordsVice-Admiral Seymour, insisted on being allowed to visit tho Viceroy of Nankin, and the latter reluctantly sent a war ship to escort the cruiser Alacrity past the forts. ...
Article : 36 wordsSir,—As I was passing the Court House on Thursday I saw that the town clock was "on the move" and as it was near to the hour I waited to hear it strike, and I quito ...
Article : 221 wordsThe "London Express" states that Colonel Hay urged Li Hung Chang to advise the Pekin authorities to place themselves in friendly communication with the Allies. ...
Article : 36 wordsMajor-General Lord Kitchener is directing operations against Commandant De Wet at Rhenoster River. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe Chinese Government have returned all foreign Governments cypher messages. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe Beer commandant at Liebery attacked Major-General Smith-Dorien's force near Frederickatad under a flag of truce. The attack was repulsed, the British ...
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Advertising : 283 words120,000 German soldiers and 3,650 officers have volunteered for service in China. ...
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