The Boer movements for the isolation of Ladysmith got a severe chock on Thursday, November 2, though the engagement did not, it appears, free the line of communications. As far as ...
Article : 329 wordsThis is the worst from Kimberley—the place is in some danger, but still holding on. It is necessary to explain this, because of the curious things which have appeared in the French ...
Article : 367 wordsOther people may get scared, mercenaries may holt, it may he necessary even to talk not of invasion, but defence to send the Pretoria Artillery, the reserve, the pick of the permanent ...
Article : 342 wordsAround Ladysmith, General Joubert ia showing little enterprise, it is believed because of the severity of his losses; and he is "reconcentrating" the columns,with which he attempted to cut ...
Article : 533 wordsImportant speeches were made on the night of Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Guildhall, London, at the inaugural banquet of the Lord Mayor. The inauguration dinner of the Lord Mayor has ...
Article : 335 wordsOn the Oran ge River, the southern frontier of the Orange Free State, Colonel Keith Falconer, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, has-been shot while reconnoitring, and three other officers have been ...
Article : 275 wordsGeneral White's difficulties and the importance of the position which he is holding can be well realised by a glance at tho Natal railway. Said a "Pall Mall" writer lately concerning this ...
Article : 441 wordsThe cables on Tuesday etated that General Buller has decided to relieve Ladysmith before attempting anything else. For this" purpose forces are accumulating, the arrival of ...
Article : 267 wordsThe best news from South Africa is that 3600 more troops have arrived at Capetown, half of whom were sent on to Durban. Lord Methuen and Sir William Gatacre, both experienced ...
Article : 408 wordsBoer tactics were recently lucidly explained by a letter of Lieutenant-Colonel J. S. Walker, published in London. Colonel Walker said: "Boer tactics are unique;, one has to witness it ...
Article : 460 wordsA cheering tale, as showing that the pluck of the cavalry remains equal to Balaclava standard, is furnished by the details of the surrender of the eighty Hussars recently cut off. The men ...
Article : 78 wordsGenerally things look better, and though General Buller, who, on the model of Wolseley and Kitchener, has fixed a date for the end of the war, may not, as he hopes, be able to have the British ...
Article : 430 wordsA battle, undeniably a great success, in the direction of Ladysmith-anything like the establishment of a panic among the Boers might change the whole course of the war, or rather ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 18 Nov 1899, Page 13
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