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  2. THE WAR. MAFEKING RELIEVED.

    The most popular event of the war, the relief of Mafeking, occurred on Thursday, May 17. From the military point of view the matter was not of the first importance, but the circumstances of the ...

    Article : 271 words
  3. ANOTHER CAPITAL.

    LONDON, May 21, 7.30 a.m.—President Steyn has proclaimed Vrede, 120 miles E.N.B, of Kroonstad, to be the capital of the Free State. LONDON, May 21, 4.15 p.m.—Lord Roberts and ...

    Article : 287 words
  4. BADEN-POWELL PROMOTED.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday, Afternoon.—The Premier (Mr. Philp) has received news from Sir H. Tozer, the Agent-Ageneral, that Colonel Baden-Powell has been promoted to be General. ...

    Article : 80 words
  5. THE ADVANCE THROUGH NATAL.

    LONDON, May 16.—General Sir Redvers Buller's report discloses the fact that he was instructed to occupy the enemy in Natal. He describes the hurried retreat of the Boers, and the ...

    Article : 359 words
  6. THE REJOICINGS IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, May 21.—In honor of the relief of Mafeking her Majesty the Queen was serenaded on Saturday night at Windsor Castle by an immense torchlight procession, headed by the band ...

    Article : 141 words
  7. THE BOER ASSAULT ON MAFEKING.

    LONDON, May 16.—Heavy fighting occurred at Mafeking on Saturday. The Boers claim that they seized the native quarter, and brought guns to bear at close range ...

    Article : 104 words
  8. REPORTED PEACE PROPOSALS.

    LONDON, May 21, 7.55 a.m.—The "Express" reports that President Kruger has personally telegraphed to Lord Salisbury in an exceedingly bumble strain, and has proposed certain terms of ...

    Article : 117 words
  9. UNPARALLELED DEMONSTRATIONS.

    LONDON, May 19.—The popular demonstrations on the receipt of the news of the relief of Mafeking are described as unparalleled since those which followed the relief of Lucknow. ...

    Article : 231 words
  10. THE FIRST NEWS OF THE RELIEF.

    LONDON, May 17.—The attack of the Boers on Mafeking on Sunday was crushingly repulsed. Boer reports state that the relief column fought ...

    Article : 72 words
  11. ANOTHER REPORT.

    LONDON, May 21, 7.30 p.m.—The Transvaal Government, in announcing its intention to defead Johannesburg, disclaims any responsibility for the safety of foreigners or of property in the city, and ...

    Article : 180 words
  12. ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

    LONDON, May 17, 4.12 p.m.—Large crowds are outside the Mansion House awaiting news confirming the reported relief of Mafeking. There is intense excitement. ...

    Article : 120 words
  13. THE ZULULAND COLUMN.

    LONDON, May 21, 4.15 p.m.—The column sent by General Sir Redvers Buller to Zululand, to expel the Boers, is within twenty miles of Vryheid, a town in the south-east corner of the ...

    Article : 45 words
  14. SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S.

    LONDON, May. 20, 3.30 p.m.—The Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs of London attended in state a Te Deum in St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday. The clergy knelt at the altar, the congregation ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF THE RELIEF.

    LONDON, May 19, 6.30 a.m.—The telegraph operator at Malopo, north of Mafeking, reported that sharp fighting was in progress round Mafeking on Thursday. ...

    Article : 223 words
  16. AUSTRALIANS.

    LONDON, May 16.—Sergeant-major M[?]Allister, Corporal Osborne, and Trooper F.W. Buchanan, of the New South Wales forces, were severely wounded, and private C. Mitchell, of the New ...

    Article : 509 words
  17. IN THE FREE STATE.

    LONDON, May 16.—A Boer war council held at Lindley, the new capital of the Orange Free State, has decided to hold Harrismith. The correspondent of the. "Standard" at ...

    Article : 361 words
  18. AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION.

    LONDON, May 20, 6 p.m.—The English at the Paris Exhibition assembled and sang "God Save the Queen" when the news of the relief of Mafeking was announced. ...

    Article : 41 words
  19. MAFEKING FELIEF FUND.

    LONDON, May 20, 3.30 p.m.—In a few d[?]s £10,000 was subscribed in London to the Mafeking Relief [?]und. ...

    Article : 22 words
  20. INVASION OF THE TRANSVAAL.

    LONDON, May 17.—The correspondent of the "Express" (the new London daily paper) [?]tates that upon General Hunter, with a large force, including General Barton's division, reaching ...

    Article : 398 words
  21. THE RELIEF COLUMN'S SPLENDID MARCH.

    LONDON; May 21, 7.55 a.m.—it is understood that the Mafeking relief column was commanded by Colonel B. T. Mahon, D.S.O., of the 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars. ...

    Article : 265 words
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