THE long promised and much talked of armoured train, built to patrol the northern railway, at last made its appearance on Tuesday, September 26. when it was pulled out of the works at Salt ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 327 wordsTWO successful sorties in armoured trains were made from Kimberley and Botha, and many Boers were killed. The British lost three killed and 21 ...
Article : 272 wordsLieutenant-Colonel Kelly and Captain Roth were appointed a board to examine volunteers for service with the Anny Medical Corps in South Africa. The first taken were ...
Article : 475 wordsA MORE dispiriting day for the departure of the first detachment of the troops could not have been picked. It was a cold bleak day, threatening rain in the forenoon, and blowing a gale at ...
Article : 790 wordsThe N.S.W. Contingent embarked yesterday in torrents of ram. The streets were crowded, and there was much cheering, but the procession, was spoilt by the rain. ...
Article : 387 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph " says that Great Britain's naval preparations are intended as a warning to Europe not to intervene in the Transvaal, and thus secure compensations ...
Article : 86 wordsFour hours hard fighting occurred on Tuesday at M'Farlane's farm, seven miles from Kamherley, where 1000 Boers were posted. ...
Article : 173 wordsWriting under date September 24 the S. M. Herald's war correspondent in South Africa says:—Kimberley is the key of the western frontier, and the possession of Kimberley is an ...
Article : 511 wordsThe Lancer contingent, fresh from their six months' training in England, will be the first Australians in South Africa, and will probably be at the front in a few days. They will be ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 173 wordsPrior to the departure of the contingent on Saturday Mr. Peny was all alertness, and had two young ladies dressed in pure white under his Ministerial eye and call to conduct the ...
Article : 801 wordsA strong British force advanced from Ladyship upon Lombardstop, and found the Boers located at De Ware's farm. Failing to provoke an engagement, the ...
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Advertising : 448 wordsMrs Watkins a Rockhampton lady has returned from the Transvaal to her native town for safety. She confessed that she was not as familiar with all the intricacies of the situation ...
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Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954), Wed 1 Nov 1899, Page 5
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