Bananalander' (Melbourne) writes as follows to the Melbourne "Argus":— This unquenchable thirst is the greatest of the minor afflictions of our soldiers in ...
Article : 488 wordsParticulars which, have been received from Natal in reference to the capture of Spion Kop on Tuesday night by the British troops, under Major-General Sir ...
Article : 251 wordsMr. G. W. Stevens, war correspondent of the London "Daily Mail, whose death from typhoid fever was recently reported, sent the following undated ...
Article : 635 wordsLieutenant Staughton, son of Mr. Staughton, M.L.A. (Victoria), writes from the Modder River, under date December 12, as follows:—"I have not ...
Article : 689 wordsIn referring to the British victory at Spion Kop the continental newspapers acknowledge that the success gained by Major-General Warren is the turning ...
Article : 37 wordsA correspondent writes as follows:— What is to be done with the Patriotic Fond how being raised, with the Mayor of Perth as treasurer? I hear that the ...
Article : 309 wordsIn December President Kruger sent a message to President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, urging the latter to enforce firmness among the ...
Article : 113 wordsThe Boer version of the disaster which befel the New South Wales patrol under Lieutenant Willoughby Vincent Dowling Dear Rensburg on January 16 ...
Article : 123 wordsIn response to a request from the acting Premier, the Commandant (Colonel Chippindall) forwarded to him on Thursday the following report upon ...
Article : 382 wordsThe uniforms brought from Melbourne for the members of the Western Australian Mounted Infantry have all been distributed at Karrakatta ...
Article : 860 wordsThe contraband portion of the cargo of the barque Hans Wagner, which was seized by the British and afterwards released, has been landed at Port ...
Article : 36 wordsA middle-aged native just down from Nigel gave us (says the "Cape Times") his experience on his way to Heidelberg. Charlestown he found demolish. ...
Article : 663 wordsLord Roberts, the British Commander-in-chief in South Africa, has engaged the well-known scout Burnham, of Matabele fame, for scouting purposes. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe "send-off" accorded to the members of the South Australian second contingent to-day was an event which will ever be remembered by those who ...
Article : 367 wordsThe War Office authorities have ordered the immediate construction of new sights for the Lee-Enfield rifles, in order to correct a serious error which has ...
Article : 72 wordsAn engagement was fought at Chieveley on Tuesday between the Boers and the British under Major-General G. Barton, the commander of the Sixth, ...
Article : 148 wordsThe special correspondent of the "British Medical Journal" sends some particulars with regard to the Wynberg Hospital and the wounded. "One is ...
Article : 359 wordsBoer deserters who have come into lord Methuen's lines at the Modder River declare that the Boer camp at Magersfontein is in a highly insanitary ...
Article : 72 wordsHorsebreaking as practised by the men of Yezo, is graphically described by Miss Isabella Bird, but it will not comment itself to British or Australian ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 509 wordsGeneral Sir Redvers Buller, the British Commander in Natal, has issued directions to his troops to the effect that the exhibition of the white flag by ...
Article : 126 wordsGeneral Baller's despatch to the War Office in reference to the capture of Spion Kop, and the subsequent severe attack made by the Boers on ...
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Advertising : 118 wordsThe steamer Kildonan Castle, of the Castle Mail Packets line, has arrived at Durban from Britain with 2,000 troops for General Buller. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe formation of a bushmen's corps was advanced but little to-day. Colonel Otter and Captain Patterson have been ordered to go to camp with the men who ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 2 Feb 1900, Page 4
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