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  2. THE BOER WAR.

    In connection with the crossed of the Tugela River by the British, under General sir Redvers buller, on Monday last, it is stated that the Boers ...

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  3. AT KOODOOSBERG.

    Field-Marshal Lord Roberts explains that Major-General MacDonald fulfilled his mission before he retired to Modder River, as he dispersed the Boers, who ...

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  4. MR.GILBERT PARKER ON AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Gilbert Parker, the [?] writer, who was lately the guest of [?] Earl of Aberdeen at Haddo-house, [?] livered a lecture on December 28 to the ...

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  5. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BUSH-MEN'S CONTINGENT.

    The work of enrolling the bushmen's corps will commence at 8 o'clock to-night at the Perth Drill-hall. The applicants will first of all have to submit ...

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  6. AS OTHERS SEE US.

    "Le Siecle" says:—It is the Boers who have been preparing for and who have desired, the war in the hopes of realising their Programme of 1881—"Africa ...

    Article : 231 words
  7. FIRING AT LADYSMITH.

    The Boers report that there was heavy firing in the direction of Ladysmith on the night that the British recrossed the Tugela, namely that of February 7. ...

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  8. BOERS DESERT THEIR CAMPS.

    Previousely to the withdrawal of Major-General MacDonald and the Highland Brigade from Koodoosberg the Boers had deserted all their camps on ...

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  9. BOERS IN ZULULAND.

    The Boers hare taken possession of the British magistracy at Isandlwana in Zululand. On hearing of the approach of the ...

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  10. "THIS WOFULLY-MANAGED WAR."

    Writing to a friend in London from Modder River, an officer who is with Lord Methuen's force says:-. . . . "And so your chrysanthemums are out. ...

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  11. THE WAR ESTIMATES.

    A sum of £13,000,000 has been placed on the supplementary estimates, providing for the maintenance of 120,000 additional troops in South Africa. ...

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  12. COMFORTS FOR OUR CONTINGENTS.

    Mrs. Messer acknowledges with thanks the receipt of the sum of £18. 3a Id. from the Misses Darlot and Muir, the proceeds of the sale held on Saturday at ...

    Article : 84 words
  13. FOREIGN MILITARY ATTACHES.

    Reuter's Telegram Company states that some foreign military attaches have left Cape Town for the front, where they will join Lord Roberts's staff. ...

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  14. LORD ROBERTS.

    Lord Roberts has arrived at Modder River from Sterkstroom. It 16 believed that a big engagement is pending, as Major-General French ...

    Article : 51 words
  15. ADDRESS-IN-REPLY ADOPTED.

    The House of Commons has adopted the Address-in-Reply. The 200,000 troops referred to by Mr. J. Chamberlain in his recent speech ...

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  17. BATTERY IN DANGER.

    At the battle on Monday, February 5, the British, under Major-General A. S. Wynne, made a feint attack on the left [?]. ...

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  18. ARMORED TRAIN SORTIE.

    The Boers state that, on Tuesday last, the British sent out an armored train and 2,000 men from Chieveley, with the object of threatening the Boers' left ...

    Article : 51 words
  19. CONCERT AT BURBANKS.

    A concert in aid of the War Relief Fund at Burbanks on Friday night realised £85. "The Absent-Minded Beggar" picture brought in £60 ...

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  20. MAJOR-GENERAL CLERY.

    Major-General Sir Cornelius F. Clery, commander of the Second Division, has broken down in health, and is returning to England. ...

    Article : 300 words
  21. BUSHMEN'S CORPS.

    A proclamation has been issued, authorising the despatch of a bushmen's contingent, in two companies of 140 men each, and 400 horses. ...

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  22. BOER ARMAMENTS.

    According to a secret memorandum of the Volksraad, the Boers have no fewer than 230 modern guns. ...

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  23. BOER PRISONERS TRANSPORTED.

    A Cape Town despatch, of January 6 says:-A considerable number of Boer prisoners, who were captured recently at the action at Grasspan and Belmont ...

    Article : 64 words
  24. BULLER'S POSITION.

    The Boers report that they shelled General Buller's forces heavily, and that the latter have again withdrawn across the Tugela River. ...

    Article : 48 words
  25. AUSTRALIAS IN ACTION.

    On Friday last 50 Australians and Tasmanians, under Captain C. St. Clair Cameron, commander of the Tasmanian contingent, made a reconnaissance near ...

    Article : 249 words
  26. LOSS OF BOER HORSES.

    A Boer who was recently taken prisoner by the British has volunteered the statement that so many of the enemy's horses have been killed that the ...

    Article : 47 words
  27. IN THE CHURCHES.

    Throughout the colony to-day the majority of the churches made intercession for a speedy and righteous termination of the war in Africa. The ...

    Article : 88 words
  28. SUPPLIES FOR THE BRITISH FORCES.

    New York, January 6.—The Steamer Sabine sailed to-day for South Africa with over l,000,0001b. of canned beef and 500 tons of hay. Two other ...

    Article : 195 words
  29. NEW SOUTH WELSHMEN.

    The members of the New South Wales contigent were shelled by the Boers near Colescorp (Coleaberg or Cole's Kop), but escaped uninjured. ...

    Article : 41 words
  30. STATEMENTS BY BALFOUR.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, stated in the House of Commons last night, to answer to a question, that General Buller was not ...

    Article : 74 words
  31. NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT.

    The troops are now beginning to gather at Christchurch for the third contingent, which will leave Lyttelton next Saturday in the steamer Knight ...

    Article : 79 words
  32. A BALLARAT VOLUNTEER.

    Mr. P. L. Russell, of Carngham Station, about 15 miles to the west of Ballarat, has received a commission in the South Staffordshire Militia and ...

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  33. "DAILY NEWS" VERSION.

    The Natal correspondent of the London "Daily New's" shows that after the British had crossed the Tugela by way of Moicn's Drift, on Monday last, and ...

    Article : 147 words
  34. AT PORT NATAL.

    The following is taken from a letter received from Port Nacol in the G.A.S. Essen by a sea captain at Fremantle:-Although the harber authorities here ...

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  35. BULLER'S RETIREMENT.

    The report of General Buller's retirement to the south of the Tugela River has been confirmed. ...

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  36. PRISONERS IN PRETORIA.

    A Cape Town correspondent, writing on January 6, says:—Mr. David Robert son has just arrived in Cape Town, after undergoing the novel experience of ...

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  37. MACDONALD'S BRIGADE.

    The Highland Brigade, under Major-General Hector A. MacDonald, which advanced from Modder River last week in a north-vesterly direction, with, the ...

    Article : 137 words
  38. CAUSE OF THE RETREAT.

    Particulars -which have been received in regard to General Buller's retirement across the Tugela River show that the Boers were in great strength, especially ...

    Article : 168 words
  39. COLONEL EAGAR.

    President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, has promised to release Colonel Heary Averell Eagar, of the Royal Irish Rifles, as soon as he has sufficiently ...

    Article : 91 words
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