The Boers were hardly visible throughout the battle of the Modder River, their rifle pits being protected and bullet proof. They had been seven weeks fortifying the ...
Article : 510 wordsThere is a curious fatalism, about Mr Rhodes. There was no special reason why he should go to Kimberley. He wrote to a friend just before he started ...
Article : 1,307 wordsFor ten hours the British troops in the battle at Modder River, fought in the great heat. The men became almost maddened with thirst, the watercarts ...
Article : 52 wordsEarl Dc La Warr, who is a son-in-law of Lord Brassey, and is acting as war correspondent in South Africa, was nearly shot while assisting to remove the ...
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Advertising : 537 wordsCommandant General Joubert is again suffering from illness, and has returned to Volkrust, which is in the Transvaal, a few miles north of Majuba Hill, where he ...
Article : 52 wordsLieut. General Lord Methuen is satisfied that the enemy's morale is much shaken by their losses, which were much heavier than the British in the battle of ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Boer commandos have been forcing under the pains of court martial, all residents, whether of foreign or Dutch nationality, to bear arms with the enemy, ...
Article : 61 wordsMajor-General Sir William Forbes Gatacre has arrived at Putter's Kraal, which is on the railway line to Aliwal North, and only a few miles South of ...
Article : 58 wordsMajor Scott Turner, who led the Bechuanaland Border Police when they captured the enemy's laager outside of Kimberley on 28th November, was wounded, ...
Article : 60 wordsThe transport Kent, with a portion of the New South Wales contingent arrived at Capetown on Friday last. LONDON, December 6. ...
Article : 215 wordsThe Australian said Canadian contingents, it has been decided, are to form a separate brigade, under Major-General Lord Methuen. The troops left ...
Article : 83 wordsThe following appears in a private letter from one of the Volunteers at Ladysmith:—I was down the town on Sunday. There was great excitement over ...
Article : 163 wordsMr Labuschagne, member of the Natal Legislative Council, has been arrested for treason, having joined the Boers at Estcourt. ...
Article : 23 wordsLieutenant-Colonel Yule, who commanded the British forces at Glencoe after Major-General Sir Frederick Symons was mortally wounded, is returning to ...
Article : 28 wordsKimberley, 23rd October (per Despatch rider to Orange River).—Notwithstanding the existing siege all are fairly cheerful, and a wedding was actually ...
Article : 127 wordsA number of women have visited Commandant General Joubert at Ladysmith, sad implored him to end the war by capitulating. ...
Article : 24 wordsOfficial reports received from General Sir George White at Ladysmith state that the garrison is cheered into a state of excitement at the prospect of the town ...
Article : 218 wordsHer Majesty the Queen, when welcoming the nurses at Windsor Castle, remarked to them: 'How sweet of you to care for my men.' ...
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The North Queensland Register (Townsville, Qld. : 1892 - 1905), Mon 11 Dec 1899, Page 16
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