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  2. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES.

    The latest reports speak in glowing terms of the energy and courage shown by Sir Redvers Buller. He was repeatedly under deadly tire, and although fortunately he ...

    Article : 455 words
  3. VOLUNTEERS FOR THE CAPE.

    The War Office authorities have decided to accept 7,000 volunteers for active service the Cape, and have instructed the officers commanding the regimental ...

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  4. WOOL SALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 968 words
  5. MAJOR-GENERAL TUCKER COMMANDS.

    Major-General C. Tucker, C.B., of the Madras district staff, bag been appointed to command the seventh army division, which is now being mobilised for sendee ...

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  6. PLUMER RETIRES.

    Colonel Plumer, who was marching to the relief of Mafeking with the Protectorate regiment, has been compelled to retire to Port Zuli, owing to severe drought ...

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  7. SHRAPNELS FROM GERMANY.

    The British Government have ordered 20,000 rounds of shrapnel from Herr Krupp's factory at Essen, in Germany. ...

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  8. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Immediately it became known by volunteers both in London and in the provinces that the Government would entertain offers for foreign service the matter was ...

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  9. WAITING FOR REINFORCEMENTS.

    Lord Methuen, who is entrenched in a position on the Modder River, is awaiting the arrival of cavalry and artillery reinforcements. He estimates the Boer force ...

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  10. REINIFORCEMENTS FROM INDIA.

    In order to strengthen the army under the command of Sir Redvers Boiler operating in Natal with the least possible delay the Imperial Government has arranged ...

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  11. EARL CARRINGTON'S OFFER.

    Earl Carrington, formerly Governor of New South Wales, has offered his country seat, at High Wycombe, in the valley of the Thames, to the Imperial Government ...

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  12. THE TRANSVAAL.

    A severe repulse has been inflicted on the Boers near Arundel. Information reached Major - General French, who is in command of the ...

    Article : 113 words
  13. BOERS UTILISING ALLIES.

    The Boers have posted the Germans, the Hollanders, and the Irish who are fighting for them in the most dangerous positions in every fight that has yet taken ...

    Article : 34 words
  14. LORD CHESHAM FORMING A CORPS.

    Lord Chesham, who was formerly a captain in the 10th Hussars and 16th Lancers, and now commands the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry Regiment, is actively ...

    Article : 53 words
  15. WAR NOTES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 953 words
  16. COMFORTS FOR AUSTRALIANS.

    The arrival of the Australian contingents in South Africa has aroused great enthusiasm among the Australians resident Cape Town. ...

    Article : 49 words
  17. A BOER PICKET DESTROYED.

    A skirmish is reported from the Modder River between a detachment of Guards and a Boer picket. The picket, which consisted of 40 men, ...

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  18. FOREIGN NATIONS IMPRESSED.

    The alacrity and enthusiasm with which the colonies have offered further military help to the mother country has produced a marked impression on the Continent. ...

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  19. BRITISH CASUALTY LIST.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 26 words
  20. COLONEL HECTOR MACDONALD.

    Colonel Hector Archibald MacDonald, A.D.C. to Her Majesty the Queen, has been appointed to the command or the Highland Brigade, rendered vacant by the ...

    Article : 58 words
  21. AMERICAN SYMPATHY.

    American sympathy with Great Britain in her war against the Boers has again been shown by President M'Kinley, who has taken further action to protect the ...

    Article : 119 words
  22. SERVICE IN ST. PAUL'S.

    A solemn and imposing service in memory of the British soldiers who have fallen on the battlefields in South Africa was held in St. Paul's Cathedral on December 19. ...

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  23. SORTIE FROM KIMBERLEY.

    A successful sortie was made by Lieut.Colonel Kekewich from Kimberley on December 9. The Boers had posted a cordite gun ...

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  24. NEW ZEALAND TROOPS IN ACTION.

    An official report has been received of a successful reconnaissance made by Major-General French, who is operating from Naauwpoort, in the direction of the Orange ...

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  25. CHURCHILL TRIES TO ESCAPE.

    Lieutenant Winston Churchill, son of Lady Randolph Churchill, who was taken prisoner by the Boers when they attacked the armoured train at Chieveley last ...

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  26. CONTINENTAL CRITICISM.

    The progress of the war in South Africa is watched with keen interest on the Continent. The foreign press, while criticising the ...

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  27. EUDYARD KIPLING'S POEM.

    Some time ago the "Daily Mail" published a poem by Mr. Rudyard Kipling, entitled "The Absent-minded Beggar," copies of which were sold at 1/ each, the ...

    Article : 87 words
  28. THANKS FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSISTANCE.

    Mr. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking in London, paid a warm tribute to the Australian colonies for their help in South Africa. ...

    Article : 77 words
  29. TROOPS ORDERED TO DURBAN.

    Reinforcements have already begun to arrive at the Cape, as the first transport, having on board men belonging to Sir Charles Warren's division, has put in an ...

    Article : 112 words
  30. FIGHTING AT ARUNDEL.

    A force of 2,000 Boers has occupied a mountain range parallel to the railway line at Arundel, where General French is stationed. ...

    Article : 148 words
  31. SUPPOSED TREACHEROUS GUIDES.

    The guides who led Sir W. F. Gatacre's force into the position at Stormberg in which they sustained the reverse were shot as the force was retreating to Molteno. ...

    Article : 49 words
  32. CANADIAN FORCES.

    Particulars have been received of the constitution of the second contingent which is on the point of leaving Canada for South Africa. ...

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  33. REINFORCEMENTS FOR NATAL.

    The War Office has resolved to further reinforce Sir Redvers Buller's troops Natal by detachments from the Indian army. Four regiments of infantry and a ...

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  34. BOERS LED BY FOREIGN OFFICERS.

    The London newspapers declare their belief that a much larger number of German and French officers than was imagined are with the Boer forces and helping to ...

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  35. FIGHTING AT MAFEKING.

    On the 10th inst. the Boers made a determined assault upon Mafeking, but were repulsed, after severe fighting, by Colonel Baden-Powell's forces. ...

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  36. THE WOOL SALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,352 words
  37. BOERS REPULSED AT KURUMAN.

    News has been received of further fighting at Kuruman, a mission station in Bechuanaland, about 90 miles south-west of Vryburg. ...

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  38. A NEW ZEALANDER KILLED IN ACTION.

    Trooper Bradford, a member of the New Zealand contingent, which is attached to General French's column, was killed in action outside Arundel, between Naauwpoort ...

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  39. MESSAGE FOR MAFEKING.

    The Boers who are besieging Mafeking have made use of a novel method of communication. They fired a shell from which the explosive had been removed into ...

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  40. SUSPECTED DISLOYALTY.

    Sir W. F. Gatacre has forbidden the larmere in the neighbourhood of Sterkstroom, where he is now stationed, to move from one part of the country to another without ...

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  41. COMMANDEERING SALVATIONISTS.

    The Boers have commandeered a number of Salvation Army "soldiers" in the Transvaal, and compelled them to fight against the British. ...

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  42. REVOLT OF THE CAPE DUTCH.

    The reverse sustained by Sir W. F. Gatacre near Stormberg has, as was anticipated, had a bad effect upon teh Dutch far[?] in the north of the Cape Colony. ...

    Article : 37 words
  43. A VICTORIAN IN THE ARMY.

    Mr, Noel Calvert, of the Western district, Victoria, has been given a commission in the Sixth Dragoons (the Inniskillings), which are on service in South ...

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  44. ROBERTS AND KITCHENER.

    Lord Roberts, who goes out to South Africa as commander-in-chief of the British forces, will meet Lort Kitchener, his chief of staff, at Madeira. Lord ...

    Article : 42 words
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