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OCCASIONAL NOTES

... Jeffery, and we must say that, if his statement is only half true (and it is partly 'supported by subsequent facts), it exposes an amazing blunder. The discovery was made when testing the shooting of the Yeomanry with the new Lee-Enfield rifle, and the ...

Published: Thursday 25 January 1900
Newspaper: Pall Mall Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2118 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

THE FIGHT AT BRANDFORT

... e .ran of hllhs in 'the 'endeaa-rou'r-ht oainfank the: enamy.- 'Wihilbworkin' round he left flank -the m~ounted men wele exposed to a-hea'vy, fire, th'eliber slcd~lli~nA be~zn'g 'rviy, afccuratse. -Tne Bbersa 'did - not' open lfiire until oubinfantr'y ...

Published: Sunday 01 April 1900
Newspaper: Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1728 | Page: 1 | Tags: News 

TREACHERY IN PRETORIA

... De Wet is at lenigth i-nrplm~e. and thlatl his position is nosv perilous. 'Re has. however. escaped SO many times that many fakes are sceptical. Beyond the ?? of De ?? the nzew.rs from forces in the field is of the most m;eagre ?? EXPUALSION OF HOLLAINDDERS ...

Published: Thursday 05 July 1900
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 4541 | Page: 10 | Tags: News 

ELECTION NOTES

... whitewas,1 Mr Rhodes in the famous spe'cj echicli had much to d(o witll causing ?? African War, because of fear of being exposed himi?- self:- A colleague of his had in his nocket Certain correspondence be- tween Mr Hawlksey anid Mr Ckaniber- lain. with ...

Published: Monday 01 October 1900
Newspaper: Northern Echo
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 3191 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

FOURTH EDITION

... While'on outpost-duty on a kopje I observed how the Boer obtains cover,~ Iliaeis not content to get b3ehi nd a sto-ne and expose his head whenr he shoots. These little sailgars -that I. saw were built' up orf' small stonies with a hole left-Rteatly in ...

Published: Thursday 12 April 1900
Newspaper: Pall Mall Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 6079 | Page: 8 | Tags: News