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FIGHTING IN WEST AFRICA

... FIGHTING IN WEST AFRICA. The War Office have received the following teleram, dated Sierra Leone, Jan. 18, 7.40 p.m. : — i‘rom Officer Commanding Troops, Sierra Leone, to Secretary of State for War. The following distch has been received from Ellis :—‘* ...

Published: Saturday 27 January 1894
Newspaper: Biggleswade Chronicle
County: Bedfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 382 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE WAR IN EAST AFRICA

... THE WAR IN EAST AFRICA. It is reported from Zanzibar that Major Owen, one of the officers who accompanied the recent expedition under Colonel Colville against Kabarega, the chief of Unroyo, bas arrived at Mombasa, having left Uganda on March 24th. He ...

Published: Saturday 12 May 1894
Newspaper: Biggleswade Chronicle
County: Bedfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 190 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. ADVANCE OF THE BRITISH,

... THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. ADVANCE OF THE BRITISH, Dispatches received at Cape Town anuounce that all the Chartered Cowmpany’s forces at Fort Victoria and Fort Charter, rumbering 800, with machine g;uu, are moving towards the Matabele border, ost of the ...

Published: Saturday 14 October 1893
Newspaper: Biggleswade Chronicle
County: Bedfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 101 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Bound for South Africa

... by Delane{;; Gallay. He believes there a great demand for skilled men in South Africa. Why, I asked him, South Africa instead of other parts of the Commonwealth (South Africa is an ex-member of the Commonwealth)? Firstly, Mr. Rook says, it is nearer to ...

Published: Friday 20 August 1965
Newspaper: Biggleswade Chronicle
County: Bedfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 189 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Situation in South Africa

... Situation in South Africa )| Bir—The recent develop-|ments in South Africa, and I & reaction gl min()t;nt't:‘l'llll y h)yu)t eir : m%, boils down to (this. I remember, when s { small achoolboy, more than 50 years ago, when this countrv | Was the ’xrumr ...

Published: Friday 10 June 1960
Newspaper: Biggleswade Chronicle
County: Bedfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 270 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FIGHTING IN WEST AFRICA

... FIGHTING IN WEST AFRICA. A telegram received at the Royal Marine Barracks, Stonehouse, on Sunday morning, leaves little doubs that there has been a severe engagement in the vicinity of Brass, on the West Coast of Africs, in which men of her Majesty's ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1895
Newspaper: Biggleswade Chronicle
County: Bedfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 663 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

RISK OF WAR

... RISK OF WAR If the talks failed the risks were the risks of warwar against our own people or against South Africans in a Continent where chaos was too widespread already. s The problem was very great and deep for the people living in South Africa—greater ...

Published: Friday 13 May 1966
Newspaper: Biggleswade Chronicle
County: Bedfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 93 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FIGHTING IN AFRICA. SOME HORRIBLE PETAILS

... FIGHTING IN AFRICA. SOME HORRIBLE PETAILS. From Mombasa the mail brings the statement that the whole coast line is again in a state of war and disturbance, and there is no safety outside the towns. The wires are cut and re-cut as soon as repaired, which ...

Published: Saturday 23 November 1895
Newspaper: Biggleswade Chronicle
County: Bedfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 317 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DEATH OF REV. T. H. STRONG Rector of Sandy for 26 years

... Sandy for 26 years The d-ath occurred in the Transvaal, South Africa, on August 19, of the Rev. Thomas Hammond Strong, who was Rector of Sandy 1920-46. The son of a clergyman, the South Africa he served in the Rev. Thomas O. Strong. he was ordained deacon ...

Published: Friday 28 August 1964
Newspaper: Biggleswade Chronicle
County: Bedfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 324 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

M.P.’s father dies while on holiday

... Educated at Stonevhurst. he spent much of his life In Rhodesia and South Africa. He served with the Imperial Light Horse in South Africa and was 1n the Roval Artillery during the 1914-18 war. Major Hastings was a member of parliament in Rhodesia from 1930 to ...

Published: Friday 03 June 1966
Newspaper: Biggleswade Chronicle
County: Bedfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 107 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Frldéfyi February 9 1962 TA award for Mr. A. R. Bennett

... decoration. He joined the B2ds Yeomanry before the war, and took an actlve part in the assault landings of North Africa, Sicily and Italy. ' being mentioned in dispatches Major Thomas is @ member of ‘the Beds War Pensions Committee and president of Big\g}eswade ...

Published: Friday 09 February 1962
Newspaper: Biggleswade Chronicle
County: Bedfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 127 | Page: 12 | Tags: none