Colesberg Campaign and Mafeking Dispatches Feature
A detailed sketch of General French defeating the Boers at Colesberg and pressing their retreat with cavalry and artillery. Included are notes on Mafeking defenses, rumors of a Dutch rising, and reports of Boer spies in Yeomanry.
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Cape Town
Cape Colony
Sir Alfred Milner
Paarl
Richmond
Ndon
Yeomanry
Lord Chesham
Leyds
Thornycrofts’ Horse
Dordrecht Fight Details Spark Casual Interest in War Skirmish
London reports a small engagement near Dordrecht with 120 lancers and 110 men under Captain Goldsworthy, plus Montmorency’s scouts. Turner and 27 men were rescued after burrowing into Labnschagns Nek. eight Boers and thirteen horses were killed. The Times cites a fierce night defense by 800 Boers and notes British losses of two wounded.
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London
Dordrecht
Montmorency
Twenty-first Lancers
Goldsworthy
Turner
Labnschagns Nek
the Times
Sterkstroem
Warren
Brabant
Milford
Frontier Mounted Rifles
Baden-Powell
Edward Cecil
Maxse
South Africa
Charles Cavendish-Bentinck
Duke of Aortana
Kid McCoy Defeats Maher in Quick Five Round Fight
New York reports Kid McCoy defeated Peter Maher in five brisk rounds at Coney Island Athletic Club. The match, intended for twenty five rounds with a $20 000 purse, awarded the winner the gross gate receipts. Both fighters reached the ring in good condition amid applause.
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New York
McCoy
Peter Maher
Coney Island Athletic Club
White
Maher
Peter
Pete
Canadians and Australians Strike Boers in British Reconnaissance
Dispatches from Frere and Belmont describe a brisk engagement where 100 Canadians, 200 Queenslanders, and 200 Cornwall Light Infantry under Colonel Pilcher and Major De Rougemont attacked a Boer laager. The move yielded forty prisoners, captured tents, rifles, ammunition, and camp equipment with British losses of three killed, three wounded, and one missing.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Liew Ryan
Pilcher
Douglass
Cape Colony
Douglas
Modder River
Yesteay
Abington
Ninth
Twelfth Landers
Belmont
Wood
Orange
Riet Rivers
Undyside
Babington
Theorth
Riet River
Battles and Valor at K Farm Action Report
Colonel Pilcher sent mounted patrols east from K Farm. Lieutenant Adie led four men into an engagement with fourteen Boers. Adie was wounded. Private Butler carried the lieutenant to safety. A second private returned to assist and was wounded as his horse fell. Lieutenant Ryan reported an enemy position on the right. Major De Rougemont moved guns to a trot as the guns opened fire. The laager was surprised but fired well and kept prefixing fire.
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Rensberg
Cape Colony
French
Colesburg
Kruger
Colesberg
London
Daily Mail
Rensburg
Belmont
Associated Press
Dover Farm
Toronto Company
Richards
de Rougemont
Ryan
Cornwall Light Infantry
Pilcher
Cook’s Farm
Picher
Dover
Oo K's
Adie
Butler
Enemies in Very Good Humor Report From Frere Camp
Heliograph dispatches from Frere Camp describe Boer inquiries about British actions. The Boers ask why Roberts is coming and what Buller has done while the British respond with a cryptic signal about late battle outcomes.
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Frere Camp
Heliograph
Roberts
Buller
Cracked eggs half price offered at store
A Columbus Ohio shopkeeper confirms a 50 percent reduction on cracked goods. The customer then asks for a dollar’s worth of cracker wheat, which the clerk provides for 50 cents.
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Columbus
State Journal
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Dewey
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