Count Boni Castellane in Paris Duel Threat Over Losses
Paris reports that Count Boni Castellane is described as profligate and a gambler who lost about 3,000,000 francs in speculation. His father challenges Figaro editor Fernand Derodays to a duel, while papers question the count’s finances and potential trip to New York.
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Magrum Reaches Naples With Kruger Mediation Request
Charles E. Macrum former US consul at Pretoria arrived in Naples from Lourenzo Marques bearing a letter from President Kruger to President McKinley seeking mediation between the Transvaal and Great Britain. He left Lourenzo Marques on December 18 bound for New York.
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London Hopeful As Buller Breaks Boer Right
Despatches from South Africa report renewed heavy fighting on the road to Ladysmith. London believes Buller has turned the Boer right flank and that the path to Ladysmith is opening though further losses are anticipated before White is removed.
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Ladysmith
South Africa
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British advance near Ladysmith amid heavy fighting
A Durban dispatch reports Sir Charles Warren has moved within 17 miles of Ladysmith. British wounded are arriving at Moor River field hospital by every train from the front, indicating severe fighting has occurred.
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Bombarding Boer Position Across Tugela River
The war office reports from Brom Builer Spearman's Camp on January 18 that one field artillery Howitzer battery and Lyttleton's brigade have crossed the Tugela at Potgieter’s Drift. Further details continue in the paper.
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