Britain to Send 56000 More Men and 224 Guns
London reports Britons rally in Ladysmith crisis with plans to dispatch 56,900 fresh troops and 224 new guns as Lord Roberts builds forces toward Bloemfontein. Railways upgraded to ease transport. Boer forces retreat toward the Free State amid praise for imperial unity.
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London
Lucknow
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War Office
Lord Roberts
Woolwich Arsenal
surrender of Boer general Cronje ends Majuba siege
February 27 at Paardeburg reports the final dramatic surrender of General Cronje after a brutal five day siege. Canadian forces led the assault with Roberts meeting Cronje, as White Flag signaling surrender arrived. Cronje and his wife chosen captivity over death. 9 officers supported retreat, Canadians suffered ten dead and thirty wounded.
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Bloemfontein
Kitchener's Hill
Majuba
Boers Repulse At Mafeking In Prolonged Assault
A Cape Town telegram reports a February 7 Boer attack at Mafeking that was repulsed at all points after fierce fighting. The defenders used earthworks and suffered two killed and three wounded, while Boers lost forty killed and wounded.
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London
Cape Town
Mafeking
Costs of relief of Lady Smith tally 5000 British losses
London dispatch reports the relief of Lady Smith at Tugela proved costly with 1100 British deaths in the first crossing attempt on December 15 and upwards of 2000 on later upper Tugela attempts. The final effort, just completed, raises total British losses to about 5000 men.
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Ladysmith
Buller
Tugela
Sulzer Introduces Boers Sympathy Resolution in House
Representative Sulzer of New York submitted a House resolution declaring support for the Boers in their fight for freedom and independence in South Africa. It protests Britain's war against the patritos and authorizes the President to seek an honorable peace between the contending parties. The measure echoes Cuba resolutions from two years prior.
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South Africa
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Spain
Future of Gronje Explained in Commons
London March 1 In the House of Commons today Mr Joseph Powell Williams financial secretary to the war office announced that General Cronje and his family would be placed on board the flagship at Cape Town He added that the matter was wholly in the hands of Lord Roberts.
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Spenser Wilkinson
Morning Post
Lord Roberts
Buller
Natal
Free State
Lord Kitchener
Arundel
Bloemfontein
Comandant Dutoit
Vaal River
Cronje
Mafeking
House of Commons
Joseph Powell Williams
War Office
Marquis of Lansdowne
Ladys
Ladysmith
General Buller
Lord Lansdown
Boers Reported Southwest Of Paarl and British Cheerful
The afternoon dispatch notes Boers in force to the south west near Paardeberg while British troops remain well and cheerful. The forces are likely those retreating from Colesberg and Stormberg, regions made untenable by Lord Roberts's advances.
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Paardeberg
Clements
Colesberg
Colesberg Junction
Rensburg
Lanewalewans
Stormberg
Boers retreat amid moves near Dundee and Ladysmith
Reports place Boer strength in the region at about 10 000 men. It is stated that around 4000 Boers have withdrawn from Ladysmith toward Dundee as operations continue in February.
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Colenso
Ladysmith
Dundee
Canadian Cities Rejoice Over Ladysmith Relief
Canadians across major cities celebrate Ladysmith relief with flag displays, mass meetings, and holiday closures. In St John New Brunswick crowds cheer as reports detail casualties in Cape Colony action and Captain MacDonald earns distinguished service recognition. Halifax electric illumination marks the celebrations with torchlight processions and city accolades to Great Britain and General Buller.
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Halifax
Great Britain
America
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Buller
Imperial troops could be needed elsewhere says Chamberlain
Melbourne dispatch reports Chamberlain asking if Australia could furnish 2500 riders and marksmen for imperial service beyond South Africa amid fears of Russian moves and possible European intervention. Lords announces a large South Africa reinforcement timetable through March with total reinforcements and ships planned.
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South Africa
England
Victoria
Joseph Chamberlain
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Russia
Persia
India
House of Lords
Secre
British Captain Sees Boer War Will End in Victory
Captain Edward Percy Ashe of the Royal Navy, recently in command of Basilisk, arrived in Boston from Canada and England. He praised Boer leaders’ genius but asserted Britain’s vast resources would win. he predicted Ladysmith’s fall soon and noted Boers’ superior marksmanship from behind cover.
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Iotel Victoria
South Africa
Great Britain
Kruger
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Buller
Roberts
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