Pilcher's Success and Boer Resistance in South Africa
London reports note no major front news as General Buller rests at the Tugela. Pilcher evacuated Douglass after driving rebels from Sunnyside and inflicting 30 dead and 43 captured in a raid. Cronje's troops reoccupy Sunnyside while Mafeking shows a failed earthworks attack by British forces.
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London
Buller
Tugela River
Ladysmith
Colesberg
French
Pilcher
Sunnyside
Douglass
Modder River
Conje
Cronje
Sterkstoem
Moleteno
Gatacre
Sterkatroem
War Office
Cape Town
Household Battery of Field Artillery
Essex Regiment
Pretoria
Germany Demands Reparations Over British Vessel Seizures
Berlin reports intensified outrage as Emperor William seeks full reparation after the General mail steamer seizure. Berlin accuses England of highhanded acts and vows to respond to Britain’s infringements on German ships, with colonial society and press joining in protests.
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Berlin
England
Germany
Associated Press
William
Count von Buelow
London
German Colonial Society
Belmer
British fire halts Boer looting at wrecked train in Cape Colony
From Rensburg Cape Colony a dispatch says British forces including New South Wales Lancers engaged Boers amid shelling and rifle fire. The clash ended with the enemy driven from stations and roads, looting attempts repelled and lines of communication severed.
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New York
Rensburg
Cape Colony
New South Wales Lancers
Zulus Near Starvation and Loot Amid Cape Mutiny Reports
From Pietermaritzburg and Durban on January 5 the unrest among Zulus grows with hunger and looting reported as magistrates struggle to restrain them. The Natal government plans to arm many natives to fight the Boers, while agents caution action only if attacked. In Cape Town the Transvaal sheriff Juta, jailed for Delagoa Bay, was arrested and paroled.
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Pietermaritzburg
Durban
Natal
Hely Hutchinson
Zululand
Cape Town
Transvaal
Juta
Delavoa Bay
Nations urged to unite for common maritime safety
Berlin papers call for a united response to English maritime policy amid fears of a Russo-French coalition. Reports note prior seizures of Russian American and French ships and encourage cooperation, while Germany cautions against distrust with France. In Texas, Jim Winn’s children suffered severe burns when a lamp fell and clothes caught fire during a play session. the family reports they are resting easy.
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New York
Berlin
Berlinger Tageblatt
England
Germany
Lokal Anzeiger
France
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Tyler
Tex
Jim Winn
Texas Livestock Association Convention Opens in San Antonio
Galveston Jan 5 The ninth annual Texas Livestock Association convention will convene in San Antonio starting Monday Jan 22 at 10.00 am with participants from across the state expected.
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Galveston
The
Texas Livestock Association
San Antonio
Annual convention set for record attendance this year
The association plans a three day session with a likely larger turnout than any previous annual convention, as members gather for the upcoming meeting.
Waxahachie Man Pleads Guilty to Theft and Carrying Pistol
Ike Barfield, a young white man, pleaded guilty in county court to theft of a pistol and to unlawfully carrying the pistol. The two counts cost him $125 in fines and 10 days in jail.
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Waxahachie, Tex
Ike Barfield
Rumor of Baden-Powell Victory at Mafeking
In Cape Town rumors claim Colonel Baden-Powell again crushed Boer forces at Mafeking. In Butte two hundred sixty men from Ireland Germany and France sign to join the Boer army and depart once a Transvaal agent arrives.
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Cape Town
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Butte
Mont
South Africa
Transvaal
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