Parley of South African War Updates from Cape Town to Mafeking
A Cape Town dispatch reports Rhodes encircled near Kimberly by Boers and Free State troops while Dundee Camp may be surrounded. London notes warn of eighteen months of conflict as armored trains clash and British defenses hold.
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Cape Town
Olock
Cee Rhodes
Kimberly
Free State
Orange River
Dundee
Manchester
The
Guardian
Selouse
Ipetown
Conynytai Greene
Transvaal
Kruger
London
Mafeking
Glencoe
Ysmith
Apex
Natal
Ladysmith
Trial for Murder of Captain Barnes Opens in Wilson County
John Jefferson stands trial in a packed Wilson County court for the August 28 murder of Captain Cavin Barnes. Attorney motions for continuance fail as Judge Battle proceeds with jury selection and the first witness Ned Bunch testifies to hearing the shot and finding Barnes wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jefferson
Cavin Barnes
Battle
Jefferson
Jno
E. Woodard
Jetterson
Pitt and
Wayne
Wilson
Woodard
Moore
Raleigh
Baille
W H Williamson
B J Sharpe
Geo Glover
GT Morgan
J W Gardner
Claudius Windham
Bunn High
P Lancaster
E Harrel
R G Privett
Newsome Wiliams
T W Eatman
Ned Bunch
Barnes
Childen
English Front Lines Grow Tense As Mafeking Battles Continue
From Cape Town to London officials report four days of fighting near Mafeking with Cronje shelling the town and British forces holding. British and colonial leaders discuss militia embodiment while Rhodes’s Rough Riders strike at Boer positions near Kimberley amid scattered Boer advances and counterattacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Orange River
Cecil Rhodes
Kimberly
Rhode
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Daunhauser
Capetown
Tighi
Bethas Pass
Wakerestroom
Joubert
Laingsnek
Ihfoking
Lorenzo Marquiz
Pretoria
Spytfomtein
Hopetown
Cronje
Deboers
Ormal
Sarnes
Wilson County
Dr. Nathan ~Derson
Captain Baines
Phude
Rough Riders
Queer
Gen
Baden Powell
Balfour This
House of Commons
Coleburg
Lobatai
Bechuanaland
Rhodesia
Taungs
Rev. Hofmyer
London Times
Lorenzo Marquez
Volksten
Ramathlaham
Cromie
Rhode’s Rough Riders
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