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DUEBAJST, October 27. There are. 8000 refugees here and 5000 iv East London.
LONDON, October 27
Sir Edward Grey. Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the last Liberal Government, speaking at Glasgow, strongly supported Mi" Chamberlain's action.
CAPETOWN, October 27. The Boers have occupied YVindsorton and Barkly West.
The Basutos have applied for permission to fight for the Queen. Mr Lagfden, the British Commissioner, has discountenanced tJie request.
DURBAN, October 27.
The Maxims taken by the Boers during the Jameson raid were re-cajjturetX at Elands Laagte.
General White reports that the Johannesburg contingent, including the German Legion, was completely broken up at Elands Laagte.
Sehiel, the commander of the Gorman corps, admits the accuracy of the British artillery, which, he says, was resistless.
[To Commandant Sehiel the "Times" attributes the cleverness of the Boer plan of campaign.]
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 256, 28 October 1899, Page 5
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