THE RE-OCCUPATION of COLENSO.
v COIiraiCATION WITH LADYSMITH WILL BE RE-ESTABLISHED. ■■-■' *> '■•■■ THE BRITISH ARMY ■ » THE LARGEST THE COUNTRY HAS EVER PUT IN THE FIELD. MAFEKING TO BE SHORTLY RELIEVED. [N.Z. Pbess Association.—Copyright.]
(Received 9.15 a.m.)
DURBAN. November 9.
It is feared that General White requires ammunition for the big naval guns which have up to the present proved one of the main factors in the successful defence* of Ladysmith by the British, army.
The railway from Esteourt to Ladysmith, however, is hourly expected to be re-opened, and communication reestablished with the latter town.
DURBAN November S,
The Boer investment: of Ladysmith exMbits little enterprise. The British cavalry are. constantly out reconnoitring. It is believed that General Joubert is inactive owing to the severity of his losses, and that he. is.reconcentrating the columns sent sonthward.
Twenty of the Rand auxiliary troops were shot after the battle of Elands Laagte for cowardice.
A Boer despatch declares that the British artillery at Ladysmith created a veritable inferno. .
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 267, 10 November 1899, Page 5
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