LATER.
BULLER OCCUPIES ALL HILLS SOUTH OF THE TUGELA.
(Received 3.40 p.m.)
LONDON, February 20.
Hlangwane has been evacuated by the Boers. General Buller has occupied all the hills south.of the Tugela, and has shelled the enemy's trenches at Colenso.
Extensive tiers of formidable roofed shell-proof trenches on Inhalwe and Hlang'wane, constructed to repel frontal attack,prevented concentration of fire on the flank. ■ ■
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 44, 21 February 1900, Page 5
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