FOR THE RELIEF OF MAFEKING.
BOERS REPORT BRITISH REVERSES
LONDON, April G
Pretoria claims a victory at Ramathlabama. 13 miles north of Mafeking, on the 31 St. The Boers state that twenty of Colonel Plumer's men were killed, including- five officers, and that nine were captured. Colonel BadenPowell ineffectually sortied from MaCeking simultaneously.
The "Daily News" states that 70 shells fell in Alafeking on Friday morning, which is a record. ■
Thf-re are still two thousand besiegers, but it "is thought many hove
deserted
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 83, 7 April 1900, Page 5
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