LATER.
(Received 9.40 a.m.)
LONDON, June 3
It is stated that the object of General Bundle's recent fight at Lindley was to draw the Boers off the town, and thereby relieve the threatened Yeomanry, who, as a result, were enabled to retirt safely.
The enemy numbered fair thousand, their front extending six miles.
General Clements junctbned with General Bundle at Senektl.
General Bundle and BrigadierGeneral Brabant's forces surround for miles. the. country occupied by the Boers,, who are within five, miles of.yieksburg.
The.only loophole o£;sscapefor the enemy is "by way of lasutoland, where Chief Jonathan tad thousands of Basutos are assenbled to resist any incursion on ther territory.
. The.casualties.sustainej by Gener ral Bundle at Lindley w;re chiefly owing to the accidental fiing of the veldt exposing the troopsjluring the engagement. -.-. I
Sir John de Villiers w's seriously wounded^ ' . . |. ■..
General Colville••hhra r - reached Heilbron r after a marchi'rom Ven-' tersburg, during which |c was opposed by the Boerathe mole- of the way.... . ~; f "1.-?-, f. ■:
During the advance lie . British lost eight men killed an: four officers and thirly-two men founded.
The naval guns rendeid valuable assistance, driving the eemy from their strongholds.
In General Colville's march to Hoilbron the troops beaved in a most soldierly manner ttoughout a trying march. „ |
LATER.
Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 131, 4 June 1900, Page 5
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