THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.
HAMILTON'S ADVANCE TO BESIEGED
RUSTENBURG
ENEMY BEATEN AT MEGALIES.
ROBERTS APPROACHING MACHADODORP.
OVER 3000 RAIDERS SURRENDER
OLLIVER HOLDING OUT.
ANOTHER TRAIN EPISODE.
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LONDON, August 4. | It is officially reported that Genejal lan Hamilton's mounted division, now marching on Rustenburg, has ejected the enemy fromMegalies Mountains, 15 miles east of the besieged town. A number of prisoners were taken during the fighting. One Boer had a sporting rifle and. was using soft-nosed bullets.
Forty-one of the British, were wounded, chiefly belonging to the Berkshire Regiment.
General French's right now rests on the Komati River, just west of Machadodorp, and 100 miles east of Pretoria, where the railway is intact.
Reuters correspondent states thati General Botha and Mr Kruger have issued a proclamation promising to compensate the burghers remaining in the field il the British injure their farms.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 185, 6 August 1900, Page 5
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