THE ESCAPE OF DE WET.
BRITISH OUTMARCHED
COMMANDO HAS SPCIT UP
• .;.. LONDON, August 17. ' De Wet outmarched and eluded Lord Kitchener, despite the fact that the- British transport waggons had double teams of picked animals. ' The escape is 'attributed to De Wet?s ability to march at night, ' while the pursuers required daylight. LONDON; August 18. De Wet's force has split into small bodies. They were last heard Of near Rustenburg. : X They released all the British prisoners in their possession, with the exception of the officers.
(Received 9.30 a.im)
LONDON, August 19. Lord -Kitchener's chief casualty
in the operations against; De Wet was the severe wounding in the hand < and arm of Lieut-Colonel Delisle,
commanding the second -corps of the mounted infantry.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 197, 20 August 1900, Page 5
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