BADEN-POWELL V. DE WET.
iPf INTERESTING CON-
TEST
f A TEAP THAT FAILED
LONDON, September 2
!;>&meral Baden-Powell and De ;itfet recently raced to occupy Warmbaths, station, 60 miles north of Pre,toria.
, rlThe. Boers won by a. few minutes, 'but General Baden-Powell expelled them before they were able to arrange their defence, compelling them to xetreat from a strong nek.
- "With, a view to misleading the ■Boers, General Baden-Powell made .elaborate preparations to bivouac, -the night occupied the | 16 niile3 iin the Boer rear. . j He tapped the telegraph and dis- | covered that Botha was sending a trainful of reinforcements from Piein response to De Wet's appeals. [Pietersburg is the end of lithe line and 110 miles north of ■ fParmbaths.] i-. A trap to capture the train failed, mowing to the discovery of General iauen-Powell's presence. ; General Paget has reached Nylsroom, about 20 miles north of fcmbaths.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 210, 4 September 1900, Page 5
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