THE REITFONTEIN BATTLE.
(FOUR THOUSAND BOERS
ENGAGED
P r * LONDON, December 7. 'Further details of the Reitfontein _ngagement show that, 4,000 Boers iprined a-crescent of seven miles. .
■Their left Tested on the Rhenoster. _Uver, with a ridge in the centre and .mail, kopjes, in the rear.
A hundred and fifty. Queenslanders Bei_ed the heights •on the left, but ■were so hotly engaged at 800 yards that they were reinforced by 100 [Victorians and sections of the 38th (Battery.
Then the Bushmen and. New Zealariders crept up on the' right, occupying the ridge, and; then the Australians were continuously subjected jto-terrific fire, as were the gunners iof the battery.
The left- and centre received their ammunition with difficulty, and were bompelled to jump up and fire and then lie prostrate.
The colonials had the utmost task $o/hold their own.
The 38th Battery compelled the •enemy to slightly waver, when a, general rush followed, after which there was a deadlock for hours.
The Munsters and Colonials and Sothers were exposed to the entire zone <of the Boer fire.
After the Boers' ultimate retreat SO new graves were discovered.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 292, 8 December 1900, Page 5
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