CAPE RAIDERS.
POSITION. STILL BEKTOUS.
;i LONDON, January 19. The advance of the western raiders has been checked. The Boers are retiring to Calvina, where the main commando remained. The situation in the midland section of the colony is grave. A party of G7 of• the Aberdeen Dutch has joined the raiders. • Only 100 colonials joined Kruitzinger's commando. The announcement of the disarmament of civilians came as a thunderbolt to the disloyalists. The penalty for contravening the order infixed at seven years' imprisonment or a fine of £500 with two years' liard labour.... ~
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 17, 21 January 1901, Page 5
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