THE BOER WAR
■■ ■ m (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) j Copyright.) j INVADERS'" ITOVEMENTS. j ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE j THE COLONY. D E WET MAKING FOR NORVAL'S BRIDGE. (Received 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, March 1. Commandant De Wet, Kteyn, and Commandants Ilrrtzog and Brand,! with two thousand men, are moving south in the direction of ColesbergJ he-pins' T0 cross ' !,io Orange River! Colony over .Nervals Pout, Yesterday the raiders had reached a noint east of Philips!own, and about; cjjidwav between Petrusville and Cblesberg. LONDON. February 2S. I In the' ehgagement on Saturday> with De Wet. I wo Commandants and 200 ol De Wet's followers were cap-j tured. Torrential vains have rendered 'hei Orange River impassable for some; days.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 52, 2 March 1901, Page 5
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