ZEERUST RELIEVED.
DESPERATE FIGHTING AT BUSHMANHOEK
700 BOERS REPULSED AT WILLOWMQRE
YILJOEN'S FORCES DISPERSING.
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' lord Methuen with a large convoy jias relieved Zeerust, a town north of Jfafeking, which has been besieged for gome time by a large force of Boers.
Five hundred Boers are gathered at Triehinopoly.
After days of desperate fighting 250 Boers were ejected from a position Bear Bushmanhoek.
The local defence force on Saturday Impulsed seven hundred Boers under Scheepere, who made' a determined attock on Willowmore. The enemy had several killed.
yiljoen is between Carolina and
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Ermelo, avoiding, the British. His followers are gradually surrendering.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 132, 5 June 1901, Page 5
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