THE LADYBRAND GARRISON.
INEFFECTUAL SHELLING BY THE BOERS.
FLIGHT OF THE ENEMY.
LONDON, September 6. The fighting around Ladybrand has ceased. The British garrison did not attempt to hold the town, but entrenched them •elves in a mountain opposite. For three days the Boers shelled the British, but only five casualties resulted. When General Bruce Hamilton approached on Tuesday evening, the Boers iled, after looting Ladybrand and capturing a troop of British horses, through an escaped prisoner reveal ing where they were concealed. LONDON, September 6. The Boers lost 24 killed and 36 wounded at Ladybrand. They retreated north to Allandab*
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10756, 8 September 1900, Page 8
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