DORDRECHT CAPTURED.
A MIDNIGHT BAYONET CHARGE.
Brigadier-general Brabant's column left Panhock, crossed a trackless veldt, and bivouacked in the heart of the rebel country in Northern Cape Colony. They fought all Friday, dismantling a Boer 15-pounder at Dordrecht.
At midnight Captain Flanagan led a charge capturing the Boer laager at the point of the bayonet, and also much forage and a number of prisoners.
Brigadier-general Brabant occupied Dordrecht on Sunday, and pursued the retreating enemy. ,
The British casualties were seven killed and tight wounded.
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Clutha Leader, Volume XXVI, Issue 1378, 23 February 1900, Page 5
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84DORDRECHT CAPTURED. Clutha Leader, Volume XXVI, Issue 1378, 23 February 1900, Page 5
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