THE CAPTURE OF BETHLEHEM.
Boers Retiring on Lindley
(Received July 19, 4 p.m.) London, July 18. Three hundred South Australian and Western Australian Bushmen brilliantly participated in the' recent fighting round Bethlehem, which resulted in the capture of the town. The Yorkshire Light Infantry, Munster Fusiliers, and Royal Irish Regiment were also conspicuous with bayonet feats. The Royal Irish carried the main position, and captured from the Boers a 15-povmder. {Received July 20, 1 a ; m.) July 19. Lord Roberts reports that 1500 Boers with five guns broke through Major-Generals Hunter and Rundle's cordon at Bethlehem.
Colonels Broadwood and Ridley are pursuing them closely in the direction of Lindley.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9820, 20 July 1900, Page 3
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