MENACING GUNS MOUNTED AT ESTCOURT.
BOMBARDMENT OF A BRITISH CAMP. DURBAN, 23rd November. The enemy's forces have moved closer to the British lines at Estcourt, and are now mounting guns in positions which command the cantonments of General Clery's army. Three thousand of their number were engaged in shelling a strong British camp in the neighbourhood of Axooi river station, but retired when the Imperial troops, under Colonel Barton, effectively replied. The enemy succeeded in cutting the telegraph lines and destroying the railway at Highlands and at Nottingham-road. The latter place is 14 miles south of Mooi river, and Highlands is five miiles to the northward of Colonel Barton's position. The tactics of the enemy in thus Btriking so far to the south are regarded by military authorities as extremely hazardous. They have probably been prompted by the necessity, of pillaging for food supplies. A combined British movement is imminent.
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Evening Post, Volume LVIII, Issue 126, 24 November 1899, Page 5
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150MENACING GUNS MOUNTED AT ESTCOURT. Evening Post, Volume LVIII, Issue 126, 24 November 1899, Page 5
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