LYDDITE USED AT MODDER.
TERRIFIC DESTRUCTION. CAPETOWN, 11th December. During the great battle at Modder River on 28th November between Lord Mailmen's army and Commandant Cronje's troops, the Naval Brigade shelled a kopje with lyddite shells. The position was crowded with Boers, who suffered great slaughter. The missiles did terrible damage, the ground being ploughed up for an acre in extent after each explosion. One shell completely destroyed an emplacement for a gun.
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Evening Post, Volume LVIII, Issue 141, 12 December 1899, Page 5
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73LYDDITE USED AT MODDER. Evening Post, Volume LVIII, Issue 141, 12 December 1899, Page 5
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