OUR BOYS LATE BRUSH WITH THE ENEMY.
SEVERAL NARROW ESCAPES. (Received Deoember 27, 8.40 a.m.) CAPETOWN, 20th December. The New Zealand Contingent was in a tight corner hi the fl^ht nt Arundol on tho 18th iu.st--that,in whioh Trooper Bradford was wounded and captured by the Boers. ; The contingent engaged tho enemy nt short range, and in returning to camp after tho General had withdrawn them from the - position lie bftd assigned to them, met with , a hail of bullets. ' ' 1 There were many narrow escapes. Several ; of theunea had their clothes perforated with bullets". ' A squadron of the Tenth Hussars has rek inforced General French's column, to whioh the New Zealanders are attached.
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Evening Post, Volume LVIII, Issue 152, 27 December 1899, Page 5
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113OUR BOYS LATE BRUSH WITH THE ENEMY. Evening Post, Volume LVIII, Issue 152, 27 December 1899, Page 5
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