IN NORTHERN CAPE COLONY.
GENERAL FRENCH'S OPERATIONS. SUCCESSFUL RESISTANCE OF A BOER ATTACK. (Received January 15, 9 a.m.) CAPETOWN, 14th January. Lieut.-General French, who is directing the operations in the vicinity of Colesberg, is now strongly encamped on the enemy's eastern flank. The invaders endeavoured to ous.t the British from their position, but'fhe attempt was vigorously resisted and proved unsuccessful. The manner in which the First Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment met with disaster near Colesberg has convinced the colonial troops that mounted irregulars ought to be utilised in order to cope with the Boer forces in the hilly country, and that infantry ought to be lestricted to fighting on the plains.
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Evening Post, Volume LIX, Issue 12, 15 January 1900, Page 5
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112IN NORTHERN CAPE COLONY. Evening Post, Volume LIX, Issue 12, 15 January 1900, Page 5
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