FIGHTING IN THE WEST.
BOEKS SCATTERED NEAR ZEERUST LONDON, 27tli October. ' The troops - under Lord Methuen, Col. Douglas, and Col. the Earl of Enrol are dislodging and scattering th& Boers in the vicinity of Zeerust. Thirty-nine of the enemy and twenty waggons were captured. Three hundred Boiers made an. unsuccessful attack on Jacobsdal, near Modder River. The garrison, consisting of Capetown Volunteers and Highlanders, made an obstinate resistance. Fourteen British were killed and twenty wounded. The assailants were oath-breakers. (Received October 29, 8.48 a.m.) LONDON,, 38th October. Troopers Pile and Kerr, New Zealanders, were slightly wounded near Zeerust. [Trooper J. Pile, of Opotiki, was in the Fourth .Contingent. In the same Contingent were Troopers T>'. A. Kerr, of Nelson, and H. Kerr, ofManakau, either of whom might b& the trooper referred to.] SKIRMISHING IN THE BLOEMHOF .. DISTRICT. (Received October 29, 8.48 a.m.) v LONDON, 28th October. Lieut.-General- Hunter's force has been engaged in almost continuous skirmishing in the Bothaville and Bloemhof district. The Boers, who are dressed in khaki, threaten to shoot all prisoners in revenge for their burned farmsteads. Oathbreakers are especially desperate. Others who refuse .to fight ' are ill-treated and starved. '
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Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 103, 29 October 1900, Page 5
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