THE FIGHT AT RENSBURG DRIFT.
FIVE BOER GUNS ABANDONED. (Received , November 10, 8.48 a.m.) LONDON, 9th November. Details of the fight at Rensburg Drift show that as De Wet was; crossing the Vaal River, sixty - five miles south - west of Johannesburg, Col. Deliale's guns and the British centre poured in a terrible fire, exploding an ammunition waggon and killing six Boers. The enemy abandoned five Krupp guns, and attempted to cross during the night, hut a galling fire kept up by Major-General Le Gallais's column drove them towards other British forces. "A,, rain-storm coming on saved De Wet from capture. Natives reported that the latter was wounded in the leg.
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Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 114, 10 November 1900, Page 5
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