THE RECENT ENGAGEMENT AT FREDERICKSTAD.
(Received November 12, 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, 11th November. Details of Major-General Barton's recent defeat of De Wet at Frederickstad show that 2000 Boers were engaged. After heavy fighting, many streamed from cover northwards, but shrapnel burst freely overhead, mowing down fugitives from three sides. ,Few escaped from the inferno.
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Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 115, 12 November 1900, Page 5
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54THE RECENT ENGAGEMENT AT FREDERICKSTAD. Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 115, 12 November 1900, Page 5
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