CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.]
w^ • IN THE TRANSVAAL RELIEF OF RUSTENBURG. A ROYAL SALUTE OF LIVE SHELLS [press association.] LONDON, 14th April. A strong convoy has reached Rustenburg, in the Western Transvaal, which has been loosely invested by the enemy since January. Nine hundred of the besiegers hurried north. When the. Queen's death and the King's accession were heliographed to the besieged, Major Doran's garrison trained minute guns on to the Boers and" fired salutes with live shells. inhabitants of Nylstroom have been sent to. Pretoria. The Boer sniper who killed Privates Walters and Sale, of Tasmania, with two successive shots near Pietersburg, was killed himself. LORD KITCHENER'S PLANS. (Received April 15, 8.48 a. m.) LONDON, 14th: April. Lord_ Kitchener is developing d big • movement, with the Object of driving the Boers into the inhospitable district north of Pietersburg. In that region supplies will be scarce in the winter. ?! -j PIETERSBURG UNINJURED. THE RESIDENTS fci&NT TO PRETORIA, (Received: April 15, 8.48 a.m.} LONDON, 14th; April. Pietersburg, which ' was captured by Major-General Plumer's force last week, and the railway to the "town, have been found to be uninjured. The residents have been removed to Pretoria. Three hundred iioeta under Commandant Burghers, have retired to Haeuertsburg, thirty-two miles east' of Pietersburg. '
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Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 87, 15 April 1901, Page 5
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210CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.] Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 87, 15 April 1901, Page 5
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