THE BOER REBELLION.
Rbuter'a Telegrams,
CAPE TOWN, February 28,
Additional intelligence from Natal regardlug the disasters at Spittoof has been received. The Boera are etafccd bo have had stores of ammunition with wkich they vroro able to maintain Ch*ir attaok without intermiadon, and they stormed the position of tho British splendidly during the temporary oonfus'on whioh arose in the pared to out off the British rotroat, duriDg ranks cf the latter. They had previously prewhich they icfl'ctsd further lo«a our troops, and pnsvsated many from escaping.
LONDON, Fjjbruary 23
It 23 anncuaood that thros more regiments rvo nnd*r orders far Natal to reinforce the
British troops in Trvinv?-al. Sir Frederick Roberta will at once proceed to Nittrii to succeed tho lafco Sir George Pc-moroy-Colloy in command of the forces operating against the B.:ers.
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Evening Star, Issue 5610, 2 March 1881, Page 2
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133THE BOER REBELLION. Evening Star, Issue 5610, 2 March 1881, Page 2
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