SUCCESS OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS
During a reconnaisanco near Colesburg on February 9th, by a force of TasmaniaDS and VictoriaDs, under Cap- ■ tain Cameron, the Australians killed a field cornet aud five other Boers, besides wounding seven. In the operations at Osfontein and Poplar Grove, the Queensland Mouuted Infantry were conspicuous, their scouting is described as excellent. Trooper Wargult, of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles, was dangerously wounded. Trooper Mci'racken, of New South Wales, was severely wounded at Poplar Grove. The Boers report a skirmish, presumably with General Sir Archibald Hunter's advaDced guard, at Waschbank, north of Ladysmith. I Wellington, March 12. It is stated that seventy-five per cent of those who have gorje to the frout from New Zealand have instructed the authorities to pay t-Lo greater portion of their wages to parents and relatives left behind.
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Feilding Star, Volume XXI, Issue 213, 13 March 1900, Page 2
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