SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS.
CAPTAIN ALDERSON'S ATTACK. PROVISIONS RUNNING SHORT AT FOET SALISBURY. Cafe Town, August 11. Captain Alderson surprised Makoni's irnpi. The first intimation the Natives bad of an attack was the bursting of a shell in their kraal. Many escaped to the caves, from whence it was impossible to dislodge them. Captain Haynes, of the Engineers, was killed during "the attack. Reports from Fort Salisbury state there is no fresh meat there and but little flour.
The time within which a pardon will be granted to all rebels who come in has been extendi to September 28.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 92, 12 August 1896, Page 3
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98SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS. Hastings Standard, Issue 92, 12 August 1896, Page 3
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