WHITE’S RUSE.
The story is current to (he effect that early in January General Whi <* hired a couple of Katlir runners, each of who-n was lo deliver a message fcu Sir Red vers Buller written in telegraphic form, somewhat to the following effect ;—“For God’s sake hurry on; ammunition exhausted, and must surrender very soon if attacked. The natives were instructed to take a course which would inevitably cause them to fall into the hands of the Boers, whilst Sir George calmly awaited developments, and placed his men in such a position as to give the enemy a warm reception. The Boers fell into the trap, and that is how they came to make the rash attack upon Ladysmith which led to one of the severest defeats they had yet sustained at the hands of the British.
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Lake County Press, Issue 904, 29 March 1900, Page 3
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