A BRITISH FORCE ATTACKED.
BOERS DEFEATED
London, March 30.
De La Rey, on the 22nd, by means of a sudden swoop, tried to intercept the rear portion of a force of two hundred British returning from a reconaissan.ee at Hartebeestefontein,
A number of Imperial Light Horse, hard pressed, seized a kopje and fought intrepidly .for two and a half hours, until relieved.
The Boers sustained forty casualties.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXV, Issue 75, 1 April 1901, Page 2
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