CAPTURE AND PURSUIT.
At latest advices General KellyKenny's troops were pursuing a large conyoy in the direction of Bloemfontein.
It appears that a large force of Boers with ten guns, who were coming northwards to reinforce General Cronje, intercepted a convoy of two hundred waggons near the Eeit river, which was captured after a hot fight. The British -ottcnaltiaa.xmratereAJiurty,.. London, February 18* On the 16th inst, General' KellyKenny captured seventy-eight of the enemy's waggons, laden with stores, Mausers and shells.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6626, 19 February 1900, Page 2
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80CAPTURE AND PURSUIT. Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6626, 19 February 1900, Page 2
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