MOVEMENTS OF RAIDERS.
" ;: j -^.QSPON, August 27. Commandant^Eo'tter's'fprcehas taken refuge on the summits of'Achtersberg in the Steenberg Banges, 25 miles soutn'of Middelburg, Capa Colony. d Lieut.Colonel Scobell, who is pursuing him, -secured.and shot a hundred'horses,'andfired the grass on the Achtersberg.' . The invaders in Gape Colony are split into fragments. -' The engagement at" Uniondile was tought on difficult ground. Besides the losses mentioned yesterday, ten of the Hussars were captured before Scheeper's commando retreated.. ■ Major-General Beatson is driving Soheeper's force nortlrTards. '.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7092, 28 August 1901, Page 2
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