WELL IN HAND

Northern Advocate, 15 March 1922, Page 5

WELL IN HAND

AFRICAN REVOLT. TROOPS SMASH STRIKERS. LITTLE MORE TO DO. (Received 12.10 p.m.) CAPETOWN, March 14. Fordslmrg was captured from the strikers after 7~> minutes' bombardment. The attack commenced punctually at 11 o'clock, Johannesburg roverberating to the sound of artillery, ma-chine-guns and rifle /ire, while whippet tanks co-operated in the attack. An official message says that over 4oOU prisoners were dealt with in Benoni. Many were not revolutionaries, but were being held in the town against their will. General Nussey reached Nowlands. The encircling movement of the Government forces is now complete, and the situation is so "well in hand that not only is recruiting stopped but considerable forces available as reserves will shortly go into camp. Only certain portions of the central area remain to be cleaned up. Offers of support continue to flow in, not only from the Union, but from the South-West Protectorate. Thousands of leaflets were dropped over Fordsburg in the morning calling upon women and children and others Veil disposed towards the Government to leave the area before 11 o'clock and proceed to the showground with blankets and food, in view of the military operations. —A. and N.Z.