THE BOERS AGGRESSIVE.
COMMANDEERING WHITES IN
BECHU AN ALAND,
CAPETOWN, Dec. 4. A body of infantry, composed of the Twelfth Lancers and tho New Sonth W*les Lancirs, fonnd tbe Boers swnrming with a number of heavy guns into the Bensburg kopje near Arundel. A reeoanaisance fa'led to draw the enemy and the British rsturned lo Naawpoort. General Gatacreh's removed 1000 bigs of wheat from Mollend fearing a Boer raid.
The Boers at Moritiani have auctioned houses, ploughs, and cattle belonging to white settlers, and have given the Tranfvaalers who bought them three months credit. They are commandeering oil whites io Becbaanaland from 11 years upwards.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXIII, Issue 274, 5 December 1899, Page 3
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