FIGHT NEAR KIMBERLEY.
FIVE BOERS KILLED AND SEVEN WOUNDED. Capetown, October 18, _ The British force defending Kimberley have asked for assistance, in consequence of the increasing strength of the Boer forces in that locality. An armoured train was reconnoitering at Spytfontein, a few miles south of Kimberley, and was attacked by Boers. The Boers had five of their number killed and seven wounded. The party in charge of the train escaped unhurt.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11198, 19 October 1899, Page 5
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