ENEMY AGAIN REPULSED.
; rUT TO FLIGHT BY KITCHENi ER'S FIGHTING SCOUTS. I — ' ■ THEIR LAST LONG TOM EX* LODE I), : SIXTY BOERS SURRENDER. By Tolsyraph .—l'ress Association.—Copyi iglit iHci.oivt.vi Mr,.? 2. 30.i< p.m.) London, May 2-. General GuENif.i.l attacked tin Boers at. Pc-gplaats. near Hacucrtsberg. ; Facing the enemy's last Long 1 Tom. which opened fire at 10.000 yards, Kitchener's Fighting Scouts ; advanced rapidly to within 3000 | yards, when the Boers exploded the j Long Tom. and tied. ' , j Ten Boers were captured, i Another British column killed 10 ! BoevJ, wounded six and captured | six. They also captured 30,000 J rounds of small arm .ammunition. | Sixty Boers Surrendered. | The British lost lour killed and I seven wounded in various skir- ; mishes. London, May 1. J It is stated that Commandant Kruitziiiger's for:e has recrossed the Orange River. Slight daily encounters are reported with small commandoes in ! Cape Colony under Scheeper, Maj lan, Swanepoll, and Fouche. J The enemy are being persistently ! harassed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11643, 3 May 1901, Page 5
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160ENEMY AGAIN REPULSED. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11643, 3 May 1901, Page 5
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