THE BOER WAR.
BRITISH SUCCESSES. LAAGER AND 22 BOERS CAPTURED. OPERATIONS IN EAST . ERMELO. COMMANDANT ERASMUS MADE PRISONER. CAPTURES OF PRISONERS, STOCK AND WAGGONS. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received January 5, 1.45 p.m.) London. January 4. ; General Bruce Hamilton captured a laager with 22 Boers and 1-1 waggons in the direction of Swaziland. Lord Kitchener reports that General Bruce Hamilton, operating in the East Ermelo district, captured, since December 29, 100 prisoners, including Commandant Erasmus, much stock and many waggons. \ Thirty Boers were killed and many wounded at Tweefontein.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11855, 6 January 1902, Page 5
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