SOUTH AFRICAN REBELLION MET WITH FORCE.
GENERAL BOTHA ENTERS THE FIELD. REBELS ENCOUNTERED NEAR PRETORIA, DRIVEN BACK IN HEADLONG ROUT. Wellington, October 29. The High Commissioner reports from London on October 29: — The Governor-General of South Africa reports that General Botha loft Rustenburg, in the Transvaal, 61 miles west of Pretoria, yesterday morning. He came in touch with General Beyers's men during the forenoon, and drove them in headlong rout the whole day. He captured 80 fully armed rebels. The pursuit continues.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15753, 30 October 1914, Page 7
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82SOUTH AFRICAN REBELLION MET WITH FORCE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15753, 30 October 1914, Page 7
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