HOLDING THE FORT.
Capetown, April 20.
It is reported that Buluwayo is completely surrounded, and that tho food supplies there can scarcely last a fortnight; Capetown, April 21. Two thousand lioers are within 25 miles of Mafeking.
Their object is ostensibly to prevent the spread of'the rinderpest, but they arc really preparing for emergency, in case tiio rising among the natives becomes general. The rebels are raiding cattle close to Buluwayo. Several sharp skirmishes have taken place, but the laager so far is impregnable. What is most feared is treachery from within, London, April 21. Major-General Sir Frederick Carrington, who has been sent to the Cape, leaves London for Capetown on Saturday.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1260, 23 April 1896, Page 29
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112HOLDING THE FORT. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1260, 23 April 1896, Page 29
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