THE TRANSVAAL WAR
Pra Press Association. Received March .18, a* 10.42 p.m. London. March 18. The Boer -raiders at Uitfcomsfc burnt out, tihe family «f Meredith, a'Cape scout. Fouries' force is hard pressed bv the British. J One hundred and sixty Boers •were killed in February, four hundred wounded, and •there were one thousand prisoners and surrenderors. Schermbrucker has enlisted a thousand Germans, mostly loyalist farmers, for the defence of the Cape. Received March 18, at 10.46 p.m. ' London, March 18. Kruitzinger has threatened to shoot any captured! 'officers. The Boers in the Transvaal and Orange colonies are openly discussing surrender without the former dread of reprisals by ■the Boer leaders. This has caused a- more Hopeful feeling at Pretoria. Received March 18, at 0.58 a.m. London, March 18. De Wet's commando is scattering.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVI, Issue 8074, 19 March 1901, Page 1
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