THE NATAL FRONTIER.
FIGHTING AROUND LADYSMITH.
SHELLING THE FREE STATERS. CAPETOWN, November 6. (Received Nov. 7, at 1 a.m.) By means of a. pigeon' express, General White informed General Buller that the 69th Battery oh Thursday effectually shelled the Free State Laager on Briter's Hill without loss, while the sth Lancers, with the Imperial Light Horse, and Natal Voltinteers engaged the enemy for several hours on Friday to the south-west of ITadysmith with slight loss.
An unofficial account states that the artillery fire caused a' panic in the Free State camp, which. Was stormed and captured by the'stH Lancers.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11574, 7 November 1899, Page 5
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