VISITED A BOER CAMP.
": THE ENEMY NUMBER 120,000.. v ";, February 14. (Received 'February 16,; at oi2o a.m.) Major Reayi correspondent of the Melbourne Herald, Captain Cameron, and a Westralinn correspondent, with the assistance of. a white flag, visited the Boer camp blindfolded,' and were'subsequently shown' Mr-Lambie's grave by General De la Rey. They received"iilr Lambie's wife's portrait and. other effects. The visitors wei'e ineidentauy • told. that :'the Boer combatants numbered ,120,000. :. ■
Mr.; Hales, .the other correspondent missing,; merely''fell off his horse, and is likely to 'be 'released. . '■.'■.'..
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11659, 16 February 1900, Page 5
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87VISITED A BOER CAMP. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11659, 16 February 1900, Page 5
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