DEEDS OF DARING.
HOW THE BRIDGE WAS SAVED. LONDON, March 16.
(Received March 16, at 10.45 4 p.m.) In connection with Genera] Gatacre's advance at Betlmlie, British officers faced the enemy and daringly removed the connecting wires, rendering the mines placed under the Betlmlie waggon bridge abortive. THE HEROES OF BETHULIE BRIDGE. (Received March 17, at 0.30 a.m.) Captain Grant, of the*' Engineers, extracted the. explosives from the holes in the Betlmlie bridge, Major Shaw, Lieutenant Poplmm, and some Derbyshire heroes removing the wires. The New South Wales ambulance meanwhile showed great gallantry during the shelling.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11684, 17 March 1900, Page 7
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96DEEDS OF DARING. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11684, 17 March 1900, Page 7
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