THE BOER WAR.
MORE GUERILLA
FIGHTING.
EOEES DEFEATED AT lIUSTEN-
BUJttG.
A STUBBORN FIGHT AT
BETHLEHEM
THE BLACK WATCH LOSE 50 MEN.
ATTACKING BULLER'S COMMUNICATIONS.
THE 33OEES OUTFLANKED NEAR
PRETORIA,
GENERAL CARRXNGTON
GETS TO WOKK.
FIGHTING ON THE SELOUS
KIVER,
BOICBS LOSE HEAVILY.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright,
FIGHTING NEAR RUSTENBURG.
THE AUSTRALIAN BUSHMEN
ENGAGED,
THE BOERS DEFEATED
LONDON, July 26. (Received July 27, at 9.30 a.m.)
Colonels Airey and Lussingto'n, commanding a mixed force of regulars and Australian Bushmen, numbering 450, scattered 1000 Boers who were holding a strong position at Magold Pass, in the Rustenburg district, on Sunday.
The Boer losses were considerable, while the British lost six in killed and 19 in wounded. Amongst the killed were Captain C. W. Robertson, lately commanding tho Royal Marine Light Infantry on tho warship Katoomba, who went on temporary commission as captain in the Imperial Bushmen contingent.
Lieutenant Ebsworth, of the Australian Horse, was killed at Bronkhorst Spruit.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11797, 28 July 1900, Page 7
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156THE BOER WAR. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11797, 28 July 1900, Page 7
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