THE LOSS OF THE NORTHUMBERLANDS.
DOERS INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION.
! LONDON,,December 20. (Received Dec: 20, at 10.49 p.m.) The hills are strewn with the Northumberlancis' broken rifles. The Northumberlands had five officers and 68 men wounded and 10 men killed. Forty-four are still missing.
The fire was. so deadly that General Clements abandoned some ammunition, which the Boers, supposing-to he stores, set fire to. An explosion followed, 'which killed and. wounded many.
GENERAL,DE LA REV'S POSITION. LONDON, December 20. ; (Received Dec. .21, at 1.28 a.m.) 'General De la Rev, with 1500 men, is «ear General Clements's camp.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11922, 21 December 1900, Page 5
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