IN THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY.
\ ' LONDON, July 18. , When tjhe picket of Yorkshiremen were .. surprised iiear Lindley they fought till only six men remained. These made ah able defence, and, with only their bayonets, held the enemy at bay until relieved. ; \ . Three hundred South Australian, and * West • Australian Bushmen brilliantly, ' participated- in- the recent "fighting round : Bethlehem, which resulted in the capture of the town. ' The Yorkshire Light Infantry, Munster" ' Fusiliers, and Royal "Irish RegimeJnt ■ were * also conspicuous with- bayonet feats. * ' The Royal Irish carried the • main- position, and captured a Boer 15-pounder -gun. July 19. - - Lord Roberts reports that 1500 Boers, - with five guns, broke through Generals Hunter and Bundle's cordon at Bethlehem. Generals Broadwood and Ridley are pursuing them closely ,in the direction of . Lindley. July 21... General Hunter is reconnoitring between Bethlehem and Ficksburg. - July 23. A New Zealander named H. F. Hall wai slightly wounded at Bethlehem. The Boers wrecked a train conveying 21 invalids between Krugersdorp and Potchefstroom.
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Otago Witness, Volume 26, Issue 2419, 26 July 1900, Page 27
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163IN THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY. Otago Witness, Volume 26, Issue 2419, 26 July 1900, Page 27
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