LADYSMITH SHORT OF SHELLS.
AM EARLY SORTIE HOPED :_FOR. : CANADA OFFERS A THOUSAND - ROUGH RIDERS. . . LONDON'S CONTRIBUTION OF MEN AND MONEY. \ ,-' ; .g (Received Deo. 21, 9.32 a.m.) " - Capetown, Deo. 20. A strict surveillance of civilians in the . vioinity of the Modder river.. has been : ■'- ' established. • ' ' r -.Vj Lord Methuen has a fortnight^ supplies.^' London, Dec 20, i tV Newspaper correspondents o6Mm'''-ihtT'cl?--reports that' General- White is-'&bor.fc'fll-^:-shells in Ladysmith. It .'is -'hoped tfiat'it has been prearranged with Sir^Bedvens'": Buller for an early sortie. ...'"'■-■. "'"■" North-west Canada has offered to raise a thouaaud experienced rough riders at a day's notice. The Government are raising a body of mounted infantry, to be called the Imperial - Yeomanry. Theyare to be recruited from the Yeomanry Volunteere . and eligible . citizens, the period of service to be the -;■-. duration of the war. The' men are ex<.-.':~ pected to provide horses and accoutre* • ments. : ~' The Lord Mayor of London ih promoting " . the raising of a' thousand London yoluh-' ".." teers for Bervice in South Africa. .:' .. . \" '■-'. ;\j City firms and companies are providing -^ large sums for the equipment or a flying" '% column with eight guns, also an Howitzer Brigade is being organised at Woolwicb.V' : ' : . Mr Baunerman, speaking at Aberdeen, urged the. vigorous proseoution of the war.": '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8701, 21 December 1899, Page 2
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204LADYSMITH SHORT OF SHELLS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8701, 21 December 1899, Page 2
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