FIGHTING NEAR LADYSMITH.
BULLER APPROACHES WHITE'S OUTPOSTS. BOERS USE BULLETS DIPPED IN CHEMICALS. BRITISH LOSSES. London, Feb. 26. Every hill around Ladysmith is strongly entrenched by the enemy, the country being splendidly adapted to Boer tactics. Every foot of ground is being contested by the Boers. General Buller on Saturday got within two miles of General White's outposts. The Somerset regiment, on Wednesday seized and held until nightfall a kopje commanded by Boer guns on Grobler's Kloof, sustaining one hundred casualties. The Lancasters in repelling two fierce Boer assaults lost a similar number. Many of the British were wounded by soft-nosed bullets dipped in chemicals, which caused serious injuries. The Irish Brigade lost heavily on Friday in assaulting Grobler's Kloof. (Received Feb. 27, 9.30 a.m.) General Buller's forces captured great quantities of supplies, including & new searchlight apparatus, near Grobler'a Kloof. Colenso is full of waggons containing necessaries and luxuries for the beleaguered at Ladysmith, when the town is relieved.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8761, 27 February 1900, Page 2
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159FIGHTING NEAR LADYSMITH. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8761, 27 February 1900, Page 2
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