BRITISH VICTORY.
» CRONJE SURRENDERS.
HIS WHOLE ARMY PRISONERS OF WAR.
AN UNCONDITIONAL GAPITULATiON. DESPERATE FIGHTING. BOER REINFORCEMENTS CONCENTRATING. FREE STATE GOVERNMENT REMOVED TO WINBURG. Elcotrio Telegraph— Copyright— United Press Association. (Extraordinary Press Association.) (Received Feb. 28, 8.32 a.m.) London', Feb. 27. After desperate fighting, Cronje surrendered Ilia entire forces unconditionally. (Received Feb. 28, 10.35 a.m.) London, Feb. 27. The coidon round Cronje was daily drawn closer. The Goidun Highlanders reached two hundred yards beyond the Shropshires' advance. Several thousand Boers made determined but ineffectual efforts to relieve the position, but wore everywhere repulsed with loss. Five thousand troops were withdrawn from Natal by Friday, and from all directions commandos are hastening towards Bloemfontein and concentrating thirty miles outside the town. The Free State Government is moving from Bloemfontein to Winburg.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8762, 28 February 1900, Page 2
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