Africa.
DE WET SURPRISED. FINE CHANCE OF CAPTURING THE LEADER LOST. > BOTHA’S EXCELLENT WORK. United Press Association. i ; < (Received*‘9.lo ft.Ml)< '•*- f.*'*»«* Pretoria, November 13. Official:—General Botha by a forced night march to Marzuard, east of Urinburg, surprised De Wet and captured. two laagers, making prisoners of 260. Lukin Brots who was commanding the other commandos, failed to reach their allotted point's in time, otherwise there . would -have been, a good; chance pf surrounding and capturing Do Wet an^.his 2000 folkways*
CAPTURE,. Of WOUNDED REBEL LEADER.
■ (Received *9.50 ft.m.) .' -Pretoria;- November 13.' General,'Muller, who had a sharp encounter with a force of police under Colonel Hertz at Pronkhorspruit, has been captured in ■ a wounded condition.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 67, 14 November 1914, Page 5
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