FIGHT NEAR ACTON HOMES.
TWENTY OF THE ENEMY KILLED, j BRITISH OASUALTIES FOUR, J BOERS EXPLODE A BRIDGE. 1 (Received 20, 7.10 p.m.) Durban, January 19. Lord Dundonald's mounted troops were engaged in action westward from Acton Homes, and occupied a kopje. Cornet Heilbron and twenty Boers were killed and wounded and fifteen taken prisoners. The Boers exploded a bridge tliey were building seven miles Avest of Potgieter's Drift, by which they intended to outflank General Buller. (Received 21, 7.10 p.m.) Durban, January 20. Two British were killed and two wounded in the skirmish at Acton Homes.
DEATH OF A BRILLIANT WAR CORRESPONDENT. Received 21, 5 p.m. Dukban, January 20. Mr. G. W. Stevens, the brilliant correspondent of the Daily Mail at Ladysmith, has died of fever. •
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 17, 22 January 1900, Page 2
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