MAFEKING'S PERILOUS POSITION.
THE GARRISON DESPONDENT. (Received 26, 9.15 a.m.) London, April 25. Three hundred native women, who were shut up in Mafeking, made good their escape through the enemy's lines. The Boers treacherously lured a number of Fingo cattle raiders out of Mafeking, and killed twenty-six of . them. It is reported that General Snyman has been reinforced by Boers from Natal, also from the district to the south of Mafeking, ; The residents are reported to be in a despondent condition. They are now ' dependent on oaten bread made from husks. Their total casualties at the ! end of March were 368. 1
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 94, 27 April 1900, Page 3
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