A DE.SP:ERAT?E FIGHT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11825, 23 November 1901, Page 2

A DESPERATE FIGHT.

; AIS^D. tW^BfT LQOKIM& „.„>. >■ . fift- - - , B^tdyed IjToyftm^er 2^,.,10.t a.na. J 'T 'jBOTUon, November 255,-Wj^io' Con-, stabulary caplurc.d. sty«» ,9.oers atLewwJion. - Twq a^ikhcm, aiter.sm-i

In recent 'encdunEers~at- HeTtttfbh, the Boers made a 'desperate effort to recover 15,000 cattle. They had four hours.' fighting-, the' scouts eventually rushing 1 , the ! rßoer position with the bayonet -and wounding Of teen. Steyn- and -Be -- ttfet twere spectators of the fight, . i v Colonel Elliott's patrols oft, Griqualand Volunteers, attached, Bpzindeohputs commando at " Gatoertfnek, killing six and capturing; nuznatatts hpr^es. Colonel EltiottlfSF^ieA and three of his officer's 1 | wounded. ■ . ■ (Per Press Associatfton)>-*v ■ Wellington, Jfovember St3.^A cable mefesa^ I'etei^^* th^<t36vei»iimekft' f make§-it clekr' that 7 ' the'-'NaUftinfel Patefson; of the- SeVeft^K sO6litfngent, whose' death' "was r 'aktidijnced earlier in the week, was^a'-'foitoeV ' resident, of ylngle^ood; i wmsti he; held ♦JS'l^ hfis.'recei^^^e 1 of.the JfollowThg casualties w^&.fSdaS " at* : »^Tc^ e J^ eeatn t Prank^Hf^ngal Seventh^- T - Contingent; dSSgefous. Oy wounded £tf Toiidwano : • oWSC*** v October,, . Cprppra^, Jphrj Denny, of Gjsborne, j^vei-ely Woimde Wmd/. E -