The' Late War.
1 » ■»■ : BOER ALLEGATION DISPROVED. BATTLE WITH THB ZULUS. '. THE BOERS DEFEATED. - United Press AssociatiQn.— rJy Elec-, trie, Telegraph.—Copyright- . Received January- XV, 8.6 a.m., London; January 30. Jn October last, a commission wa«: appointed to enquire into Bper alle?; gatioruj that the. British magistrate ' at Port Shepstone in Natal .incited the Zulus to massacre the. inmates* of a Boer laager at Holkrantz in. the, previous May. , The official report. oi ,the commission exonerates the Zulus and' the magistrate from these charges. The report states that General Botha burnt ancf raided, the kraals of the Chief Sekobobos/ John Potgieter, : one of thfi Boer leaders, . burnt thi;ee natives alive and Bent a. mesrage to. Sekobbbolo Baying that th« Boers had driven the Zulus' ' 'wiva*' and . children to Vryhcid and taken their cattle, fltigmatiHirtg th« Zulus as only "fowl lice" and challenging them, to retake the cattle. The Zulus 'accepted the challenge and attacked Potgieter?* fore*. Fiftysix Boer* were killed and th« cattle were, recaptured. Fifty-six Zulus were killed and forty-eight wounded.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12179, 31 January 1903, Page 3
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171The' Late War. Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12179, 31 January 1903, Page 3
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