NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 9496, 27 November 1899, Page 2

NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS.

THE POSITION AT MAFEKING,

THE DUTCH WOUNDED,

CAPETOWN, Nov. 24,

The New"South Wales Lancers had a first brush with the enemy during a reconnaissance under Major-General French at Arundel, a, number of the Black Watch and Cape Mounted Police accompanying them. The health of the besieged at Mafeking is being affected by living under ground. The Boers' entrenchment lines are drawing closer.

The enemy maintains an incessa: fire, and continues to shell the hosj tals, despite repeated protests.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 24,

The Dutch residents in Russia, have subscribed 55,000 roubles to send Russian doctors and nurses arid forty beds to the Transvaal.

LORENZO MARQUEZ, Nov. 24,

Judge Gregorviwski, of the Transvaal Supreme Court, accompanied by several officials, has arrived at Delagoa Bay. It is believed he is on n

THE BATTLE AT BELMONT.

HOSPITAL SHIP FOR THE

TRANSVAAL,

CAPETOWN, Nov. 24. " Three thousand five hundred Boers were defended at Belmont.

The prisoners inc'ude Germrn cjramandanfs and six Cornets.

LONDON, Nov. 24

The balance .of the Princess of Wales' old Soudan relief fund will bo used for fiHine up a hospital ship for 'he Transvaal with all the latest ippliances.

Wills, the well known tobacco manufacturer?, donated half a million cigarette* for the wounded, and the Bewlays Company, anothor London firm of tobacconists; twenty-one thousand cigars for the troops,

'I he French "Red Cro3s Organisation gave the Duke of Newcastle medical instruments, including the Ronfjen apparatus, towards furcishing the hospital ship.

. The subscription towards the Amerioatt hospital ship fund is £80,000.