THE TRANSVAAL.
FRESH MEN REQUIRED. PRESS STRICTURES. ddted Iro-a Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received 9.7 a-m., May Bth. LONDON, May 7. The "Times*' states that many British •oHiers in South Africa, more especially the Mounted Infantry, have grown stal*, and require a rest. Fresh men are indispensable in order to finish up the war by thet end of August. Received 9.9 a.m., May Bth. Fifteen thousand troops stationed between Komatipoort and Pretoria find it difficult to! protect the railway. The "St'. James' Gazette" re-echoes the statement of the "Times" that England is; inadequate efforts to end the) war.. The "Pall Mall Gazette" expresses a' fmrnlar view. BRITISH CASUALTIES. ERECTION OF BLOCKHOUSES. Received 9.17 p.m., May Bth. LONDON, May 7. The British casualties in South Africa during April were 86 killed in action. 44 died of wounrls; 389 died of. disease; 36 died as the result of accident; 270 were wounded; 2313 were invalided home. The Royal Engineers, under Colonel Rice, have erected bullet-proof blockhouses throughout the Middleburg District and elsewhere, consisting of two sheets of corrugated iron with stones between.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3559, 9 May 1901, Page 3
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