THE WAR.
LORD METHUEN'S ARMY.
ATTACK ON A CONVOY. THE BOERS REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSS. The Convoy, 4 Saved. ENGAGEMENT NEAR DEWETSDORP Enemy's Guns Silenced. ________ LORD ROBERTS' ADVANCE. [Per Press Association—Copyright.]
LONDON, April 22. Lord' Methuen, when at Zwartz Kappa wag ordered to retire to Boshof. : On Friday two ' thousand Boers with three guns, fiercely attacked a portion of Lord Methuen's force, consisting of the Kimberley Mounted and Yorkshire Yeomanry, which protected a convoy six miles long. The British took cover among the kopjes. The Boers fought skilfully and determinedly till the moment they came within the three hundred yards range* when they were repulsed, suffering heavily. There were several British casualties, but the convoy was saved.
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Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9619, 23 April 1900, Page 2
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117THE WAR. Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9619, 23 April 1900, Page 2
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