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LONDON, December 31
A hundred and fifty; prisoners, chiefly captured during Ihe op;-ri'lions against Di Wet in South Thabunchu, h&vo arr.vcd at
'Capetown.' The Boers in the early morning surprised Helvetia, rushing four points, with seven guns. Later the British at Swartzkopjes shelled the enemy, out of Helvetia.
Tho Boers surrounded and captured a gun with their captives, and -withdrew it. No ammunition .was captured.
CAPETOWN, December 31,
Rev.. Steyler'openly preached a seditious sermon in the principal Dutch church in Capetown. . Many of the congregation left. ■ .;■• ■:' ■
LONDON, December 31. vDe Lisle defeated the Boers eighteen miles ■ westward of De Aar. He captured a number of wagons, and released the Capo police belonging to Pbilipstown.
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Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9831, 2 January 1901, Page 3
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115UNKNOWN Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9831, 2 January 1901, Page 3
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