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LONDON, February 22. Lord Kitcheneor has Jtelegi&phed from Klerksdorp that Lord Methuen is operating in the south western, portion of the Transvaal vand has cleared that part of the country. He is marching 1 through Wolmaranstad to Klerksdorp.
• Generals De Villiers ■ and Ldebenberg, with fourteen hundred men, obstinately held, a strong position at Haartebeslfootein, twenty miles west, of Klerksd<>rp, from which they were expelled after a. severe flight.
The Tenth Imperial Yeomanry, Victorian Bushmen, and Royal North«L»ncashires rendered distinguished service;. The British' 'losses were three ofliciTS and thirteen men. killed and five officers and 29 men-wounded.'
The Boers suffered severely and left eighteen dead on the field. .
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Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9877, 23 February 1901, Page 2
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108LATER Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9877, 23 February 1901, Page 2
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