A BOER OUTPOST SURPRISED.
THE FEDERALS' STXTBBORN
DEFENCE,
LORD METHUEN'S CAPTURES
LONDON, February 25
Lord Methueri has captured at Brakpan 130Q cattle and 1000, sheep. A party of Imperial Yeomanry sur prised and captured a Boer outpost at Bethlehem bayonetting five. The Boers stubbornly defended for six Lours a strongly fortified position at Hartbeeatefontein extending over an area of ten miles. There was much fighting at close range, and the Boers only retired when both their flanks were turned.
All their cattle were captured,
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Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9879, 26 February 1901, Page 2
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84A BOER OUTPOST SURPRISED. Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9879, 26 February 1901, Page 2
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