BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER.
BRITISH TROOPS MAD WITH THIRST. ARREST OP A TREASONOUS AFRIKANDER. THE BOER WOMEN AND THE WAR. * "United Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph — Copyright. (Received Dec. 7, 0.32 p.m.) CAPETOWN, Dec. 6. ' British troops at the battle of Modier River were almost maddened with Hirst, the water-carts being unable to ap>roach the zone of fire. Commandant Cronje considered the defences capable of withstanding the attack :or three weeks. Mr Labuschague, a prominent Afrikander member of the Natal Legislative Council, has been arrested on a charge of treason for joining the Boers at Estcourt. ' A number of Boer women visited the Boer lines at Ladysmith, and implored General Joubert to end the war.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6662, 7 December 1899, Page 1
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