A MESSAGE FROM LORD ROBERTS.
■ v BOERS USING EXPLOSIVE AND . , POISONED BILLETS, ; nffi' ':■ ':'. ■^AFEK^a':BA*Er :^^-!: vI, '•fc* . . ■ ■ .- . — — — — » . . ■ ■.■ .ON..I4APYSMITH.! ''. I,; STUBBORN RESISTANCE OF TH& , -/ : -.*; *' .. . •'■ ' (Received Feb. 27, 1^.37 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 26. , Lord Roberts cabled on Saturday: — The -ontposts attacked on Friday. There were inany-Boer casualties, and a hundred prison-ers-were captured, including a cotemandant tuid^three field comets. Lord Roberts com'plaine* of the Boers using the worst form of' expansive explosive bullets. j Maf eking reported all well on Feb. 15. ' Every hill around Ladysmifch is strongly 'H)t*enched by the enemy> the codntry being Splendidly, adapted to Boer tactics, Every pot* of griyond; is Tbediig contested By.:|tii«
Boers.. General Buller on Saturday got within two miles of General White's outposts; The Somerset Regiment oh Wednesday- seized and held until nightfall a kopje commanded- by the Boer guns on Groblersklorif, sustaining 100 casualties. The Lancasters, in repelling two fierce Boer assaults, lost a similar number. Many British were wounded by soft-nosed bullets dipped in chemicals which caused serious injuries. The Irish Brigade lost heavily on Friday in assaulting Groblerskloof. . j
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6730, 27 February 1900, Page 4
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176A MESSAGE FROM LORD ROBERTS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6730, 27 February 1900, Page 4
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