THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
WRECK OF A TRAIN. A VICTORIAN SUCCESS. SCOURING THE COUNTRY. ' BRITISH CAPTURES.
United Press Association— By Eleetjip ; "S Telegraph— Copyrignt. (Received May 1, 9.31 a.m.) .;»■•■■■• LONDON, May 30. The Boers destroyed the railway line midway between Bosohrand and Geneva. The engine and two carriages of an ambulance train .were derailed, but nobody was injured. .
A force of Victorians, under Major Henniker, inflicted losses on Commandant Matan's force in the Cradock district.
Major Dumoulin's column has reached Aliwal .North, after scouring the country south-east of the Orange- River. It brought in thirty prisoners, sixty thousand sheep, six thousand head of cattle,, one hundred
waggons, three hundred horses, and eight hundred refugees. . .'.■'■". .
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7087, 1 May 1901, Page 3
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