A BRITISH VICTORY.
. CAPTURE- OF A- CONVOY." : Jkbuitzinger;s retreat. /.' a strike of johannesburg'-, ' ■' \ MINERS. ■■-"■■' (Received June 7, 9.21 a.m.) LONDON, June 6. v Thirty-four miles westward Of Warm Baths, Colonel Wilson ',' with two hundred and forty, of ..Kitchener's Scouts,; defeated four hundred members of .Commandant. Beyer's force, who .were escorting a convey. ■■~Tfo|sritish;ki : :ißd t&i#|;§ejen Boers,; and c^^ea.;.eve'rvtWng,.ipc)ti^ng eight; thousand^ head • of : cattle ? j^gljje^ii waggons, ,and an ambulance. - Three/ of. the British were killed and ■ fifteen; wounded. ' Kruitzinger has retired in the direction, of the column under Colonel Elliott. Many Johannesburg miners hare struck against the present rate of wages of 5s a day and rations. .;
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7119, 7 June 1901, Page 3
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106A BRITISH VICTORY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7119, 7 June 1901, Page 3
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