THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
A REFUGEE CAMP.
THE BLOCKHOUSE SYSTEM.
FURTHER SURRENDERS.
A SHiRP' SKIRMISH.
DEATHS OF BOER OFFICERS.
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- LONDON, July|L&V Sey^thousand refugees are in e»ipp at PotciiefstiV 111 -
:■ The blockhouse system is being steadily, augmented in the Transvaal. '
Small numbers of Boers are daily surrendering in West and North Transvaal and in the Kaffir River district of the Orange River Colony. . * . .
A sharp skirmish took place near Aliwal on Sunday. Seven men. of the Ist Connaught Rangers were killed and twenty
wounded 1 .
;Lord Kitchener has reached ElandsPontein on his return from the Cape. He reports that Captain Charles Bothay a son of Commandant Philip Botha, and Lieutenant Humun, a field cornet, have been, killed in the Orange River Colony.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7154, 19 July 1901, Page 3
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133THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7154, 19 July 1901, Page 3
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