BOERS IN CAPE COLONY.
United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. (Received Feb. 26, 9|fe a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 25. Lord Kitchener's weekly report states that twenty Boers have been killed and twelve wounded, and that 379 prisoners have been taken and 104 have surrendered. Colonel Mackenzie has captured FieldCornet Stephanns Grobelaa^. Columns between Strydpoo'rt and Botha's Pass are pushing the Boers towards Harrismith, in the Orange River Cojony. General Elliott holds a line on the Wilge River, Colonel Barker supporting him. ' • Commandant Malan, with 200 Boers, in the Fraserburg district of Capo Colony, has L been driven eastward across the railway. Commandant Smith, with 200 men has been pursued towards Carnarvon, and another party is to the south-west of Carnarvon. Lord Kitchener's latest sweep is in the Harrismith district, sixty-five miles wide.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7338, 26 February 1902, Page 3
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