The Transvaal War.
J BOER VICTORY. TWO BRITISH BATTALIONS AND A BATTERY SURRENDER. Press Association — Telegraph — Copyright. Received November 1, 9.5 a.m. LONDON, October 31. It is officially announced by the War Office that the and Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, and a Mountain Battery, after losing heavily, capitulated to the enemy during the fighting in the vicinity of Lady.smith. Received November 1, 9.15 a.m. DURBAN, October 31. General White reports that the capitulated regiments were unblameable. Their positions were .selected by himself, and proved untenable. Fnrty-two officers and 1500 men, including the Ist (not the 2nd) Battalion of the Irish Fusiliers, capitulated.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 2 November 1899, Page 2
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110The Transvaal War. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 2 November 1899, Page 2
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