TRANSVALL WAR.
■ -: : ♦ ' ■1 THE BRITISH CAPTURE BOER GUNS. ' AND AMMUNITION. - ,V/\ , i \ RELIEF FORCE FOR KIMBERLEY. ; TROOPS BEING MOBILISED AT ALDERSHOT. Press Association— Telegraph— Copyright. CAPETOWN, Novembei- 19. An armoured train at Hanover, Cape Colony, captured two Free State waggons loaded with guns and. ammunition. —c Beleaguers at Kimberley wear Kharkee uniforms. t The troops under Methuen, going to the relief of Kimberley, have reached the Orange River, about 50 miles from the beleaguered town, 'iney are marching with light equipment. ' LONDON, November 19. Eighteen Krupp guns for the Transvaal Government have" Deen detained at Hamburg. 'll*' ' ■'- - Seventeen Lancers, five infantry regiments and "six" batteries are being mobilised at Aldershot. 1 The Queen, after a night's journey from Scotland, inspected the Life Guards going' to South Africa. *^er Majesty afterwards journeyed to and from Bristol in one day.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 21 November 1899, Page 2
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138TRANSVALL WAR. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 21 November 1899, Page 2
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