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MAFEKING SAFE SO FAR. GENERAL CRONJE\S SON KILLED. THE POSITION AT COLESBURG. ARRIVAL OF MORE TROOPS AT THE CAPE. THE LONDON WAR RELIEF FUND. THE QUEEN'S THOUGHTFULNESS. Vten Association—Telegraph — Copyright. - Received November uc, 0.20 a.m. CAPETOWN, November 21. Mafekmg was safe on the 12th. General Cronje's son was killed while directing an assault on the 7th. Tho Boers were occupied two hours in removing their dead and; wounded. The-British lost 8 killed, including Captains Marsham and Peckell, and 7 wounded.. ,The commandant of 700 Boers at Colesburg besoAlght the residents to fight for their independence; otherwise they, would always be dominated by Downing Street. ' President Steyn's proclamation suinorted this appeal, but the response was luke,warm. v The New South Wales Lancers have ar--rived at Orange River. - Women, iooted £luoo' worth of goods from 'shops in Johannesburg; The machinery of two closed mines has been wrecked. , An additional 4000 troops have arrived at Capetown, and are disembarking and entraining, with wonderful smoothness and celerity. The Boers' casualties at Belmont totalled 200. LONDON, November 21. The War Relief Fund amounts to £270,---000, including £24,000-subscribed by the Stock Exchange. The Queen has ordered 1000 (?) tins of chocolate as a personal gift to each soldier ■in South Africa
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 22 November 1899, Page 3
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