COLONIALS FIRST TO ENTER KROONSTAD.
HOURS WILL FIGHT NO LONGER FOR THE FREE STATE. THE ENEMY AGAIN ABUSE THE WHITE FLAG. Press Association — Telegraph — Copyright. LONDON, May 13. Lord Roberts' bodyguard of colonials was the first to enter Kroonstad. Comiiiiiudants Botha and De Wel accompanied the TrauHVuuler. t.o the Vaal River, declaring they would fight no longer for the Freo State. The Fiee Staters accused the Transvaaleis of making u-e of tl*in and deserting i hem. Geiici-.il Broadwood overtook part of the convoy south-east of Vciilersburg on Tl ursnay, capturing several waggors. The lloers, firing from farmhouse 11 indows and abusing the while flag, shot several irmiskillings dead, and captured sixteen. Lieutenant-General Rundlo aud Briga-dier-General Brabant drove the enemy from Tbabancbu. Majot-Generul Hullon has t.-.keu 100 Boer prisoners.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 15000, 15 May 1900, Page 2
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