TRANSVAAL.
A BRITISH REVERSE.
DEFEAT OF THE BOERS.
; ifreas AsaooiatioiLi-Telegrftpli—Copyiighi I ''^- ' LOND.QN.'JiiIy 13. f The Boers captured Nikala'Nek, 18 miles iivom., Pretoria, with :tiTO guns, live, comipanies.' of- the Lincolnshire Regiment, a ■.stfQadibn pfV-iScots -Greys,* and -two^guns ;wnieh garrisoned the Nek. At"' dawn on superior numbers of the enemy 'from tho hills .directed a heavy converging mre: ','"■''" .;..■'"" "The" fighting'continued all day. Lord Roberts, early in the morning, sent from. Pretoria; Lieut.-Colofiel'Go'lfrey with the Scottish Borderera to the relief, but the garrison were overpowered before they arrived. The greater portion of the Scots Greys and 90 Lincolnshires were captured. Most; of the horses were shot. Lord Roberts reports that he hears the casualties were heavy. The 7th Dragoon Guards cheeked the attack. , The* outposts:at Derdepoort made a sim ultaneous attack' oh the Nek. Ono troop of Dragoons Miffereil through mistaking the Boers hiding in the bushes for Brit'sh. r ..;•..•
LONDON, July .13. Geaerals Smith and Rorrieir defeated the Boers with heavy los-s at Krugersdorp or the. 11th. -< .General Bullei- dispersed the Boers who were destroying the railway nt Paardekraal. » I The telegraph lino and railway between Greylingstad and Slanderton have been re peatedly cut by the Boers, and in consequence General Clery.waS forced'to return from Vlakfontein, where he junctioned with General Hart. Generals Mason's and French's Brigade dashingly captured positions at RutfohteJri. Tho Boers fled, leaving their dead. SYDNEY, July 14. .^Tho jlcrald's special, describing-ihe oceu~ pation'o'f Johannesburg, says that until Lord Roberts' advance came up things were rather mixed., People shot;each otber'clown in the alley ways and round corners,.-and no ono knew whether tlip English or Dutch were in possession. Ifc wiis evdry man: for himself. "My friend found himself at the head of afoout-a.dozen 'Tommies^hooting promiscuously at everybody without uniform that- ran' anywhere in sight. -When the main body came up the*Dutch were all driven away and ran northward." (He says .'the only correspondent who goi. through from the western advance was Winston Churchill, who rode through the town on a bicycle at night.
TRANSVAAL. A BRITISH REVERSE. DEFEAT OF THE BOERS.
Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 15000, 16 July 1900, Page 3
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