THE TWEEFONTEIN FIGHT.
''■.--..; \ A GALLA?:* DEFENCE. ±r ' fuiituf/Tdetails. me ' • _j— W Received J....1./11- 2, 10.42 p.m. ■ * • LONDON January 2. mi The "Standard"' \t\,\U-» that the defence at Tvveefontein wrtfi iiore stubborn and susH tatned than was it£^.i<rst -pparent. The picquet on the cresfc was seized and killed, B and no shot \rJHSed until the Boers were W descending. T^M stabbed the Yeomanry \ -n-itlx the iJicqt^^B bayonets. l" A gallant rj^B/was miide. |L Williams, H directing the defence, m fell wj||ta|«HHL wounds. K^ fight ebbed and flowe<l, iveiv stripped |B^H^H^H^H^HJ^ile^ from tile fight. men. tt\ o guns and two a rearguard action lutli in the direction of affcwwauU divided frustrating pursuit. BOERS; /■" - - ACT. FOR, "Q". BATTERY. January -2.-10.56 p.m. LONDON, January 2. , Steeie and Keir, H^^^^^^^^^HSre'rs, (dead during a parley at Warm Baths. ■^^^^^^^^^Katteiy brought to England H^^^^H^^^^^^^^^^|£s and two -Dis.tinguj.sbto* command TRENTHAM. W m^m^^m^m^m W^iio'^ SECTION. Association. HB|^^^^^^H,LINGTOX ] Januaiy 2. wEmfMwMwMwM&ie''- D..5.0., commands tlie mmMtf^mmmmmW^ mNELSON, January 2. wimp to-ni<rht. behalt of the Move Men <c, presented each man of West Coart draii- -sutli The speaker vere the l^^^^H^^^H^on, the Mayor (Mr J. BaiMajor Wolfe, and Miwas a veiy large number I^^^^^^^^^^^Fmembers of tlie Eighth Conafternoon. quota for the liiglith Conleave for Silverstrcam (Trenby the 7 a.m. train to-morrow
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Wanganui Chronicle, 3 January 1902, Page 3
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209THE TWEEFONTEIN FIGHT. Wanganui Chronicle, 3 January 1902, Page 3
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