A HOT ENGAGEMENT.
CAPETOWN. March 14. Jepps township, in the central area, was the scene of a hot engagement on Sunday between the Imperial Horse and revolutionaries. Red sharp-shooters kept up a steady fire on the troops from behind barricades, and sniping from windows and balconies. Considerable street fighting followed. The rebels sustained material losses. It is reported that four captured policemen were murdered in cold blood at Fordsburg, and others threatened with the same fate, but a member of the Red Cross belonging to the revolutionary forces intervened and his impassioned address saved their lives.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18432, 16 March 1922, Page 5
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96A HOT ENGAGEMENT. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18432, 16 March 1922, Page 5
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