THE TRANSVAAL WAR.
LATEST CABLE NEWS. (Frt» AssccWon-BlccWc Tckmli-CowtlsM-) Progress of campaißn. A sharp Skirmish, more British Casualties. Boer Officers Killed. (RtceimlJttly 19, SM «'">■) London, July 18. In n ihnrpsklnnhh nmr Aliwnl Korth on Sunday, seven of tho Ist tonnat.gbts fcvcrokulcd and tw'cnty wounded, 1 Lord Kitchener lms reached Handsfontein, returning from tho lane, no reports that Captain Charles, Botha, sin of Philip Botha, Urat. n,mum ' nn ' l it Field-Cornet wic Wiled in Orange ltivcr Colony. (/f«eiWJ«?yi9,9./ii.w) London, July 18. Thirtcon Boers, on pnvole, whom the Hours held prisoners because tlioy reused to break their pledge to the rebel* atl!kdscciiKlool,havebcciH'ourl-iiiar-tialled at Dordrecht and Steynsburg am found guilty of treason and attempted murder. (Bccckcd July IS, 10.13 London, duly 18. It-is stated bv the correspondent of the D«il</ 'Telegraph ilmt Mr Steyn was Hslccp at Hcitz when the place was surprised by Major-Genoral Uromwoods troops. Ho escaped in his nightshirt, and jumped on a horse. A rifleman fired at him, but missed. ■ Mr Dennett llurleigh, war correspondent of tho Ms Tclegmpli, states that the killing of wounded on the hew at Ylakfontcin is not well authenticated. Tho outrage was the work of one or two Boers,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 6908, 19 July 1901, Page 3
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195THE TRANSVAAL WAR. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 6908, 19 July 1901, Page 3
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