THE PURSUIT OF DE WET.
SOME BOER WAGGONS AND PRISONERS CAPTURED.
DE WET FORCED TO SJAMBOCK
THE BURGHERS.
AUSTRALASIANS DISTINGUISHED FOR BRAVERY.
Received "Axtgust 22, at 9.40 a.m.
LONDON, August 21. On Saturday Brigadier-General Mahon engaged De Wet at the Roode kopjes, on the west bank of the Crocodile River and captured some waggons and prisoners.
Do Wet sjambocked the burghers, to compel them to march. If Lord Roberts' orders had been carried tut to tho letter on two occaaionss De Wet would have been captured.
Trooper Aufrayor (New South Wales Infantry) and Trooper Cotte (sic.) (New Zealander), have each<been awarded ono of four scarves made by tho Queen and given for distinguished bravery. The recipients hod to bo selected by their comrades.
[Members of the Wanganui Rifles and other friends of Trooper Cotter, who left Wanganni to join the Second Contingent, will bo anxious to know whether ho is tko trooper above referred to.]
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10119, 22 August 1900, Page 2
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155THE PURSUIT OF DE WET. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10119, 22 August 1900, Page 2
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