TEE SOUTH AFRICAN TROUBLE.
Details of the Recent Drive Boers In a Desperate Position A Reckless Charge. Pnm Association— Telegraph— Copyright Becsivsd February 14, 0.12 a.m. LONDON, February 13. Lord Kitchener's front in the recent drive wai nightly secured, entrenching 300 men per mile. Troops patrolled ontiide the northern and southern blockhouse lines. Commandant Yandermerve and 200 men, who were within the northerly end on the night of the 6th, attempted to traverse, bending low in their taddles, and riding amongst the cattle towards the trenches. They encountered a hail of bnllets. Thirty broke through the British cordon, bnt 43 were captured and 7 wounded. Six hundred, led by Malan, captured the Fraserburg convoy. The Boers feinted north, and then charged recklessly south upon the escort. The enemy lost heavily. Major Crofton was amongst the killed. The British casualties totalled 22. Some of the captured waggons were recovered.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10568, 14 February 1902, Page 2
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148TEE SOUTH AFRICAN TROUBLE. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10568, 14 February 1902, Page 2
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