LATEST CABLEGRAMS. Cape Town, March 1.
An official report of the battle at Skiitskop ; gives the following figures of the casualties on the side of the British : Officers—^tilled, 3; wounded, 9; ,taken prisoners, 7. Rank and file— killed, 82 ; wounded, 120; and 250 taken prisoners.J Intelligence has been received that the proposals of peace which have beon -made to the Basotos by the Commander of the Colonial Forces , have ; remained unanswered, and that the armiqtico has accordingly ceased. No further operations can be proceeded With at 'present in cdnsequence of heavy rains. ' x It is announced that 'Generals ' Sir Donald Sle\yart and Sir, Fredcriok Roberts are to be craated baronets.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1354, 5 March 1881, Page 3
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110LATEST CABLEGRAMS. Cape Town, March 1. Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1354, 5 March 1881, Page 3
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