ON TOE HEELS OF DE WET
REBEL CHIEF CHASED BY MOTOR-CAR Pretoria, Novembor 23. De Wet, with sis others, crossed the V-aal River on Sunday night, after the remnants of the commando had been beaten' back. Commandant Dutoil and! Field Cornet Hoffman, in a motor-car, overtook the fugitives near Leeuwdoorn. One named Spies, Do Wet's*adjutant, surrendered, but the-others continued their flight, firing revolvers. They scattered across the veldt. D'u'toil's "party wounded and captured Mentz, De Wet's son-in-law. The rest escaped, MORE SURRENDERS. (Rec. November 25, 0.60 a.m.) Caps, Town, November 24. Official—Commandant Holl pursued the rebels from Bullfontein ■to Bothavillo, where over a hundred surrendered, including Commandant Jordan and four field-cornets.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2316, 25 November 1914, Page 5
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111ON TOE HEELS OF DE WET Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2316, 25 November 1914, Page 5
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