A SHARP FIGHT
SOUTH AFRICAN REBELLION . (Eec. November 26, 7.35' p.m.) - ' Pretoria, November 25. . Official.—"Captain Rutherford and fifty of Eslin's Horse, and a hundred of the South African Mounted Rifles, attacked three hundred rebels who were holding a strong position at Rondefontcin, protected by rugged hills. . , Furious fighting took place. Captain Allan King was shot just after-binding up a trooper's wound. Two others were killed and eleven wounded, and as it was impossible to dislodge:any of the rebels, the loyalists retired to Hammans Kraal. ; Seven of the rebels wcro 'killed and several wounded.
r A' CAPTURE. ' (Reo. November 26, 8.40 p.m:) Pretoria, November 25. Commandant Geyser has captured four commandants awl. fifty Tcbels at Nylstroom. .
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2318, 27 November 1914, Page 5
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115A SHARP FIGHT Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2318, 27 November 1914, Page 5
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