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THE WAR IN SOUTH, AFRICA

GERMAN FORCE DEFEATED _• ' ■ \ Capo Town, April 27. Official.—"Colonel Skinners force, guarding the rail-head at Trek Kopjes, fifty miles north-east of Swakopmurid, repulsed, after a four hours' 700 Germans with twelve guns. The enemy, lost twenty-five in killed and woundod." , THE LATE REBELLION, .. DE WET'S CULPABILITY. London, April. 27. A Blue Book on tlie rebellion in South Africa states: "There is ample reason for believing that,Do Wet and Beyers interpreted the. Government's in* action after -De Wet had' refused' to confer with Mr. Steyn as a sign of wealpess, and believed that it was afraid. The Government's inaction .was due to anxiety ..to avoid bloodshed. De Wet's disingenuousness was particularly glaring. Not only did he_ mislead Mr.. Steyn, but he grossly misled 'his own officers. Ho alone'of Jail the rebel officers appears' to have wanted war."

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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2448, 29 April 1915, Page 5

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THE WAR IN SOUTH, AFRICA Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2448, 29 April 1915, Page 5

THE WAR IN SOUTH, AFRICA Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2448, 29 April 1915, Page 5

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