THE BOER WAR.
[by mao rata TBLact&tFH— oopißicwr.) (PBB PRESS ASSOCIATION.) A Scheme. Deceived this day at 9.6 a. m. London, August 11. Kitchener's despatches explain that it was the intention of Hentzog, in December to meet a ship at Lamberts Bay with a supply of guns, mercenaries, and ammunition. At the same lime, De Wet was proceeding by way of De Aar. Ho was to co-operate with Hontzog in attacking Capetown. Botha was simutaneously to enter Natal with a picked force of 50C0. Three policemen at Pretoria while trying to arrest a notorious Boer spy, were fired upon by the latter, who shot one and effected bis escape. .Kitchener reports that a block house near Brandfort was rushed and captured on the night of the 7th after severe fighting. One British was killed and throe wounded. Eliott is sending down the lino 70 prisoners and a large quantity of stock and wagons captured in the district he is scouring.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 12 August 1901, Page 3
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160THE BOER WAR. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 12 August 1901, Page 3
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