The Boer War.
By Telegraph —Press Association —Copyright London, Jan. 7. Major- General Babington defeated De la Rey’s and Steenkamp’s commandos at Naawpoort, forcing them to retire to the north-west, and capturing Commandant Dupreez. The Boer’s casualties were twenty and the British slight. One hundred and twenty of General Knox’s force came in contact with a superior force near Lindley. Colonel Lang, two other officers, and fifteen men were killed, and two officers and twenty men were wounded. Capetown reports state that 90,000 troops are guarding the line of communication and engaged in garrison work, and that 40,000 reinforcements are required, apart from South African recruits. The farmers of the Clan Viliyam district refuse to sell their horses, and dare the British troopers to take them. Leyds and Eloff, Kruger’s grandson who recently went to Europe, and Henri Rochefort are actively despatching via Namaqualand recruits for the Boers. Paris, Jan. 7. Kruger is suffering from increasing weakness of the heart.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 7, 9 January 1901, Page 4
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