The Boer War.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. London, Jan. 20.
Tho Boers have captured a British train east of Balmoral, laden, with mining material for the Rand. The troopship Canada has sailed for the Gape with 1300 regulars and 520 recruits for General Baden-Powell’s Police.
Three squadrons of Johannesburg Mounted Rifles captured a Boer outpost at Springs, tho terminus of the East Rand railway line. A strong Boer force subsequently made a strong attack, but were ropulsed. Sixty-seven Aberbcen Dutch have joined the raiders.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 17, 22 January 1901, Page 1
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