THE BOER WAR.
By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright |
London, Feb. 13,
Mr Bdimett Burleigh, the Daily Telegraph correspondent,” states that'a fivehours’ battle was fought on Fridav night along the blockhouse line from Heilbron onward. The Boers made frantic charges, -coking an outlet from the ring oi fire and steel. Commandants Yniiniekirk, Vander-
mertvo, and many rebels were captured. The correspondent estimates the Boer casualties in the recent drive at one hundred, and the total bag for the two days at six hundred, including many colonial rebels. Twenty-three Boers have surrendered at Middlaburg. German residents at Durban have
rritteu a protest against the slanders on .Ire British troops.
Mr Drodrick, Secretary for War, stated in the House of Commons that tbo Governor of Natal visited Mrs DeWet in the concentration camp to ascertain whether she was comfortable, and received no complaint.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 341, 15 February 1902, Page 2
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