TELEGRAPHIC.
CABLE_NEWB. ENGLISH & FOREIGN. [REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] CAPETOWN, December 26. Affairs at the CapeFurther telegrams to hand regarding the disaster in the Transvaal state that when the Boers attacked the detachment of the 94th regiment the men were engaged in rescuing a number of swamped waggons, and, being consequently without arms, were completely crushed by the large number of Boers, who swooped down on them. News has also been received that the Boers of Potchefstroom murdered five Englishmen who were residing in the town, and that as soon as information of the outrage reached head - quarters a battery of Artillery was despatched and shelled the place, the enemy being completely driven out and over one hundred killed by the guns. LONDON, December 27. In consequence of the necessity for reinforcements of Cavalry in the Transvaal, the 6th Dragoons have been ordered to Natal.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2135, 28 December 1880, Page 2
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