THE VICTORY AT COLESBURG.
- -» r— STRENGTH OF THE ENEMY. THE BRITIBH POSITION GREATLY IMPROVED. Capetown, January 3. The Boers routed at Oolesburg numbered 4000. They used a British 15-pounder — probably one of Major- General Gat-; acre's— with Woolwich ammunition. A thousand of tbe enemy, with two guns, fled to Norvata, on the Free State border and situated on the railway line. Mejor-General French now controls the road and bridge into the Free State.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3, 4 January 1900, Page 3
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73THE VICTORY AT COLESBURG. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3, 4 January 1900, Page 3
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