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A battalion of rifles with nim field guvs has reinforced the garrison it Lady^mith. The Boers have occupied Wind Norton, near Barkly West, about ten miles north-west of Kimberley, in British Bechuanaland.
A party of bluejackets has seized -he Durban branch of the Transvaal National Bank.
The Maxim guns taken by the Boers under Commandant Cronje at Krui?ersdrop from the force und^r D t Jameson were recapturtd during uiit: eugafifctn^nt at Elunda Jbaag..e. Colonel Schiel, the commander of the German corps and director of she Transvaal artillery, who was :aken prisoner at Elands Inagte, •idmits the accuracy of the British artillery fire, which, he says, wa ■e^iatless.
General Sir George White reports hat the Johannesburg contingent including the. German legion, wa<completely broken up during the ngagement at E'and* Langte. It is also stated that at this en •jounter the wounded Boers implored the British soldiers for admission to h9 English ambulances.
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Manawatu Herald, 31 October 1899, Page 2
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153OTHER ITEMS. Manawatu Herald, 31 October 1899, Page 2
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