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Lord Methuen is awaiting cavalry and artillery reinforcements before making a move. Fifteen thousand Boers are massed opposite the British position. J The shock from the Lyddite shells killed large numbers at Magersfontein, After the batrfe many Boers were found standing uprignt dead. The Boers posted the Germans,Hollanders, and Irish in the most dangerous positions in every fight. The Boers have commandeered Salvation Army officers, compelling them to fight. Colonel Plumer has returned to Tuly, the march to Mafeking having to be abandoned owing to the severe drought He is garrisoning MacLoutsie, the Boers having disappeared from the vicinity of the town. The Boers fired an empty shell into Mafeking containing a message advising the besieged not to drink all the whisky. General Buller suggests the raising' of 8000 Imperial Yeomanry for service in South Africa. \ [t
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Manawatu Herald, 23 December 1899, Page 2
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