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The Boers have constructed bombproof ways from the kopjes north of Colenso to Ladysmith road. Parties of Boers have been seen on both sides of Sir Redvers Bullei :'s camp. The Australian Infantry are at Enslans Farm, near Grasspan. Mafeking briskly replied to a heavy bombardment on the 21st. Loyalists advocate the proclamation of martial law at the Cape. Christmas festivities and sports wej;e held at Ladysmith, when 200 children were treated to a Christmas tree. A shell fell at Ladysmith and p men were killed, including eight men of the Gloucester regiment. The town has tyro months' provision*, but forage is scarce. The Nizam of Hyderabad and Maharajah Walier have offered troops and money and their own swords for South Africa.
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Manawatu Herald, 30 December 1899, Page 2
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