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The Boers had six killed and twelve wounded at Sunnyside.
A number of incriminating docu ments were fotrad in the laager cap tured from 1 them.
The Boers refuse to recognise as prisoners of war any former residents of the Transvaal, but will treat them %s convicts.
Colonel Pilcher having accomplished his object, withdrew fron? Oougla3, escorting a great procession of local residents. Many of the colonial troops carried children.
The Modeler River correspondent of the Times says the prisoners taken at Sunnyside ought to be punisheci as rebels, and an example made of them.
Military officials are delighted that the colonials struck the first blow since Magersfontein.
The Boers occupied Molteno and Cyphergat, but General Gatacre dislodged them, and they fled towards Stormberg.
There has been intermittent fighting around Colesburg. The New Zealanders have been engaged.
Reinforcements have been sent tc General French, who holds a good position against the laager.
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Manawatu Herald, 6 January 1900, Page 2
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