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a& ■-■ - .-■- - - --^pr ! i MAJOR-GENERAL FRCWI? RETAKES COLESBURG. |j A report has reached London w&tetojii however, requires official confirm,atii<ti^i[,; j that Major-General French, in waiir j dance with his declaration, if pb!]|i.;| forcements^were. sent to hint, ns*i ! j victoriously entered Colesburg, aits: companied by the Imperial i^idl! Colonial troops. • - i ANOTHER ATTACK ON LAJty* SMITH. i ; !!p!.f General White reports that the! I'toip in considerable force on Saturday ij|t| tacked Caesar's Camp, three miWsis [vtmi* of Ladysmith. They were ever^riitf iff repulsed, but the fighting still c|dj j tinues. ' ' %tf\ v \ ANOTHER STEAMER SEl^j 1 The Hamburg steamer Htbki; bound to Delagoa Bay, the portjlf * Portugese East Africa, has been ««.■ and brought to Durban, the capita! 'SiNatal, as she is supposed to have cpjj J traband of war on board. f |]| BOERS RE-OCCUPYING pofe!': DRECHT. jjijjijj The Boers have re-occupied |Pq||||! recht, a town about 40 miles east ;j,jjf Stormberg, in Cape Colony. I j! ! i guarding british pri- j soners. q ■■;;■::! Three hundred foreigners have pinkiti; utilised to guard the British priacinitW in Pretoria, as all the Tranwliijl j burghers have goile to the front, i i^ || LORD SALISBURY'S SOW", ;h| Lord Edward Cecil is suffering jirjiijl fever, and not from a wound, \U hitherto reported. I ;!]| SUSPECTED ATTEMPT ON MMi ROBERTS' LIFE. |p,§| During the voyage of the Dune till Castle, from England, a sentry :U»ja| was on duty at night reported th?it 1 man was acting suspiciously near li,o | Roberts' cabin. The suspect 1 111 1 seized and searched, with the fi||| that a revolver was found in hisjij||| session. The man was lande ||| Gibraltar. ' iHji - BATTLE OF TUGELA'RI^j | Files to hand show that the B |||| fought splendidly at the Battijil Tagela River, but the work re^ii them was beyond their power. ■■ i| The Naval guns did excellent so mi and completely wrecked the I toil] stronghold, called Wylie's fort. || The Boers were protected by |H||j trenchments and very little was pi of them all through the battle, wl ii as our fighting lines were contim ii exposed. ' ' >||| It soon became evident that M the, artillery at our command Si ifi Boers' position was impregnable. jj|| was a dreadful sight to see our |jjji| being swept down by Maxims m Nordenfeldts, but grand to see pi gallant attemps of the survivon jf§ rescue their fallen comrades. ' || The infantry and artillery mm reached the Boer trenches y m captured. * |Ii

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Manawatu Herald, 9 January 1900, Page 2

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Latest. Manawatu Herald, 9 January 1900, Page 2

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