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General Joubert held a great council of war before attacking Ladysmith. The Boers, as a protective measure, laid electric alarm wires across the roads near Ladysmith. The Queen has congratulated General White and troops on the result of the Ladysmith fighting. LADYSMITH SAFE. The correspondents, reporting from Ladysmith on Tuesday, state there is no anxiety about the town holding out. The Boers are being reinforced in the neighbourhood of Colesburg. The activity of the QueenslandCanadian troops in the vicinity of Belmont caused the enemy to abandon a large belt of country across the Free State border. Pretoria reports that the Free Staters are preparing to quit Bloemfontein many going to Pretoria. The British Government have accepted 250 mounted Indian volunteers.
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Manawatu Herald, 11 January 1900, Page 2
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