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Manawatu Herald, 29 January 1900, Page 2

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There is some uncertainty as to whether Major-General Warren really garrisoned Spionkop after the engagement. The Agent- General wired :— MajorGeneral Warren has retired soutfak, of the Tugela without loss, Spion Kop being difficult to hold as its perimeter was too large and water-supply deficient. WHY SPIONKOP WAS ABANDONED. General Bulier reports that Spionkop was too large a position for the British garrison to hold. The water supply was also deficient. When General Woodgate was wounded his successor decided to abandon the position. General Buller considered a second attack on Spionkop useless, the enemy's right being in too strong a force. ao OF BETHUNE'S HORSE KILLED. 15 CAPTURED. The Boers report they surrounded a

squadron of M :.*«* Bethune's Horse, whose casualties numbered 20, while 15 were captured. GATACRE'S SUCCESS. Lieut.-General Gatacre holds all the passes in his district, on the south, west of the Orange Free State. Lord Tweedmouth, Chief Liberal ; Whip in 1892 and one of the mainstays of the Liberal Party, speaking ajML,j: Edinburgh, said the Liberals wer!"* 1 agreed that the war must be carried to a decisive victory at' whatever cost. General Riccioti Garibaldi has offered Britain several thousand volna- «- 1 ;j teers. - W Sir Alfred Milner has issued a Proclamation declaring that the validity of forfeiture of property in the Transvaal and the Orange Free State sub- | sequent to the ultimatum will not be recognised. The Boers are manufacturing twelve thousand cartridges and two hundred shells da^y.

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