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BATTLE OF KOODOOSRAAD, Jhe battle of Koodoosraad still raged on Thursday. The silence of the War Office as to the result has created much suspense. There are indications that Commandant Cronje has been reinforced and stubbornly resisting tho advance of Lord Roberts. The withdrawal of the enemy's forces from Natal is proceeding agfl will give assistance to Commandant Cronje estimated at twenty thousand. ' General Cronje was surrounded for 1 three days at Koodoosraad. . Very heavy fighting took place on Sunday and Monday, the British using fifty guns. CRONJE ASKS FOR AN ARMISTICE." v i General Cronje asked for an arnaifetice, and was refused. * LOSSES. The Boer losses were tremendous. The British also lost heavily. «b Sixteen officers of the Highland ~J| Brigade were wounded and two killed up to Sunday. ; BOER BOASTINGS. • De Wit, a Free State general claims that the Boers stormed several kopjes I between Koodoorsraad and. Paardeberg, that the British evacuated thjsir positions leaving their dead and wounded and forty prisoners in the hands of the Boers. CRONJE'S REINFORCEMENTS DEFEATED. The Agent-General wires :— Lord Roberts' army, overtook Gene- : i ral Cronje at Paardeburg, thirty milqs *• east of Kimberley. Fighting for four days followed. Lord Roberts' troops . are now shelling General Cronje's entrenchments, having defeated a Boer detach* ment which was making an attempt to reinforce him. =•;
Public opinion here is that Lord Roberts is surrounding General Cronje. The Highlanders and 6th Brigade met with heavy loss.
JCRUGER. The newspaper Neneste Nachrichten in an inspired paragraph, tenders Kruger hearty German hospitality.
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Manawatu Herald, 24 February 1900, Page 2
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