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DEWETSDORP. The prompt evacuation of Dewetsdorp was due to Commandant Botha's ! orders. The Boers, numbering 6000, withdrew with four nine pounders and two ; Vickersmaxim guns. > BOER FORCE DEFEATED. Lieut.-General lan Hamilton defeated a considerable force before they reached Thabanchu. LORD ROBERTS' ADVANCE. The British at Glen Camp, north of Bloemfontein, have been considerably reinforced and there are other indications of the imminence of an advance. TO RELIEVE MAFEKING. There are indications that MajorGeneral Hunter's forces in GriOjUaland West, and Major-Geueral Carrington's forces in Rhodesia will co-operate to compel the raising of the siege of Maf eking.
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Manawatu Herald, 1 May 1900, Page 2
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