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BETHUNE.
The Daily Mail states that Colonel Bethune heard that the Vryheid route from ' Zululand to Newcastle was clear of the enemy and selected it as the shorter way to return. Captain W. E. D. Goff,-who commanded a squadron, was too precipitate and was entrapped by a strong force of Boers. The enemy's Maxims mowed down the British, who fought to within twenty yards of the Boers' rifles. Captain Goff was killed. Beuter's correspondent stated that it is apparent that of a squadron of 6s, sixty-six were killed and wounded and only three escaped. MOEE SURRENDERS. Three hundred and fifty Free Staters, with three hundred and sixty rifles, much ammunition and a hundred horses, surrendered at Boshof. COLONIALS TO THE FRONT. Major Karri Davies and eight other members of the Natal Imperial Light Horse, entered Mafeking eight hours fhead of Major Mahon's column. THE COLONIAL BRIGADE. The Chronicle states that MajorGeneral Hutton, with, the Australasian brigade, is to the east of the railway line; Major-General Tucker, with the seventh division, is marching to. Leeuwkviel, twenty miles north-west of Heilbrdtn.
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Manawatu Herald, 26 May 1900, Page 3
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