BATTLE NEAR SENEKAL.
A SCENE OF APPALLIN(J m GRANDEUR. SPLENDID STEADINESS Oic^^^^ GRENADIER GUARDS.
London, June 4. Lieut.-General Eundle on the 29th attacked a strong position six miles from Senekal, shelling but failing to silenc* the Boer guns. An attempt made to execute an out-flank movement wa» greatly hampered by immense grass fires.
• The Grenadier Guards showed splendid steadiness through the names and billows of smoke, once changing their position in the face of a hail of bullets in order to ■ escape burning. The battle is described as a scene of appalling grandeur.
The Boers requested the use of the British ambulance. They admitted 30 killed and many wounded.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6714, 5 June 1900, Page 2
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