CABLEGRAMS.
London, January 5. . Six more Land Leaguers have been arrested m Ireland, and will shortly be placed on their trial. The official account of the disaster met with by a detachment of the 94th Regiment in the Transvaal, almost completely confirms the account at first received. The detachment was escorting a convoy of supplies, when it was surrounded by Boers, who summoned the British to surrender, upon the latter refusing the Boers swept down on them and 112 officers and men were killed Parnell has arrived in London to attend the sittings of Parliament.
Sir Evelyn Wood is to proceed to the Cane to command the British forces in the Transvaal.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 907, 8 January 1881, Page 4
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112CABLEGRAMS. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 907, 8 January 1881, Page 4
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