Te Aroha AND TE AROHA TIMES A WAIORONGOMAI ADVOCATE. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1900 THE WAR.

Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 222050, 13 February 1900, Page 2

Te Aroha AND TE AROHA TIMES A WAIORONGOMAI ADVOCATE. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1900 THE WAR.

General Buller,, after being heavily shelled,, has again- withdrawn aernjfca the' Tugala, River. The Boer guns kept up- an incessant fire, and made the British position untenable. The j retirement commenced on Wednesday night. The British casualties wore I mostly flight wounds. Tiro Boers report hearing heavy firing in the direction of Ladysmith on the same night,

the garrison having apparently attempted a sortie t .wards the Fr- e State l.iagoir. G n-nfi Hector Mc-Don-ald, after repelling the enemy’s attacks on We In. sday, re ired to Modcb r River, Lor-1 Roberts > xplam., that General MarDbn Id, be ore re iv- [ ing r had fulfilled his miss.on of dispersing the Boers, wh - had intended to cut Lo d Methuen’s- lin** of com-

munication. Lrd Rob rie and G erai French h .ve arrived at ilo d-r River, the latter orouglu t av ilry wi h him, and oth r re nforcements are

arriving, The Australians hul an engagement near Sliugersfoutein. By feigning a retreat they drew the Beers in o ihe Open, wh re t. ey were eff-e----j lively shelled by die British ar illery. A balloon revealed t" General Bulb-r a doz Ii cunning y tu:i k d guns nt Doom kloof, commanding the Ladysmith road, where it was evidently inj tended to trap the British forces.