Te Aroha AND TE AROHA TIMES & WAIORONGOMAI ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1900
• A synopsis of latest cablegrams to i hand is as follows —At G6le>berg the Boe s outnumber the British by five •to one. They have mounted a 40pounder gun, which commands the country for a distance of 9000yds. Major-General Clements outposts have b-en forced to ve i n t.n Rendsbetg. A. detachment of Victor! as held out gallantly for some time, and inflicted, heavy loss on the Boers, and the West Australians, acting with some British troops, silenced one ofr the enemy’s Creuzet guns.. The Bii:ish casualties 1 from the sth to the 7th inst., totalled ' 25-killed. 33(3.wounded, and five missing. The Times,, speaking of the great value of the colonial troops, ; mentions the p uck and. readiness shewn by Captain Madfincks at Sling--1 ersfoutein. Mafeking has sufficient food supplies to last out till June, ilt it said, by the Boers that their forces numbered 720,000:
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Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 222052, 17 February 1900, Page 2
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158Te Aroha AND TE AROHA TIMES & WAIORONGOMAI ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1900 Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 222052, 17 February 1900, Page 2
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