"THE FIGHTING MACDONALD."
A NUMBER OF BOEBB CAPTURED. FIGHTING AROUND KIMBERI.KY. (Received 2G, 1.10 a.m.) London, February 25. Later details show tt-at MijorGeneral Hejtor Alacdonald, of the " Black Watch," was wounded in the foot, not severely, as at first reported. Lard Methuen administers the Kiuaberl'iy district. The shelling of Cronjfi's position was continued on Thursday, and the cordon drawn tighter, the Shropshirea having advanced two hundred yards nearer. Two thousand Boers hover to the northward. General French elsewhere captured 75 Boers, while a patrol to the westward ciptured 30. President Krug;r clums that communication with (Jronja is not severed. Advices recaivad from Pretoria state that fightiug is going on around Petrusville, and a'so near Kimborley, but tha.t the result is still doubtful. Dr. Lsyds affirms that Cronje has broken through the British cordon,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 46, 26 February 1900, Page 2
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