MAFEKINS'S POSITION.
THE GARRISON'S HOME-MADE GUN." (Received 20,10.5 a m.) London, March 19. In driving back the Boers to their main trench(B the garrison if Mafeking used grenades preparato - y to a bayonet attack. The shells f.om the home-made gun constructed by the garrison cannot be fired with precision.!; The erratic shelling of the gnn proved bewildering to the energy. The BaraloDgs have been armed in order to defend their own en-
closure. SLACKENING OF BOER FIRE. (Received 21,1.30 a.m.) London, March 20. The Boer fire upon Mifeking has slackened.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 55, 21 March 1900, Page 3
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90MAFEKINS'S POSITION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 55, 21 March 1900, Page 3
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