THE DISASTER TO BRITISH OFFICERS.
A DEADLY FIRE AT SHORT RANGE. (Received 27, 9.15 a.m) London, March 26. Lieutenant-Colonel Orabba's party, who were armed only with revolvers, set out on a foraging expedition to farms to the north of the British camp at Glen siding. In the course of their investigations the officers came to a siding, where they examined the telegraph apparatus. On leaving they caught sight of five mounted Boers on a kopje. The Boers immediately wheeled and disappeared to the east, and the British officers, in an endeavour to catch the Boers, divided and swept round each side of the kopje, but met a deadly rifle fixe at short range. The Hon. Mr. Lygon was shot through the heart. The Boers pretendtd to retreat and were joined by three others. The eight marksmen then lay in ambush. The men belonged to the Johannesburg police. Upon seeing their fire successful - they left their ambush and rendered every service to the wounded officers, washing and dressing their wounds, and sending news of the disaster to the British camp. The three wounded men were transferred to Bloemfontein, and are progressing favourably.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 77, 28 March 1900, Page 2
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