MAFEKING.
THE REROUTED REUEF. EXCITEMENT IN LONDON. capture; of a boeb general and 90 PRISONERS. Rooeire<l 18, 8.65 a. m , Londok, Mav 17. The Earl of Halsburg, Lord TTi g l| Chancellor, read a cablegram, aL nouncing the relief of Mafeking, to the House of Lords, but it was Crowds gathered at the House awaiting the news of the relief of the town, and much excitement prevailed. The Boers have lately increased their numbers investing Mafeking in order to combat the relieving column, whioh consists of picked men from the Light Horse, Koberts's Horse, Briarhall'i Horse, and Imperial Volunteers. Advices from Deiagoa Bay stats thai Colonel Baden-Powell captured General ElolF and ninety other prisoners daring Saturday's desperate fighting . BADEN-POWELL'S STRATEGY. FIFTY OF THE ENEMY KIT.T.np (Reoaived 19, 2 aio.) Lokdok, May 18. Colonel Baden-Powell allowed Gafieral Eloff to enter the enclosure. The garrison then fired from loophoLtd burrows, killing fifty of the enemy.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 98, 19 May 1900, Page 2
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