BOER WAR.
twenty cordons: killed by an Ot'■ ' J bxplo&ion. j--j SAA . GENERAL BADEN-POWELL'S COMMAND. EXODUS OF BRITISH TROOPB. , [rn PMSB ASSOCIATION.] (Received 2, 9.10 ».m.) : ' London, October 1. Twenty Gordon Highlanders were killed while exploding Boer ammunition seized at Komati Poort. ~ . r Major-General Baden-Powell iis at where he commands twelve thousand Transvaal and Orange Colony police.'' T - '' •~ — ; - r 1 . The Grenadiejri Guards hive left Komati Poort on their return home. The follow. BOER PAYMENTS TO MERCENARIES. A PLEASING CORRECTION. , , '.(Reeelvtd 3, 0.30 a.m.) London, October 2. It transpires that the BoerExeoutive paid the passage of 400_mercenaries. 30s. was also paid to eaolj at time of sailing and 10s on landing. ' ;1 " Received 3,1.20 a.m. ' London, October 2. Only Iwo GofdoriHighlanderiweW killed and 18 weunded in the explosion at Komati Poort, - CASUALTIES. (Reoelred 2,9 a.m.) London, October 1. The following casualties are reported :—Privates Hartley and Lemon, of New South Wales. Private Hallern, of South Australia, died of enteric. Thirty-four battalions of British militia are being disembodied.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 204, 3 October 1900, Page 3
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