BOER WAR.
rCABLE NEWS (By Ilbctbic Tj&egkafh.—Copyright.)
DEFEATS OV THE BOEES. HEAVY LOSSES. A SNIPKE'S DEADLY WOEK. : (PR« PRESS ASSOCIATION.' Keceived 13. U.l a.m. London, April 12. Colonel Monro, cf Be!dune's Horse, j aft<r two hours' hard fighting near Dewetsdorp, captured 80; Bo*rs, in-cludin«Coiiima-ad:in'-. Btes'a and Lieut. Sindeyne, of the S.aats Artillery. The Kimb.rlny c»luron hid a fight between JacoUdal and lCollyfonteiii, when the l»3«is lost heavily. A single well-conceaied Boer surprised six 'LYsni in'ans noariDg Petersburg, and killed two privies, Waters and Sib, ry successive shots. The locil Dutch are pleased at the appointment of progressive Afrikanders to the Transvaal Civil Court?. Wklukgtos, April 13. The Premier has received a cablegram from the Governor of Capo Colony that Trooper W. C. Lawrie, Sixth New Zealand Contingent, was severely wounded near Pie'.ersburg on 7th April. The Sixth is with Plumer'u column.
A DANGEROUS SNIPER KILLEDINHABITANTS OF NYLSTROOM SKNT TO PRETORIA. Received 14, 6.19 p.m. Lokdon, April 13. The sniper whe killed Walt is and Sile (not Dale) neir Pietersburg, was himself killed. The inhabitants of Nylstroom have been sent to Pretoria. ANOTHER LOSG SIEGE RAISED. A PLUOKY GARRISON. DEADLY MINUTE GUNS. uniqub:koyal SALETE. Received 15,12.42 a.m. L»ndon, April 14. A S'roHg convoy baa re .ched Rustenburg which has been loosely invested by the enemy since January. Nine hundred besiegers hurried north on tho arrival of the convoy. When the Queen's death and the King's accession was heliographed to the besieged, Major Doran'a garrison trained minute guns on thß Baers and fired salutes with live shells.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 73, 15 April 1901, Page 3
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255BOER WAR. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 73, 15 April 1901, Page 3
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