Gatacre Defeated as Boers Engage British Near Bethal
Dispatch from Kroonstradt March 20 reports Boers led by Gen Olivier repulsing British forces under Gatacre near Bethal with heavy losses. Burghers flood in, Gen De Wet arrives, and desultory fighting continues near Gaberones as retreat details emerge from trench lines and gun placements.
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Kroonstradt
Orange Free State
Olivier
Gatacre
Bethali
de Wet
Plamer
Gaberones
Last Report from Gatacre Indicates He Was Well
A Springfontein dispatch reports Gatacre as well and Brabant with no heavy losses in a fortnight. The piece notes possible misreads of Kroonstadt advice and raises concern over Mafeking relief, with Boer activity near Ladysmith and Pomeroy burned. Roberts sends word of surrender offers, troops moving to Thabanchu, Smithfield, Edenberg, Reddersburg, and Fauresmith.
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London
Daily News
Springfontein
Gatacre
Brabant
Lord Roberts
Kroonstadt
Lobatsi
Plumer
Mafeking
Times
Lorenzo Marquez
Steyn
Roberts
Bloemfontein
Variou
Thabanchu
Smithfield
Boers advance near Lobatsi and rail clashes widen
March reports from Lobatsi describe Commandant Snyman’s force pressing toward Lobatsi from Mafeking. Bodle’s reconnaissance finds Boers at strategic railway curves with a Maxim. skirmishes result in casualties, delays, and efforts to protect the line north of Lobatsi.
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Snyman
Lobatsi
Bodle
Pitsani
Polthugo
Goode Siding
Sebasti
Podle
Tyler
Chapman
Plumer
Bathion
Hig
Plamer
Magersfontein impressions from a Telegraph correspondent
London March 22 The Daily Telegraph correspondent reports a personal visit after the Boer defeat at Magersfontein. He finds few entanglements or deep underground works as described, instead noting simple wire fences, drying beef strips, and shallow trenches with sandbag breastworks.
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London
Methuen
Magersfontein
Daily Telegraph
Swiss Federal Council Renounces Intervention Plan
The Swiss federal council regrets renouncing steps toward the presidents’ request and notes Britain’s opposition in Washington to any power intervention. It hopes belligerents soon find an honorable understanding. In Raleigh a mob attacked George Rittle, an 85 year old Black man near Carthage, hanging him after torturing him. moonshiners suspected.
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The
Hague
Steyn
Kruger
Washington
Swiss Federal Council
Federal Council
Raleigh
George Rittle
Carthage
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