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MURDER AND PILLAGE IN SWAZILAND AND AFRICAN WAR NEWS
A compiled dispatch reports Boer prisoners escaping at a Swaziland camp with nine recaptured, amid wider clashes in the South African theater. Gen De Wet defeats a British force near Bloemfontein, capturing 450 prisoners and stores, while Cape Town reports supply woes and concerns over clothing and rail links. Reports from London, Pretoria, and Basutoland describe unrest, massacres, and native fear as Boers advance and British positions harden, with engagements at waterworks, rail lines, and border areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
de Wet
Bloemfontein
London
Cape Town
Daily News
Lord Roberts
England
Hussars
Bethany
Orange Free State
Gatacre
Beddershire
Lerenzy Marques Ner
Lohabe
Gland
Wich
Trom Broemersdorp
Swaziland
M'Quezie
Muevie
Rhief
Ploemfontein
Maseru
Basutoland
Ladybrand
Thaba N’chu
Wepener
Jen
Brabantstead
Springfield
Simonstown
Cape Colony
Preach
Bushef