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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 02, 1900
Page
4
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Canadian battery arrives to aid in Mafeking relief as Lord Roberts moves toward Johannesburg. Gen Clery shells Laing's Nek and Bethune's cavalry is ambushed near Newcastle with 61 casualties. Ian Hamilton's mounted Canadians enter Bethune, while Roberts pushes north across the Vaal and Rhenoster rivers in a Boer retreat.
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The paper notes the capture of Eloff and Canadians arriving just in time as Boers are pursued from Mafeking. Lord Roberts delays at the Rhenoster while bridges are built. Buller’s forces hold Laing’s Nek as cavalry occupy nearby towns and trains resume to Mafeking with provisions.
Monday reports say Lord Roberts forces are across the Vaal river on the north bank with four British casualties. Johannesburg lies 51 miles away as troops march at three miles per hour in good condition. Boers attack around Newcastle, fortifying a line from Laing's Nek to New Republic. Near Ficksburg, 150 Boers and 50 wagons captured. Pretoria dispatch notes Helibron reoccupied by Free Staters.
Tucadar reports Lord Roberts has made a rapid march and reached the Klip river, about 18 miles from Johannesburg. General French and General Hamilton are about ten miles distant.
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