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Artillery Duel and Boer War Movements Report
A late dispatch outlines heavy artillery exchanges as Boer forces press the British, with Gen Gatacre and Sir Alfred Milner active in Colesberg and Stormberg regions. Militia losses include a troopship raid en route to Cape Town, while Mafeking relief is deemed unlikely and French's cavalry maneuvers threaten Oliver’s path toward the Basuto border.
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Ite
Plomer
Kien
Warr
Durban
East
Gatacre
Alfred Milner
Colesburgh
Stormberg
Pomroy
Ladyarith
Milwaul
R.C. A
Cape Town
War Office
Plumer
Brodie
Methuen
Warrenton
Kimberley
Mafeking
French
Bloemfontein
Olivie
Basutoto
Kronstad