| Show IMPORTANT British Planned Invasion of f the th Re Be Republics publics In 1897 O 0 F S 5 April 2 Monday Burghers who An re ae returning from the scene of the also referred to as Karee and Kern Kara furnish Interesting details oc of the occurrence It appears that when the first fiat British retreating wagon w OD en entered entered entered the drift the shouted Hands up removed the x floors and led the cart through The process was repeated several times an un antil until til the wagons arrived in a bunch bunell when the ruse was discovered and a a disorder disorderly ly Iy followed In one cart were two officers to whom Commandant Dewet shouted Hands up One of them obeyed whereupon the other shot soot his comrade dead refused to surrender and was im jut i shot The burghers lost three men and a nd ten wounded including a field ocr cor cornet net n et Among the wounded wae WM w the D military Nix T who l re ye received received Dc c a bullet in the chest cheat Altogether er o r the Boers Boors captured c prisoners pr throughout hout the day The significance of the batttle must not n ot be underrated It was fought by a force f orce of Free Stators on the flat fiat plains and a nd without shelter The Free Stators Sorters are a re now destro d of m on i B aB and the Transvaal officers officers cers ars c are anxious to emulate the ftc late s successes of or their th r allies All the southern Beer Ber forces have h havelow ve now low tl W formed junctures with the main rAn Br r army array and form a 2 large force of veterans i Perhaps p of o greater gret r importance eren enD than hai t the victory was 38 the f e capture of B secret papers p pers iDel ing maps m and an a nd plans o oC 01 1397 17 and 1869 ing i ng elaborate schemes for the in of the Orange Grange Free State and Trans v and giving a plan for reaching Johannesburg J from Mafeking along alo Dr J route amended so as to avoid his S mistakes Another gives a aplan aplan aplan plan for the march from to t o Advices from ka and show the colony is full of rebels The Too rebels are marching on Calvin Calvinia and others are on their way toward Fourteen Streams 1 A dispatch box was wits found at Post containing the oaths signed by th the Free Stators who Surrendered The signers have been sent for in order ordet that the general may explain the in invalidity InvalIdity Invalidity validity of oaths oatho under compulsion |
