Salt Lake Herald | 1899-12-31 | Page 2 | British Officer Killed

BtrisE OFFICER KILLED Rri x I Two Cnpts raiL Dug a Sortie om ldafeking Pretoria Fda Dec 29T British prlSnr from Iapo report that Captains Vernon and Sadford of Colonel enPowels staff were lUlled during the engagement In which LQrds Ewr Cel and Cavendish Betnok wee 1ounde The object of the rte wa to capture canon The los of the British were very severe The long tom Injured at Lady smith ha been repaired and is being replaced The new contract reducing j the price of dynamite instituted by the i read In August was registered De 28 I between the government and the fa tory i I Approved By the Queen London D 30Te queen jias upi up-i proved the appolnlwent oZ the Duke 01 pre o I Cught a conaner In chief of I f the British forces In Irelan