Show CAPTURE BRITISH POST I f One at Meddersfontein Attacked by One i I t j Thousand Boers and the Garrison A Had to Surrender 1 I Lord Kitchener So Advises the War OfficeDetails Lacking but the r Officers and Men Taken Are Arriving at VereenigingCom I I mando of Two Thousand Boers Portuguese Territory Whose Intention Is to Rescue Boers Lourenco Marques I I I + London Feb 4Thc War ofllc c has received the following dla + lz patch from Lord Kitchener comm anderinchlef in South Africa + I oj I Pretoria Feb 2Oul post a t Mcddersfontein on the XSaterrand I + I southeast of Krugersdorp was at tacked by 1000 Boers The rellofcol + + I umn sent out from Krugersdorp failed to prevent the fall of the post + No details yet at hand but officers and men captured at the post aro Z I arriving at Vcrcenlglng j + TO RESCUE B OER PRISONERS Eo I O There Is a commando of 2000 Boers on Portuguese territory It Is + I 1 supposed that their intention Is t o rescue tho Boers at Lourenco I + I Marques The Portuguese author tics have decided to remove to Ma + J era such Boer refugees as decline to surrender to the British + The British have reoccupied P etersburg J J A A A A A A J A A A A |