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Show . The Hunted Turned Hunter. i Pretoria, April 6. Details received here of the rear guard action, during the night of March 31, between the Second Sec-ond dragoon guards of Colonel Lawl-ey's Lawl-ey's command and the Boers near Boshmanskop, show that a force of 200 British while endeavoring to surprise the Boer laager rode straight into a force of 400 Boers. The night was dark and the Boers were hidden in the drift and opened fire from almost under the legs of the British horses. A fierce hand-to-hand struggle ensued, en-sued, in which both sides freely used the butt-ends of their rifles. The British Brit-ish regained everything they had just lost and began a rear guard action. In the meantime a strong force of Boers had barred the road back to the British , camp. The coming of daylight enabled Colonel Lawley to see that the guards were hard pressed and he dispatched reinforcements with two guns to their ' assistance. The reinforcements soon compelled the Boers to retreat. The ; British had a very hard ftght and were ; ordered to retire by squadron. The . , ; Boers disputed every inch of the road and continually attempted to rush the guards, shouting "hands up" at each successive position taken up, the British Brit-ish appeared in diminished numbers, ; for as it grew lighter the aim of the . . ; Boers improved proportionately. i |