Coalville Times | 1901-09-27 | Page 2 | Boers Capture 150 British and Fifteen Guns

Uoere t'splars 150 llrllUh and Fl fl.se liens. A dlspatoh from Lord Kitchener, from Pretoria, announce! that tha Ilnera ambushed three companlea of tiiouuted Irfaulry, with three guns, commanded by Major Gough, In the vicinity of Hheeprr's Nek. Aftersevera fighting the llritlsh were overpowered aud lost their guns, the sights and breeoh blocks of which were Brst destroyed. de-stroyed. Two olltcere and fourteen men were killed and Bva officer! and twenty-flva men were wounded. Five ofllcere and 190 men were made prison-era prison-era t