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Show IV RAND STRUGGLE 1 j NEARLY CLOSED Artillery, Tanks and Planes Used in Capturing South African Town JOHANNT:s?BI"RG, March 15. ( By the Associated Pro. ) Advices from Fordsburg. timed lato Tuesday, report that government Infantry was then L louring the streets lifter the oa.pture of the town from the rebel. Many prisoners had been taken, and the remainder re-mainder were retiring: on the Ian;- laagrate river. Leaflets were dropped by airplanes warning the womun ami children to I leave before the town was bombarded There was an Immediate response, I a steady stream of refugees proceed-I proceed-I ing to a special camp outside the zone I of bombardment. III WOMAN'S I COTHING I Althnuph the houses In Fordsburg I had been deserted by the men, only I women and children rclnp: found when I the government forces entered, sniping I at the government troops continued. I i inn of the snipers, apparently a wo-I wo-I i man. was shot, but when th body was I? recovered it was found to be that of I,; u man in wonur's i lothlng. Women I carrying White flags sheltered some of ly the reireln, according to the military I reports, while groups of children sur-j sur-j rounded other rebels to facilitate their II escape. I Transvaal Scottish forces took 19 Dunswart on Sunday by a frontal at-I at-I j tseked with the bayonet, the stretcher lil bearers Were unable to remove the I WOUIldad owing to th- cuntinuHl firing I from the houses until reinforcements I arrived In th afternoon, reports state. II Every house on the main street of I Benonl, captured hist week, was found I fortified and barricades had been I j placed In the streets. I j On Sunday night houses and shops I; were ransacked and saloons were looted. I STRl .(iLi : N EAR END II LONDON March 15. (By the As-I As-I soclated Press.) With all sectors of I: the disaffected area in South Africa I Haired of rebels except certain por-I por-I tions of the Johannesburg, or oentral I region of the Hand, the strugglo itp-1 itp-1 parently has entred Its final phase. J U Jeppeetown, In the east end of Johan-I Johan-I nesburg, seems to be the principal r I malnlng center of reslstnnce I Artillery, tanks and airplanes were I used in tlie capture of Fordsburg from the revolutionists. They disregarded I notice dropped from airplanes giving I them until 11 o'clock In the morning M to surrender, but capitulated after 75 minutes' bombardment. I Another success was achieved In the I east Hand, where extensive proprle-I proprle-I tary mines were recovered and 158 I revolutionists were captured Thi-lr I leaders, however, escaped. oo I Only five per cent of the women of I India arc educated, |