London vid Bombay, 6th November.
Lord Kitchener telegraphs from Pretoria that the Boers in their engagement with Colonel Benson were unable to remove the British guns until the British Ambulance came out, when under cover of the ambulance the Boers removed the guns.
The Boer losses were undoubtedly heavy, Commandant Opperman being killed.-~Reuter.
London vid Bombay, 7th November.
Seven hundred mounted infantry are ordered to be in readiness to embark for the Cape. It is believed that a battery is going from India, and a strong Canadian cavalry contingent will probably be accepted.—Reuter.
London vid Bombay, 3th November.
Lord Kitchener telegraph on the 6th inst. that the loss of the Boers in their attack on Colonel Benson was 44 killed and 100 wounded, The Boers took nothing except the guns.
Sir William Harcourt (" Historicus"), in a letter to the "Times," indicts the policy being pursued by the Government in the conduct of the war, and declares that banishment for life and confiscation of the property of the Boers are unconstitutional and mischievous.—Reuter.
London vid Bombay, 12th November.
All the reserve cavalry squadrons are ordered to prepare the strongest possible drafts to reinforce the regiments in Afric:
The casualty lists show that the total casualties in Colonel Benson's force during the recent engagement near Bethel were 86 killed and 216 wounded.—Reuter.
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