The military posts throughout the Cape are being strengthened.
There is a growing agitation in favour of martial law.
Lord Kitchener wires that General Knox is in touch with General De Wet twelve miles north of Bethulie.
General Paget engaged Generals Viljoen and Erasmus on Wednesday and Thursday, and drove them back from Rietfontein to the north-west of. Ehroster Kop. Six officers and fifty men were wounded, including Col. Lloyd, of the West Ridings, dangerously. There were five killed.
There was fighting on Thursday last at Standerton, where the Boers are very active. Our columns moving in the Heidelberg district are frequently engaged.
The garrison at Dewetsdorp was three companies of Gloucesters and a section of a battery.
London, 4th December.
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