The Boers unsuccessfully attacked the entrenched camp of the Shropshires and Canadians and intercepted a Pretoria train conveying troops southward. A number of released Waterval prisoners, under Colonel Bullock, armed with Mausers, arrived to their assistanc", Colonel Bullock refused the Boer demand to surrender and resisted for seven hours against shell and rifle fire. Major Hobbs of the West Yorks, who has been eight months a prisoner, was killed, and Lieutenants Smith and Glover wounded. Reinforcements arrived—from Kroonstad and the Boers fled.
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