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back to camp with a mocinge. Colonel Benson was again hit more dangerously, and the trooper wounded. Resistance then weakened, fow hoing left alive on the ridge.
When Colonel Benson was carried to the camp about nine o'cleck, his wounds then allowing no hope of life, he seat for Major Wools Sampson and said. Defend your camp for all it is worth. Louis Both has stated that he will attack in the morning with fourteen hundred men, unless you surrender.
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The Great Boer Charge. Protoris, Nov. 7.- have just visited Colous! Benson's Column at Briegspruit. The details of the fight at Brakunlangse show not only great heroism on the part of our mounted troops and Artillery, but ex treme bravery on the side of the Boers. The men had been busy making extrench. The fight Legan with the sniping of the rear. mounts ever since nightfall, and continued
') guard, which was defended by the 3rd until the morning when the camp was in-
pregnable, Begiacut of Mounted Infantry, about
According to the doctors and the pri sauers who were for some time in the hands three o'clock.
of the Boers, their casualties were nea:ly 200, and included Chris Hathes wounded in both aripa and Commandant Opperman killed. Louis Botha admitted in their hearing that he was dissatisfied with the result of the fight. The Boers were about 1400 strong, having concentrated with as tonishing
rapidity. the 20th put in some good work defending the South position, which was hotly attack-
Finding that the enemy had been greatly reiaforood Colonel Benson sent back a squad. ron of the Scottish Home to the assistance of the rear guard, and halting two guns, with an escort of ong company of Bufft, he took up a position on a ridge. Colonel Benson had previously sent Major Wool Sampson forward to prepare the camp. A little litered during the fight. the Colonel ordered the Yorkshire Mounted Infantry and the Scottish Horse to caine. back to the guns immediately.
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