Battles of the nineteenth century . daythat the fighting began at Mafeking—a Boerlaager was seen about eight miles south-east of ?JZ THE BOER WAR. the town. Iuitlicr away to the eastwartl cliuidsof dust were rishig, imlicating the movementof a large column with horses and pushed out to the southward broughtback word that the enemy was moving towardsthe Modder River bridge on the railway. Thearmoured train ran out with a detachment ofthe North Lancashires, and found the Boersnear the line at Spytfontein station, where therailway runs through a range of hills and kopjes one of the
Battles of the nineteenth century . daythat the fighting began at Mafeking—a Boerlaager was seen about eight miles south-east of ?JZ THE BOER WAR. the town. Iuitlicr away to the eastwartl cliuidsof dust were rishig, imlicating the movementof a large column with horses and pushed out to the southward broughtback word that the enemy was moving towardsthe Modder River bridge on the railway. Thearmoured train ran out with a detachment ofthe North Lancashires, and found the Boersnear the line at Spytfontein station, where therailway runs through a range of hills and kopjes one of the piers. Small bodies of Free Stateburghers also seized Belmont and other pointson the railway between the Modder and theOrange River, and a train despatched fromDe Aar Junction to bring back railway employesfrom the stations on the Free State border wasunable to proceed bevond the bridge at OrangeRiver station. On the same day the Boers cutthe lines of pipes that convey drinking waterinto Kimberle\-, from the waterworks outside. FlUINO lI;OM .\N ARMOURED TRAIN. that became famous as the scene of desperatelighting at a later stage of the war. Fire wasopened upon the enemy with rifles and brought up some light artillery, but theBoer gunners made bad practice, and failed todisable the train, which drove the enemy fromthe line, inflicting a good deal of loss on themwithout incurring a single casualty on theBritish side. The train ran back into Kimberley,and the Lancashires were heartily cheereti asthey marched back to their quarters. But, meanwhile, another Boer commando hadreached the Modder, the railway line and tele-graph were cut, and two spans of the bridge weredestroyed by exploding a mine at the top of the town, but the garrison had still a supply,though of inferior quality, in the great dams andreservoirs of the De Beers mines. During the few days the Boers wereestablishing themselves in strong positions roundthe town. Beyond a few shots exchangedbetwee
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