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THE INVASION OF CAPE COLONY. PRECAUTIONS AT JOHANNESBURG. London, January 13. Commandant Hertzog, with 700 men and two guns, crossed the Roggeveld Mountains, Western Cape Colony, travelling a distance of 50 miles, and is now near Sutherland. Major-General Settle is arranging to head him ofi. The cruiser Sybil’s blue-jackets and guns have been landed at Lambert Bay, and are entrenching to prevent Hertzog advancing along the sandveldt. A second column, 500 strong, belonging to a western invading commando, has reached the Doom River, 70 miles south of Calvinia. An eastern invading commando, under Kruitzinger, is within 15 miles of Richmond.
The invaders on the midlands line have broken into fragments, some returning north, the other half hiding in the mooa> tom-totbfcaedlHiesl laimtom.
It is semi-officially announced that the Cape Town invaders are avoiding the rail way line and garrisoned towns. < They are continuously on the move, seizing horses and footstuffs. Their mobility eludes pursuit. Kruitzinger finds it easier to push south than retreat.
All country which the invaders have quitted is again quiet. Garrisons protect the chief towns. Lord Kitchener has cleared Johannesburg of undesirables. Many foreigners were shipped away. The refugees at Capetown are returning to guard the Rand mines, but the number per mine has been limited. Reuter esti mates the total at 1,200. Many Boers who have surrendered and have been placed in refuge camps are cheerfully assisting the British to re-capture stock and punish marauders. On the 9th several thousand Boers in Bechuanaland, supposed to be treking to German East African territory, turned south and occupied Ququatown. The British casualties to date are: Deaths from all causes, 12,700.
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