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RAND
GOVERNMENT FORGES ACTING
DROPPED ON THE REBELS
CLUBBED TO DEATH
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Official:-The Gtoveraiileiit forces have
odmmeaced planned/operations. They
lave entered the cental a"rea, and mailers
are .proceeding satisfactorily.
! lie "Bfeda" la the Brixton area, who arfe
surrounding ttfo squadrons of pbljce, were
heavily bolnbed at daybreak. Thirty-tyro
ioinos TVdre dfdpped attiobg them, aoKi
the? caused a. iafge number of casualties.
Mail).- "Iteds" surrendered, aiid otheta
. Bought irefuge in the native location.
A comniaiiiio, 500 strong, in a plantation
nfetvr Ke,v KJettfoniein, -was. bombed.
The operations in the Benoui and Brak
pnn afea, under General van de Veiitet,
afe proving eatisfattorily.
General Brits is moving alofife the rail
irav in the eastern area.
Tie Government have flow ascertained
that the few officials forming Ahe guard at
the Brakixvn mine were clubbed to death,
after eurrendferilig when their ammiiftitioix
ran oWt. The Krugersdorp situation ^
satisfactory. Rations and supplies have
i been successfully dripped by aeroplanes ta
| the detached poli.ee forces, which. ate be
I slfeged by .the revolutionaries.
.Troops at Krugersdorp.
The Government and Boer commandoes
lave arrived at Krugersdorp. A report
is current1' that one Boer was TiittHterea
by the strikers in cold blood after their
arrival. This increased the bitterness oi
the Boers againfet the strikers. Other
commandoes are .expected to-day. In
the meanwhile the erection of barricades,
and other defences jg proceeding. British
volunteers are enrolling -in large numbers, j
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