NATAL REVOLT.
A SPLENDID STAND.
t 1 L•* Bjj telegraph, Preso Aea’n, Copyright Pietermaritzburg, Judo 6. The rebels ambushed Captain Clerk’s squadron at the bottom of a donga. Three hundred charged through fifteen Europeans, and returning, surrounded them. Captain Clark, though lying wounded, continued emptying his revolver and urging his men to keep steady and help the woueded. The defenders fought desperately, sheltering behind masses of rock and tangled undergrowth until Royston’s Horse arrived. Trooper Robertson, an Australian, was killed, and another Australian trooper wounded. Siganandi and his followers are hiding in a long line of caves A big enveloping movement has begun.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1778, 8 June 1906, Page 2
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103NATAL REVOLT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1778, 8 June 1906, Page 2
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