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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 18 Jul 1900, p. 7

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BOUERS CAPTURE BRITISII E ntire Squadron of Scots Greys and 9o Lincolnshires With :2 Guns, Captur-ed. fl'W¶ ~TIVI ed to the names of many towns. These SOI 0 EI! tl hNEýý E IAIIEii eodm are flot a part of the names, EASY FOR TthoSE WV-lO UNDER- STAND THE LANGiUAGR. Meantag Of Sotite if the Names Of ltlvers and CtIes-Th'Iey Are Ful 01 JL terest and veryIhsri1e We are reading juat flow of many chinese districts, touns and rivers. Many of these geographical names and s ome of the best atiasee omit them, for they lengthen the naine and make it more formidable to th for- eigner. Fu means the capital of one of te departmenits into whîch a province is divided; in other words, it is the resideince of the official at the head of the depai'tnent. Hein Sig- nifies one of the districts into which a depart ment is divided, and wýhen at- BEJHLEHEMATRO Fight Lasted Two Days and at Noon the Town Was British. A despateh fromn London, says:-1 during the evenîng cof Sunday wftýh- Soak the hands thoroughly, on retiring, d spatch from Gen. Robert.s "T he two guns and the.greater pur- We had a better auquintance witbhi these merely political designations. paget's forces entered Bethle- and boild grasp ef the taintae in a xOT lather of (JuTICURA SOAr. Dry "Pretoria, July 12-The enemy hav- Éton of the Scots Greys were captured, these Dames and knw t heir meaning When we have more intimate dealrngs hem on Saturdaj. the former, on by Majoir Hanbury-Tacy me ont. Wer el gwith CingtheICBA int- ing faiied in an attempt to get round owing to their horses being shot, and they would be foand týo h f ull of ~in- with China and better knowledge of fleiiting the town, hent in a f lag of 'Mie distrfct west fthsisme For sorehands,litching, burning palms and ou~r righ.t and in our re-ar, made a de- also about 90 of the Lincolnshires. terest. They are, oft en condensed de-! the People and their country, we shah ti'uc demanding its surrender, which what UIlsettled Owingtth mi mii..- th g ne ninât eue termfned atack on Ourriowht flank ý"A lijt of the casualties bas noôt vet scriptions of t~n~~o -,hv nriyith pelingofwasrorsedbyDewt, henPattfoIe h attackd Rutnbr

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