THE BOER WAR.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 20 February 1901, Page 3

THE BOER WAR.

[by electric telegraph—copyright]

(per press association.)

Further Shocking Brutalities

Received this day, at 9 t o in. London, February 10.

Among those captured by the British is Commandant Boswau who led the Boshof commando. Kitchener lias returned to Pretoria, lie reports that Do Wet on flic 18lh was 70 miles west of Hopetown, apparently making for Pricstra, to where the commandos from Western Capo Colony arc also retiring. De Wet threatens to shoot all Dutch colonists refusing to fight.

Schalkburgor who took a prominent part in tho lighting, early in the campaign is still in Northern Transvaal, doing Ids utmost to induce the Boors to agree to a general surrender,

Tho Daily Mail states that an extensive expedition is being organised at Pretoria to expel the Boers from Piotorsburg and Northern Transvaal.

A burgher named Nadcman declares the Boers shot Nademan’s broiher dead, in (ho presence of his aged mother for refusing to break the oath of neutrality.

The Boers derailed a train between Ycrceniging and Johannesburg, but were repulsed before they were able to plunder it.

All the stores at Komatipoort have been closed, owing to the discovery that they have been supplying lighting Boers.

The Standard states that Malcolm Clark, a well-known identity in Transvaal with large mining interests, accomplished a daring cross-country journey from Leysdorp io Pretoria. He captured six Boer officials and brought them with important papers to Pretoria.