THE BOER WAR.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 28 February 1901, Page 3

THE BOER WAR.

(by electric telegraph—copyright.

(PEI*, VRK9S ASSOCIATION.)

More casualties among the Colo nials.

I Boers under Lucas Meyer retreating. Eeceived this day at 9 41 a. m. London, February 97. Casualties in the recent engagements arc Victorian Bushmen : —Privates fisher and Holloway, sovercly; Pearson and Tones, slightly wounded. Westralian Bushmen:—Privates Battan and Burke, severely wounded. Burleigh states that the Australians serving in SoUth Africa greatly desire to bo included under one command. Eeceived this day at 9 87 a. m. London, February 27. The Boers under Lucas Meyer are retreating before French and Colonel B. N. Reade into Pongola bush on the Swaziland frontier.

In the House of Commons Broderick stated that the Boer women detained in British camps on reduced rations were those whose husbands were on commando. The other women were on full rations. Eeceived, this day at 11 20 a.m.

London, Febiuary27, Hertzog is striving to join De Wet at Pcterusville.

Botha is between Ermelo and Middleburg. The War Office is increasing (lie number of Yeomanry for tho Cape to fift en thousand.

Ten thousand reinforcements, mostly mounted troop 3 and artillery sail before March 14th.

Capetown, February 27.

Seven fresh cases of plague are reported at Capetown including two Europeans. The majority of cases havo been traced to rat 3.