THE BOER WAR.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 5 March 1901, Page 4

THE BOER WAR.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.

(PER PRES 3 ASSOCIATION.)

London, March 4.

Thorneycroft, after a running fight lasting two days, galloped through and dispersed 800 of Mertzog's commando, and captured a quantity of jewellery and other loot.

Captain J. Dallimorc, with 15 Victorian Imperial Bushmen, surrounded 30 Boers on Friday, and captured all of them.

Three Boers murdered a native who was the principal witness against 20 prisoners indicted for treason at Waterkloof.

Major-General Hickman on the 26th inflicted losses on De "Wet in the vicinity of Zand Drift, where two Boers were drowned in attempting to cross the river, and the attempt was abandoned. Colonel Plumer pursued De Wet eastwards. The troops were hurried via Hanover to try to intercept De Wet's flight.

Desultory skirmishing took place at various points in the direction of Hamelfontein and Haig.

Lord Methuen arrived there on the 28th, but the invaders had already gone. Steyn and De Wet with 1,500 men swam tho river at Littefontein, near Coiesburg bridge on the 28th. The current carried many down a considerable distance. The enemy nevertheless removed five carts and wagons, and two ambulances, but abandoned a number of horses, carts, maps of Cape Colony, and clothes.

Many Boers were seen on the other side of the river riding off in a seminude condition.

Nine of Nesbitt'e Horse, firing from cover, wounded some of the swimmers.