THE BOER WAR.
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London, March 5. An official telegram states that De Wet is headed off at Phillipolis, and is now approaching Fauresmith. Babington unearthed a Krttpp gun, a pom-pom, and some ammunition at Zandfontein.
The New York Tribune’s Brussel’s correspondent states that the council of commandants at Petersburg authorised Botha to capitulate if the Boer prisoners arc liberated, the rebels pardoned, the semi-independence of the Republics under the Crown granted, and the owners restored their property. He adds that Lord Kitchener is willing to grant these terms, but Britain insists upon unconditional capitulation, the exile of Kruger and the other Republican authorities, De Wet, in any event, says that he intends to continue the guerilla war. Lieut. A. E. Benson, of Kitchener’s Horse, formerly of the New South Wales Bushmen, has died of his wounds.
Major-General Dartnell captured a Hotchkiss gun near Pietrotiep, and the commandant in the vicinity surrendered with 50 men on Saturday.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 6 March 1901, Page 4
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163THE BOER WAR. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 6 March 1901, Page 4
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