THE BOER WAR.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 19 March 1901, Page 4

THE BOER WAR.

(BY BLBCTBIO TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.)

(PEE PRES 3 ASSOCIVTION.)

London, March 18. Commandant Krnitzinger bas threatened to shoot any captured officers, The Boers in the Transvaal and Orangi colonies are Of only discussing surrender without the former dread of reprisals bj the Boev leaders.

This caused a more hoj eful fooling a* Pretoria. The Boer raiders at Uitkomst burr.t out tho family of Meredith, a Capo scout. 160 Boers were hilled in February and 400 wounded, with 4030 prisoners and surrenderors. Scheumburcker has enlisted 1000 Germans (moslly loyalist farmers) for the defence of the Cape. King Edward presented war medals to many seamen and marinos on board the Ophir, also to Princo Alexander of Tcck, Duke of Roxburgh, Viscount Creihgtor, and Colonol Byron of Queensland. De Wet's commando is scattering.

Boyd, whom Do Larey shot, was the son of the sub-manager of the London branch of the Bank of New South Wales. Landdrost Wolmaranstaad and a disloyal Englishman induced tho Dutchman to persuado Boyd and others to write asking the British to liberate them. This resulted in sentence of death.

A commando laagared near Lechtenberg is in great straits for food and ammunition. He has suspended supplies to families. Commandant Fouries' force is hard pressed by the British.