THE BOER WAR.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 27 March 1901, Page 3

THE BOER WAR.

(per press ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.)

The Boers Severely Beaten.

The Swasia taka a Hand.

Received this day, 9 10 a.m, London, Marcli 20,

During their recent attack on Lichtenburg 70 Boers were caught in the wire entanglements, and most of them shot.

Colonel Henniker’s column had a running fight with Commandant Loiter and Jive hundred men on Saturday at Vlak fontcin.

Major Clark commanding the Victorian Bushmen, had a horse shot under him. In the .House of Commons Chamberlain stated that (lie Government have no intention of re-opening negotiations with Botha.

Chamberlain refused at present to produce the report of the Commission on the advisability of settling Reservists and others on land in South Africa. He declared it was not intended to appropriate or confiscate Boer property. London. March 26. A patrol of the Johannesburg Mounted Police burned the Iloschkop Hotel, West Rand. The place was a regular depot for Boers. Two police were killed while expelling the Boers. When French pressed the retreating Boers on Eastern Transvaal fifteen entered Swaziland. The Swazies resented the invasion and killed seven Boors. The rest tied and surrendered to the British.

Britain has agreed to compensate German subjects who wore expelled from the Transvaal, tho maximum amount of compensation to be £l5O. The recipients arc chiefly officials of tho Netherlands Railway Company. Received this day, 0 1 a.m. London, March 20.

At Babiifgton, Colonel Stappleton attacked and defeated Do Larcy and 1,500 men south-west of Vcntersdorp and drove in the rear guard, and at Yaalbank captured a convoy of guns. Many Boors were killed and wounded.

The British losses wore slight. The British displayed great gallantry and dash, capturing two 10-poundcrs, one pom-pom, six maxims aud 320 rounds of 15-poimdcr, fifteen thousand rounds of ■mall arms ammunition, 160 rifles, 77 wagons and 140 prisoners. A number of Boers, led by a renegade British, arc looting stock in Zululand. The looters have fortified Inhlazantjc Mountain.

Corporal J. R. Lament, of the New Zealand Rough Riders, died of enteric fever at Potchcfstroom.