THE BOER WAR.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 6 April 1901, Page 4

THE BOER WAR.

Further Boer Murders

What Dc Wet and Yiljoen may Expect,

(by electric TELKGBVPH—COrYR IGIIT.)

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

London, April 3,

An advanced party of Victorian Bushmen were surrounded at Zimrherg mountains by an overwhelming of (he enemy, who poured in a heavy lire. One Bushman was pinned under a dead horse, and his comrades dismounted and extricated him. With the assistance of reinforcements, the Bushmen drove oil the Boers killing four. London, April 4. Crabhe surprised a Cape raiders’ laager at Sand Drift. The enemy (led to the hills, abandoning 1100 horses with arms and equipment. Commandant \ iljoon in January conrtmavtialled and shot De Ivoek while carrying despatches to General SmithDorrion with Botha’s Hag of truce. He was convicted because lie had iu his possession documents of the Peace Committee at Pretoria,.

Lord Kitchener is erecting high loopholed stone Martcllo towers with ditches, thus enabling a minimum of men to protect the railways and bridges.

Bennett Burleigh reports that Do IVc is at Vrcdo.

A number of Boers belonging to Kruitzinger’s raiders crossed the Orange River to the westward of Bothulic. Kruger is anxious because Kitchener is threatening Sehalkburger’s vast stores near Zoutspansborg,

General French has captured two more Pompoms from the Boers in Eastern Transvaal.

The execution of Meyer Do Kock, the promoter of the Pretoria Bruco Committee occurred on February 12th. He declared in a letter to his wife that ho had done nothing except m the interests of his countrymen and peace. The Times says that Do Wet and Viljoon and their sympathisers cannot complain if Britain hereafter tempers mercy with justice. The Blue-Book shows that Botha on February 13th, replying to Kitchener’s verbal message, declared that nobody had a greater desire than himself to terminate tho bloody strife. Ito proposed to meet at Middleburg to try to discover terms. Ho also asked for a safe conduct for six days from the notice of tho meeting. Tho Tongavio conveys from tho Capo to Australia and Now Zealand 906 officers and men, including invalids. The Boors outnumbering compelled a British patrol to evacuate Aganthinus, Bcchuanaland, after a five hours’ fight. The Times states that tho methods of guerilla warfare arc alien to tho dictates of civilisation.

The numerous shootings of black women and children in South Africa have been confirmed. New Zealand Rough Rider E. H. Philpot, was killed at Kamaclfontcin ; and A. Wookcy is missing at Boshof. A train was wrecked and burnt to the northward of Newcastle, near O’Neill’s farm, On troops approaching the wreckers retired, losing two killed. O’Neill was arrested.