THE BOER WAR.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 28 August 1901, Page 2

THE BOER WAR.

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Lord Kitchener's Proclamation.

Boers will Continue Fighting.

Received this day, at 9 5 a m. London, August 27. Lord Kitchener's weekly report shows that 32 Boers were killed, 24 wounded, 139 taken prisoners and 185 have surrendered. The majority northwards of Mai'liesberg Hills, including Kruger's nephew. 116 rifles, 9000 rounds of ammunition, 245 wagons, 286 horses and 6615 cattle were captured.

In J reply to his proclamation, Lord Kitchi wr has received a long letter from Steyn gettingout the arguments of the Boer case. The ex-President says they will ' continue fighting. He has also receive' d a short letter from De Wet to the same , effect. Botha in a letter to Lord Kite hener protests against the proclamation and says he intends to continue figb .ting. Lord Kitchener commenting on f the letters says nevertheless the number ■■ of surrenders lately have increased co? asiderably. •

Xruger in an interview with a Daily Ttelegraph correspondent Baid that the ' iwmo of Lord Kitchener's proclamation was the blackest crime and without pretext. The Boers are still regularly governed and sytematically led. The proclamation would intensify their resistance. The story of the [conspiracy by *he Republics against Great Britain was an abominable lie: "I proclaim it before the Almighty," deolared the ex-President. My witnesses are Lord Salisbury and Chamberlain. They know it was we who -did our utmost to avert bloodshed, and added, "we are now ready to conclude peace on the basis of give and take and the basisN}f independence of the Republics and free pardon to the Colonial Afrikanders. We are making reasonable sacrifice by giving satisfactory guarantees."

London, August 27.

-Small bands of Boers are appeartng about the Drakenburg Mountains on the Natal frontier.

There is a general tendanoy of the invaders in the Cape Midlands to shift westwards.

Lord Milner has arrived at Capetown