The Boer War.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 9, 11 January 1901, Page 2

The Boer War.

THE FIGHTING AT NAAUPOORT.

IMPERIAL LIGHT HORSE SUFFER. BOERS MOVING WESTWARD. BRITISH COMMANDEERING HORSES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, Jan. 10. In the fight betwoen Babington’s forces and the Boers at Naaupoort, near Colesberg, in Cape Colony, the Imperial Light Horse again suffered. Twelve wore killed and 25 wouuded, the majority severely. Eight men belonging to the Scots Greys, Life Guards, and Hussars wore also wounded.

The Boers vanguard is now twenty miles from Piquetberg, and the invaders have been instructed to cut the lines of communication near the coast, and thus compel the British to huvry southwards to deal with intruders.

Lieut.-Colonel Honniker’s force, which includes the Second Coldstream Guards, now holds an extended lino south of Sutherland. The invaders have moved westward from Freserburg, and a strong British column has in consequence garrisoned at Carnarvon.

Pour British columns are now operating from Middleburg. Horses are, being commandeered by the British in the Warronton and Worcester districts, where the circulation of the Dutch newspaper “ Onsland ” has been forbidden.

Kruger, who was. recently ill, is now convalescent.

The latest reports in regard to the attitude of the Cape Dutch are most reassuring.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, Jan. 9.

One hundred and fifty Boers raided De Beer’s farm, near Kimberley. The residents of the district are flocking to the town. Advices from Capetown, and an interview with Hagedoorn, a Boer officer at Marseilles, appearing in both the Daily Mail and Daily Express, concur in stating that the invaders have plenty of ammunition and arms, which were cunningly buried until the Boers were ready for their use. It is also stated that the invasion was carefully organised and long planned. Eight hundred mounted men have enrolled at Capetown in a few days. General Brabant, head of the Colonial Defence Corps, and other authorities are very active.