THE BOER WAR.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 166, 25 July 1901, Page 2

THE BOER WAR.

MERE BRIGANDAGE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Capetown, July 23. The Capo Dutch aro profoundly impressed with the revelation of the hopelessness of tho position, and consider Steyn’s arguments baseless. London, July 23. Mr Chamberlain has stated that the wanton destruction in Murraysburg and elsewhere by Commandant Schccper's raiders was mcro brigandage. Tho Boers for two days made determined attacks on Aberdeen. Tho arrival of a detachment of Australians with a fifteen-poundor caused them to disperse. In connection with tho captured correspondence between Reitz and Stcyn, Reitz’s reference to a final step in ono letter is believed to foreshadow an application for an armistice by the Transvaal loaders, with tho avowed intention of consuiting the burghers and hoping to sccuro a settlement which will preserve the Boor nationality. Kruitzinger, at Huron, on the 21st inst., attacked Colonel Crabbe with 300 men, in Cradock Mountains. Crabbe’s horses stampeded, and after fighting all day, Crabbe retired to Mortimer. Tho casualties %vcre slight. Tho Times states that < loloncl Alcnbv roportod tho presence, >t R w days ago, of a thousand Boers at iiroondvaal, near Krugersdorp. Those who have surrendered confirm tho report that all tho Boer leaders intond to mako ono moro dash south.

Lord Kitchener reports that Schccper’s commando on the 21st captured and burned a train bringing 113 details and stores from Capetown, eight miles north of Boaufort East. Three British wore killed and eighteen wounded. A full enquiry into the incident is proceeding.