THE BOER WAR.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 338, 12 February 1902, Page 2

THE BOER WAR.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

London, Feb. 10.

General Huebner, son of the late Baron Huetmer, after some months spent in South Africa, declares that tiie calumnies on the troops aud concentration camp are infamous. The whole conduct of the British civil and military authorities is extremely and exceptionally humane.

A farmers’ guard at Bloemfontein captured Cornet Conibrink and nine of Dutoit’s men. Dutoit died of wounds.

The parallelogram of blockhouses was 125 miles long aud 50 deep. Lord Kitchener’s actual drive from Liebeiibcrgsolei was 70 miles bv 50 in width.

The surrendered prisoners report that a mutinous spirit exists, because when in a tight corner of the isosceles triangle De Wet advised them to shift for themselves, he himself riding off with a small bodyguard.

A BOER ATTACK,

FORCE BRITISH DETACHMENT TO RETIRE.

TEN BRITISH KILLED AND 17 WOUNDED.

By Telegraph Press Association—Copyright London, Feb. 11.

A detachment of a hundred men belonging to Colonel Doriou’s column, operating near Calviuia, were rushed during the night. They retired on their base, losing three officers and seven men killed, and seventeen iron were wounded. WEEKLY REPORT. By Telegraph—Pt ess Association—Copyright London, Feb. 11. Lord Kitchener’s weekly report shows : Boers killed ... 69 Wounded ... ... ... 17 Taken prisoners ... ... 574 Surrendered ... 57 BOERS CAPTURE A CONVOY. TWELVE WAGGONS TAKEN AND 4S BURNED. By Tel igraph—-Press Association—Copyright London, Feb. 11. A convoy from Beaufort West to Fraserburg, escorted by a hundred infantry aud sixty District Mounteds, was captured by tho Boers. Twelve waggons were removed and 48 burned by the enemy. Colonel Crabbo, arriving on tho scene, pushed the enemy northwards after severe fighting. The casualties in both engagements were : Two officers and eleven men killed, and one officer and forty-seven wounded. Twenty-four Boers were kiliod, aud forty-seven wounled.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, last night,

Tho following New Zealand soldiers returned home to-day by the Karamea :- Sergeants Oox and Brown (Fifth Contingent), Rayne, McKenzie, and Trooper McFarlane (Seventh), Trooper Hewson (Sixth), also Sergeant Vogan, LanceCorporal Bean, Corporals Armitage and Blackmore, f roopors C. E. Gray, W. Grey, Hall, Gabites, Brondhurst, Hopkins, Barr, Graham, Symons, Rogerson, Marshall, and Dunegan, who have been in South African irregular corps.