THE BOER WAR.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 349, 25 February 1902, Page 2

THE BOER WAR.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright j London, Feb. 29. The Standard says that DeWct, with JOG men, cut the wire entanglements west of Lindley on the 10th, losing 11 men. He then returned to Lie-benbergsvlei river, north of Reitz. He roughly treats the Transvaalers, who are disposed to surrender. The Free Staters are more irreconcilable. Steyn's influence with j the Free Staters exceeds DeWet’s. Steyn j takes the greatest precautions against j capture, being always accompanied by a j bodyguard. London, Feb. 24. Details of tho capture of 104 Boers show that Colonels Park’s, Williams’, and Armston’s forces surprised three of Trioavdt’s laagers, but the members of tho Boer Government and the Lindon train wreckers escaped. Twenty of Trioardt’s forces surrendered at Middleburg. Colonel Williams captured twentyeight on Saturday. Commandant Ross, with three hundred Boers, attacked the Frankfort-Vrede block-house line on the night of the 19th. The Boers on the south opening a heavy fire at the block-house at 120 yards, Ross drove a herd of cattle against the wire fence.

Many Boers traversed northwards, Several were shot.

Many Free Staters propose to cross the Vaal to avoid tho Orange blockhouses.

A skirmish took place westward of Beaufort West on the 18th, when the notorious rebel, Van Heerden, tho commandant, and Judge Hugo were wounded and captured. Hugo succumbed to the injuries. Mr Hay has refused to ask for passports from the British authorities to cnablo Dr. Thomas and his wife, of Chicago, to distribute money at the concentration camps in South Africa. Vandernwe, a son of the Bond member, has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for joining tho Boers.

FOUR BOERS KILL TWO BRITISH OFFICERS.

By Telegraph—Tress Association—Copyrigh' Loudon, Feb. 24.

A hundred volunteers of a composite regiment surrounded four Boers in a farm-house at Vryheid. Colonel Evans approached the door and demanded their surrender. The Boers fired, killing him and Major Blunt, and wounding a third. Three Boers were captured. The fourth escaped. An Afrikander meeting at Graafreinet, including the Hon. Maasdorp and many Bond members, protested agaiust slanders on the army, and voted confidence in Mr Chamberlain, Sir A. Milner, and Lord Kitchenor. Similar meetings wore held at Middleburg and Aliwal North.