THE BOER WAR.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyri Rht London, March 13. A newspaper, commenting on Mr Scddon's view of the casualty to Lord Methuen’s force, says ho has a spirit worthy of some of the heroes who fought at Yrede.
Many mounted men at Liehtenberg and Klerksdorp are trying to drive Delaroy te the railway, to prevent Lord Methuen’s removal to the northern hills.
The figures given in the last message it. reforence to the Tweebosch casualties have been cancelled as incorrect.
METHUEN RELEASED
STATEMENT RECEIVED WITH CHEERS. LONDON, Mar. M. Lord Kitchener reports from Pretoria on Thursday as follows : “ Lord Methuen was brought to Klerksdorp to-day. He is doing well ” In the House of Commons Mr Brod,rick said that it was presumed Lord Methuen had been released. The statement was received with cheers. > Mr Brodrick, in the House of Commons, replying to Mr Churchill, said that the time was not yet come to. consider the question of the employment of Indian troops in South Africa. Mr Brodrick states Kruitzinger s trial has been postponed because the evidence is incomplete.
DELAREY’S HUMANITY AND CHIVALRY. THE BOER GENERAL’S BLOODLESS TRIUMPH, By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrigh: LONDON, Mar. 14.
The Times states Lord Methuen’s wound appealed to General Delarey’s humanity and chivalry, and he declined to accept the responsibility ot torturing that would have been inseparable from the conveyance of the prisoner in a jolting waggon, over the rough coun-
try. The London Standard, in an article on the subject of the release or Lord Methuen by General Delarey, rejoices that the testimonial pa:d to the Boer general’s attributes by Lord Roberts has been justified in such a manner. Other papers, in commenting on the subject, state that General Delarey, besides showing moderation and courtesy, showed a true judgment of the nation wherewith he was dealing.
DEATH OF A NEW ZEALANDER
Loudon, March 14,
Private Albert H. Devine, of the Seventh New Zealand Mounteds, has died of enteric at Maritzburg.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 365, 15 March 1902, Page 2
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