CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 20 March 1900, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

The Transvaal.

OCCUPATION OF BLOEMFONTEIN. Mr Donoghue, was correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, who was the first to enter Bloemfontein, reports that on Monday Lieutenaat-General French threatened to bombard the city unless it surrendered in the morning. The white flag was hoisted by the citizens on Tuesday morning, and Mr Fraser, a member of the late Executive came out to meet Lord Roberts. On his entrance to the city at noon the Commander-in-Chief was given an ovation by the inhabitants. As he visited the public buildings a frenziej crowd followed him, waving the British flag, cheering, and singing " God Save the Queen." Eight railway engines and much rolling stock were captured on the occupation of the city. Many of the inhabitants of Bloem-

Ebntein declare that if President Steyn's intention to flee had been know beforehand he would have been shot.

The Union Jack is now displayed everywhere in Bloemfontein. It has transpired that the Transvaalers protested against the surrender of Bloemfontein and threaten to bombard it.

On Monday the Guards Brigade marched continuously for %z\ hours and then had only two and a half hours' sleep before they were at work again. During the march on Bloemfontein, forty thousand men were moved and fed, and eighteen thousand horses attended to with the precision of clockwork.

Captain A, G. Hunter Weston, of the Royal Engineers, with ten engineers, traversed the Boer lines during the night, and cut the telegraph line and blew up the railroad to the north of Bloerafontein, thus frustrating the arrival of General Joubert with three thousand reinforcements. General Joubert is now at Brandfort about thirty miles north of Bloemfontein. MISCELLANEOUS. Two hundred and sixty rebels at Dordrecht have surrendered. Many them had arms which bore the marks of the Transvaal Goverriment. President Steyn has arrived at Kfoonstad, onMhe railway line, 120 miles north-east of Bloemfontein. Five transports have been selected to convey the Boer prisoners to St. Helena. H.M.S. Niobe, a first class cruiser of 11,000 tons and 16,500 horse-power, will escort them. General Gourko the Russian military attache, has telegraphed to the Czar that he was perfectly amazed at the energy of the British Infantry in action and at their endurance. BOERS DISARMING. Lord Roberts, in a cabled despatch to the War Office, states that hundreds of the Boers are disarming and sub- ! mitting to the British, among them being 800 Bloemfontein fibers. Many of the enemy formerly posted in Northern Cape Colony at Aliwal North have arrived on the Basutoland border, and are prepared to surrender, having declined to obey President Steyn c summons to Kroonstad. The correspondent of the Daily News at Delagoa Bay states that the Transvaalers admit their cause to be hopeless. Commandant Lucas Meyer flow, it is said, refuses to fight further, and has retarded to his home. Commandant Schalk Burger (who commanded the Boer army on the Tugela fiver at General Buller's first reverse) and hundreds of others have done likewise.

After the flight of the enemy from Lady Grey, in the north-western portion of Cape Colony, the loyalists in the neighbourhood pretended that the British were advancing. They made the town gaoler don a British uniform and order the rebels to surrender. They all did so, and, in addition, saluted the flag. News has been received that Major Hook, accompanied by two civilians and seven mounted police, entered Barkly East, in North-west Cape Colony, formerly in the centre of a widely-disaftected area. The loyal residents hoisted the British flag, which was saluted. The landdrost fled, but subsequently surrendered. On handing over the keys the officials expressed surprise at the audacity of the small British force. LORD ROBERTS. The extraordinary cordiality of Lord Roberts' reception at Bloemfontein is attributed to the relief of the Transvaalers' violence. Prior to the flight of President Steyn, a mass meeting oi burghers accused Steyn of cowardice and of selling the country. The meeting decided to discontinue participation in the war. Lord Roberts, in addressing the Guards Brigade, said he regretted that a mistake had prevented him from leading them into Bloemfontein after their arduous march. He promised, however, to lead the Guards into Pretoria. The popularity of the Field-Marshal with the troops is ever increasing. All will work until they drop from exhaustion. When the Union Jack was hoisted at the Presidency the crowds sang " God Save the Queen," •• Tommy Atkins," and " Soldiers of the Queen." Seventy wounded British soldiers were found in Bloemfontein. Four Britishers had been imprisoned for refusing to fight, but had been reThe officers commanding the cavalry patrols operating to the north of, Bloemtontein have reported the country to be clear of the enemy as far as the Modder river, some fifteen miles distant from the town. MAFEKING. Mafeking was safe on the 9th inst.t and the defenders had seized an advanced trench of the Boers. L?dy Sarah Wilson, who is with the troops at Mafeking, has presented them with flags worked by the ladies of the town. CAPE COLONY. Major-General R. A. Clements, who is in command of the British troops in Northern Cape Colony, operating along the main line of railway into the Free State, while bombarding the enemy's position on the Orange river at Norval's Pont, constructed a mimosa-lined road through a gorge leading to the river below. On Thursday last the* engineers threw a pontoon bridge 200 yards long across the river. Over this a force was transported composed of*the Inniskilling Dragoons, the second battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment, Australian and Cape forces, supported by artillery. * i This force bivouacked on the northern bank of the river, having found that the enemy had departed. The railway bridge over the Orange river at Norval's Pont, which was partly blown up by the Boers not long agp, is now being repaired, and will soon be open for traffic. GENERAL GATACRE. In connection with the advance o 7 the British forces at Bethulie, under

General Gatacre, it transpires that'our* officers daringly faced the enemy and removed the connecting wires, rendering abortive mines placed under the Bethulie waggon bridge. Gen^r ! Gatacre was well received at BeU .!:*.-.

The Guards Brigade under MajorGeneral Pole-Carew, which, after the occupation of Bloemfontein, marched southwards in order to assist in clearing the enemy from around the Orangß*lMto» river, has now reached Springfontein, a railway junction rbout thirty-five miles north of Norval's Pont and thirty miles north-east of Bethulie. Part of Lieutenant-General Gatacre's force has reached Springfontein, and the Guards Brigade, under MajorGeneral Pole Carew, passing further southward, has arrived at Norval's Pont. The advance of Major-General Clements' troops to Norval's Pont was the signal for the southern Free Staters, who were under arms, to return to their farms. . w RAILWAYS OPENED. Railway communication is now open between Bloemfontein and Capetown. NATAL. Three officers of the South African Light Horse have penetrated westward into the recesses of the Drakensberg Mountains, sighting the enemy's laager in Van Reenen's Pass. They report the presence of two />» commandoes in the pass - with four guns. CHANGE OF PLANS. General Warren's division, which had embarked at Durban with a view to proceeding to Capetown, has now been ordered to rejoin the forces under General Buller, Commander-in-Chiei in Natal. PREPARING FOR BATTLE. Boers are massing at Warrenton, on the trunk railway line, forty-four miles north of Kimberley. THE FREE STATE. Major-General Pretyman has been appointed Governor of Bloemfontein, and has issued a proclamation directing all burghers within a radius of ten miles to disarm on pain of forfeiture of their property.

Chronic Diarrhoea Oared. Tirs is to certify that I have had chronic diarrhoea ever since the war. I got so weak I could hardly walk or do anything. One bottle of Chamber 1 am's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy oared me soand and well. J. B. Gibbs, Fincastle, Va.

I had chronic diarrhoea for twelve years. Three bottle of Chemberlain's Colic,^. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured me^R/ ~ S. L. Shaveb, Fincastle, Va. For Bronchial Cou.ha take Woods Great Pepp rmint Cure, 1/6 2/6. Un quailed and Invincible Woods' Great Peppermint 'ure f^r Coughs and Colds, 1/6.