The Transvaal.

Manawatu Herald, 28 June 1900, Page 2

The Transvaal.

I FARMS FOR THE BUSHMEN. The British South Africa Company has offered large farms to Australian bushmen, practicaUy gratis, if they will settle in Rhodesia. LUCKY BOERS. Colonel Dalgety, of the Cape Mounted Rifles, who so gallantly defended Wepener during the recent siege, has had the ill-fortune to have to let a force .of Boers slip .(ihjQugh his hands when they appeased to be at his mercy. "~ '.«-;'% Some two hundred of the enemy were surrounded by Colonel Dalgety's force on a kopje near Hibernia, a town in the eastern part of -OrangeRiver Colony. . f The Cape troops were not 4 in sufficient force to storm the position," but Lien tenant-General Bundle senta detachment to strengthen them, and ensure, the capture of the trapped party. *' ■ Colonel Dalgety, however, wwars r unable to wait for the proffered aid, N an accident to one of bis gu^axoTpfiP polling him to withdraw his lonfe during the night, leaving the enemy free to retire, which they did. r • : - CAPTURE OF A TfiAJN. In the recent raid of the Boers upon the line of communications through Orange River Colony, they captured a train at the, Zand, river, thirty-five miles south of Krbbnstad. On board, the .tram^ijhere were two thousand l&gsf |^^ftw* for the troops and £4OO6^brtir>gf stamps. " PROMOTION FOR MAJOR ROpiN^i :-* ->tf . Cabinet ou Monday decided torequest His Excellency the Governor to recommend Major Robin, in charge of the first New Zealand contingent, for promotion to the position of Colonel. DEATH OF A NEW ZEALANDER. The PremierJsMw reo&ivej 4»dtk message from Sir; AlfrwL ?p9pw stating that J. F, A. Sa^dfifo^p the fifty contingent died at Beira, on • 19th inst. He hailed from iiear,. Levin. --•■. ■. v . ' BRITISH PRISONERS,The battalion of Irish Yeomanry who were captured near Lindley, to the eastward of the main Orange River Colony railway, on 81st May have been taken to Machododorp, on theDelagoa Bay railway till lately President Kruger's headquarters. It transpires also- that one hunIred and eighty Highlanders were ■aptured in the Heibron dialwit, ilso east on the railway, on'tnl JLtH' inst., when escorting a convoy, and 'hat these too haVe been comwed to Machododorp. Latter information regarding lh%* capture of Coloael Spragg's battalion of Irish Yeomanry near LinJJjgjgt *how that the troops were unaware that the floors had .reopoapied?*^ "own, and were oafelesaly adsiuping when entrapped by tbe-enen^.^ BULLER AND HAMIB#Otf.&^ General Buller, pushing liiOiain -jolnmn north-west along the j^wag^ from Natal into the JransTOar occupied "'tanderton on Itfdft^JtaJK In taking possession of ' th^w^n he seized eighteen locomotives^and railway waggons. The Hollwder^ officials, before leaving, had T&Hj^ twenty thousand raiLway sjeaneiij -^» Lieut. -General lan I^milj^n/f; mounted -infantry, which is journal' mg from Pretoria side albng7^e. Natal railway, to meet Geu^raTi Buller, has arrived at and occupiea^ Heidelberg (sixty-five mjlea northwest of Standerton), and purjijaed the Boers for seven miles farthejp.. l^ DE WET STDJL A^AJ^g Three culverts near Hotfninp* Spruit, twenty-two mile* ndrtt*&or Kroonst&d, on the railway through, the Orange River Colony, hayj^n burned by the Boers. "' "*■'*"* Commandant De Wet, who is leading the raiders, is displaying much activity in the districts easj; of the railway. It transpires that the Boersjiftaeked the British §o&|§p9lA4t culverts before rein^^P^rts could arrive from Kroonstad. Th» British casualties numbered thirty-one. 1 '„ . . Major-General Hutton, *i|^xs&**j mander of the Colonials Bngo^o^ South Africa, has written to, H» tf Premier (Sir William Itfa*) A&kt praising th» fighting qualities ans£ the cheerful acceptance ,of h%r^jj\yg(fr shown by the New Smfk*«wta' troops. ■■'vjrfA" The General congratulates ijtee'' Government on being represented by such fine soldiers, and praise of the Medical Corps (under Colonel WilHams, P.M.0.) ijr|fc«j everybody's month. ...... I^, jf§ M The letter concludes r^wW^ lieve tke war is really drawing to a close." _, GENERAL IAN^^ILTON. Lieut. rGeneral lan Hamilton, who was» reported to have been wounded ■% in the shoulder by a shrapnel bullet at the battle of Eerste Fabrieken, has broken his collarbone by a fall. LORD ROBERTS. Lord Roberts is at present engaged in obtaining remounts for his forces. SURRENDER OF REBELS. A force of 220 mtn under Com-

mandant De Villiers, including sixteen leading rebels, has surrendered to Lieat -General "Warren at Blikfontein, ninety miles north-west of Kiinberley. The men gave themselves up with their horses, rifles and waggons, but Commandant De Villers fled eastward.

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