The Transvaal.

Manawatu Herald, 22 September 1900, Page 2

The Transvaal.

KOMATI POORT. The British troops have reached- Komati Poort, on the fringe of the eastern Transvaal and at the Portuguese frontier, where heavy fighting is now proceeding. THREE CANADIANS. Three Canadian mounted infantrymen who had lost their way passed unpreceived through the Boer lines and entered Hebron, which surrendered, the inhabitants thinking that the trio formed the British vanguard. The Canadians commandeered a waggon, a hundred rifles and a quantity of ammunition. They then repassed the Boer outposts and rejoined their regiment. MORE WHITE FLAG j TREACHERY. " I Lord Roberts has reached Nelspruit, [on the Delagoa Bay railway, near Barberton. He reports two gross cases of white I flag treachery. ; THE EASTERN CAMPAIGN. General Botha has reached Otospruit. j The Boers who fled to the Delagoa territory are not to be allowed to return to the Transvaal. It has been decided that burghers who surrendered are not to be deported, with the exception of the officers. The latter will be dealt with by Lord Roberts. The Boer troops are '" sniping " at Portuguese soldiers on the Delagoa Bay frontier. One soldier has been killed. KRUGER. Mr Kruger haa accepted the Netherlands Government's offer of a warship ot convey him to Europe. MISCELLANEOUS. A hundred tons of foodstuffs and a quarter of a million cartridges have been discovered in a mine at Lydenburg. A committee is taking expert evidence in Capetown respecting the lands available for soldiers settling in South Africa.