THE WAR.

Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 222033, 6 January 1900, Page 2

THE WAR.

THE SUNNYSIDE FIGHT, f COLONEL PILCHER’S VICTORY COLONIALS IN ACTION.

Capetown, January 3. Sunnyside kopjes ranged north and south, leaving the natives guarded iu to prevent their divulging the movements of the British.

Colonel Pilcher of the Northumberlands, and the Queenslanders under Major Riccardo, with 200 Canadians and two guns and horse battery and 40 mounted men, with Captain Dodds in charge of the Queensland Ambulance, marched to within four miles of the kopjes. The Cauadian guns made an attack on the laager at the foot of the Northern spui", while Colonel Pilcher, with the Queenslanders, worked splendidly on the left, taking advantage of every cover. Two shells at 1500 yards’ range landed amongst the tents in the laager, and was the first intimation tho enemy had of the presence of tho British. The Boers hurriedly ascended and lined the kopjes, vollying hotly. The fire was soon subdued. At 1000 yards’ range the Canadians shelled with wonderful accuracy. Riccardo’s anl Captain H. Channel’s companies delivered the front attack, demoralising and routing; the Boers, whose laager, with 40 prisoners, wero captured, besides dead and wounded. Lieutenant A. O. Adie, of . Queensland, while patrolling before the attack, was severely wounded. Brisbane, January 3. Sir Alfred Milner has cabled congratulations at the success of the colonials at Sunnyside, and also intimated thit Privates Rose, McLeod, and Jones, of the Queensland contin-' gent, were killed. London, January 3. Colonel Pilcher has occupied Doulas. Loyalists are very jubilant at his victory, The Boers routed at Colosburg numbered 4000. They .used a British 15-pounder, probably General Gatacre’s, with Woolwicha^tountfon. A thousand of the enemy,"* With two guns, fled to Norvals. flik General French controls the road and bridge into the Free State. Durban, January 3. The British have seized the Hamburg steamer Hanswagner at DAagoa Bay. __