THE WAR.

Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 222036, 13 January 1900, Page 2

THE WAR.

DISASTER TO TIIE SUFFOLKS. TREACHERY. Capetown, January 11. Nows of tho i ightattack noarColesbui'g, when 70 of tho Stiff'lk Regiment wre captured, show the attacking foreo marched to tho hill in close column. The Boers wore pro-advised of tho advance, and waited until the British were within GO yards when they opened tire. Colonel' Watson, adjutant and two captains fell at the first volley. Somebody then shouted ‘Retire ’ The rear companies then ran down tho hid. Only one officer escaped. The Boors helped to bury the dead, and sang psalms over the grave. General French found the Boors occupied a s'rongly fortified posit on at Sformberg, the lines extending for two miles. SPIES IN LADYSAHTH. FEVER RAGING. Durban, January 11. Tho place swarms with spies, and tho ga ls are full, but nobody has been shot. Twenty-one died at Ladysmith in five days from dysentery and enteric fever. Sydney, January 12. It is practically certain that the second contingent will get away on tho 17th. Oatetowx, January 11. During the first reconnaissance of the Household Cavalry in tho vicinity of CVosburg, on 7th imt., Capt. \V. F. Picardo, of the Royal Ilorso Guards and four troopers were captured.