THE WAR.

Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 22210, 8 March 1900, Page 2

THE WAR.

GENERAL BTJLLER’S FORCE. FURTHER DETAILS OF THE RELIEF; London, March.^,. General Buffer has 40,000. * J There were only four days’ full ra~ tionß in Ladysmith when it was relieved.. There were scores of abandoned Boers’ tents outside, contaHijjjpg ample provisions, even luxuries; * • The web directed fire of the- ndVali guns prevented the enemy removingtheir big gun, “ Long Tom,” till thelast minute.. A pursuit by 2000* men of the-Lady-smith garrison acceleratedrthe starting of the last three trains containing thefleeing enemy from the Modders.Sjjflait station.. The Boers abandoned large stores; of ammunition. They destroyad the railway bridge,, preventing pursuit. Scouts report that there no Boersu now within thirty miles of Ladysmith.. JOUBRRT CONCENTRATING Cabbtown, March 6;. General Joubert is collecting his. forces at Abraham’s Kraal., London, March 5. It is anticipated that General- Jou--bert will have a difficulty in trating 35,000 troops k Ffee State. BRITISH; TERMS FOR REAOEL j —"J""*-"*“!'■*. -Ay-' ' The newspapers, insist upon making*- ! the cost of* the war a, first charge upon* the revenues of the Republics, afterannexation,| STATEMENT BY DR., KRUGER WANTS-PEACE. Dr. Leyds. declares thatKruger wants peace,, but will never sacrifice the independance of, the Republic. He is ready, however,, to eub?-. mit the matter to arbitration^ LORD ROBERTS’- ARMY LORD .ROBERTS’ PROCLAMATION. Lord Roberts has. nearly 60,000. men, and is receiving constant rein-r. forcements. Capetown, March 5: Lord Roberts’ pacificatory proclamation, has had a good effect in the lower portions^of the Free State, but' th©>. northern districts are still warlike. ROBERTS AND FRENCH; THEIR POSITIONS ON Tiff MODDER. FOU# THOUSAND. BOERS CORRALLED’UP. London, March 6. Lord Roberts, with the sixth and seventh divisions and a mounted; is south of the Modder River. The ninth division and the cavalry, brigade are north-of the river, where’ there is plain country, and) the grass; and water are abundant. Four thousand Boers are isolated onkopies surroudned by open level country south of the river, and a smalls?body near General French. The Boers evacuated CrocodilePools on the 25th, and Col. Plumer occupied the position. GATACRE; OCCUPIES STROM-.

BERG. General Gatacre entered Strombergafter it had been evacuated by theBoers. A reconnaissance by the. New South Wales Lancers and Iniskillings disclosed the Boers four miles from Os-, fontein, occupying kopjes on both sides of the Modder. The position has a length of 10miles, and is strongly entrenched, but easily turned. The Basutos are wildly jubilant over the British victories." • Capetown, March 6. The Waiwera’s contingent of New Zealanders is leaving for the front. London, March 6, Although it is considered unlikely that the Budget proposals willbe seriously opposed, the Times, Stand-. ard aud Morning Post express regret that the Government have not widened the basis of taxation instead of pet-, sisting in the present irregularites..