SIX DAYS' HARD FIGHTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 4, 2 March 1900, Page 3

SIX DAYS' HARD FIGHTING.

THE BOERS POUR IN A MURDEROUS FIRE. IRISH REGIMENTS MOWN DOWN. THE INNISKILLINGS ALMOST ANNIHILATED. GALLANT CAPIURE OF THE POSITION THE BOERS .SCATTERED IN ALL DIRECTIONS. (Received 2, 1.20 a.m.) Capetown, March 1. After six days' hard fighting, the British established themselves on the lower spurs of Pieter's Hill. ftTbo Inniskillings, Dublitis, and ConI naughts made desperate efforts to captnre the heights, facing a murderous fire. Tney were simply mown down. The Inniskillings were almost annihilated. A colonel, both majors, and two senior captains were shot. The Connaughts lost five officers wounded. It was found impossible to silencethe Boer*' effective shell firo. Their ontrei cbments complete,y doininat ;d the British position. Throe d;iys cf fruitless and fighting fallowed, which compelled General Bailor to aimiuk sho bill

a point more to the eastward, MajorGeneral Barton,with two b ittalions of the 6th Brigade and the Dublins, scaled a precipitous cliff, capturing the position and turning the Boera' left flank. General Warren then assailed the main position, presumably Onderbrook Mountain. The South Lancashires magnificently stormed, scattering the Boers in all directions. General Buller, in his despatch, adds that a considerable body of Boers are still at Bulwana Mountain. The British losses on Tuesday were not heavy.