THE WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 192, 27 August 1900, Page 3

THE WAR.

(Bi Xleotbic Telegraph—Copyright.) PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) OPERATIONS irrHE TRANSVAAL. BOEBS IN STRONG FORCE NEAR BELFAST. RAILWAY BLOWN UP. Received 25,8.20 p.m. London, August 25. The Standards Pretoria correspondent states that the Boer lines extend from Belfast to Crocodile River, covering the entrance to the Bush Veldt where thousands of cattle are located. Botha, with 2000 men, is entrenched. Westward of Dalmantha are 5000 of the enemy, between Belfast and Machadodorp. The Boers exploded a railway line at Raetzes Drift, also south of Newcastle. Eighteen guns have been conveyed to the eastward, through Novitgediot. THE HAMANS KRAAL ENGAGEMENT. DE WET'S RETREAT. LARGE FIND OF AMMUNITION. CASUALTIES. Received 26, 4.45 p.m. London, August 25. The engagement in which Colonel Spreckling was killed took place on a bush veldt, where the density of vegetation prevented the trcops seeing many yards. De Wet, without wagons, followed a bridle path over Magliesberg, southward towards the Free State, Major-General Baden-Powell's previous hard marching, heading De Wet off, is much praised. General Rundle's Yeomanry patrols at Broadwater, Bethlehem district, unearthed a hundred and forty thousand rounds of Mauser ammunition, and twelve Krupp shells. They also arrested several concealed Boers and found a Boer gun an the Transvaal side of the Buffalo River at commando town, Dannhauser, Natal. Casualties—Qaeenslanders: Lieut. Leask, died of wounds; Lance-Corporal Twine, severely wounded; Private Crick, dangerously wounded. At Pienaars River, a Tasmanian, Private Cooper, was severely wounded, and at Hamans Kraal, a South Australian, Private Marshall, died of enteric fever.

PLOT AGAINST LORD ROBERTS. f OARDNA SENTENCED AND SHOT. [ COLONEL BADEN-POWELL DOES J GOOD WORK. 1 8 A GERMAN ARTILLERY OFFICER 1 CAPTURED. o A NEW ZEALANDER WOUNDED. I c Received 26,7.35 p.m. (• Lonbon, August 26. a Lord Boberts confirmed Cardna's a death sentence, and Oardna was shot. t Colonel Baden-Powell fought an en- t gagement at Warm Baths station, some a miles north-west of Pretoria, He t rescued 100 prisoners and captured 25 t Boers, including a German artillery officer and a Freestate artillerist, Captain Yandermtreve. John Hearly, New Zealand Mounted Infantry, was dangerously wounded at a Crocodile River. GENERAL BULLER AT LEEUWKLOOF. ANOTHER STUPID B UN BR. , Received 26, 0.25 a.m London, August 26. General Bulhr is at Leeiwkloof, 6 miles south-west of Dalmamatha. He reports that through a mistake on Thursday evening, two companies of the Liverpool Regiment, advancing in a hollow out of sight of the main body, got surrounded. Ten were killed, 46 wounded, and 32 are missing. Seventeen other casualties occurred at Leeuwkloof. GENERAL FRENCH ON THE MOVE. Received 27, 0.30 a.m. J London, August 26, ' General French is moving east of , Machadorp. A RETURNED HERO. A RACE FOR PRETORIA. THE NEW BOUTH WELSHMAN WINS. Received 27, 0.30 a.m. Melbourne, August 26. Amongst the invalided New South Welshmen by the Damascus is Private Campbell, who claims the honor of being tha first of the British to enter 1 Pretoria, He bad a rase with Mr Bennett Burleigh, the well-known war correspondent, for the coveted honour, but the latter gave up, Campbell says, when he saw him (Campbell) meet two Boers whom he thought had captured the New South Welshman, nut the latter disarmed the Boers and got into | the oily. THE COLONIAL CONTINGENTS. ARRIVAL OF INVALIDS AT MELBOURNE. (Received 27,1.25 a.m.) Melbourne, August 26. The Damascus has arrived with 80 invalided soldiers, including Privates Bennett and Lorrie, New Zealaniers. | THE PATRIOTIC FUND. " BUFFICENT MONEY IN MELBOURNE FOR ALL REQUIREMENTS THERE, i, (Received 27, 0.30 a.m.) b Melbourne, August 26. <■ Mr, Macchearn, Mayor of Mel--2 bourne, after consultation with the 0 War Office and heads of the different e patriotic funds, is of opinion that the funds collected, together with the Im--3 perial pension, will furnish sufficient , money to meet all requirements withe out asking the Victorian Government ;• to contribute. RETURNED INVALIDS. 1 \ Dunedin, August 25. j 5 The Waikare brought to this port fw wwlided wWiwe, I^e«"Qorj>grftl

Wilson, Third Contingent, and Trooper P. T. Shand, Second Con ingent. The} wei e met and welcomed by the Mayor at the port, and by the Organising Committee at Dunedin. Lance-Cor-poral Wilson belongs to Waimate. He was taken with pneumonia at Bradtfort. Trooper Shand belongs to Obristchurch He was attacked by fever a' Bloemfontein. Both speak in high terms of their treatment in the hospital.