BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 202, 19 October 1900, Page 3

BOER WAR.

&OBD ROBERTS THANKS COLONIALS FOR THEIR SERVICES. IPXS FUSS ABSOOIATIOH. , Received 18, 9.1 a.m. > Loxsoh, October 17. • Lord Roberts reviewed detachments •f Western Australians, Victorians, Tasmanians, South Australians, and Queenslanders at Pretoria, and thanked them for their great services. He claimed t to be the only Marshal who ever reviewed a conquering Imperial 1 army; and added that though the war is over important work remains to be done, greatly requiring the continuation of the services and enthusiasm of tho troops.

A COMMANDO AMBUSHED NEAR VRTHEID. SkBXniOB ON A GERMAN MISSIONARY ' : FOR TREASON." : DETAILS OF THE OTTOSHOOP SKIRMISH. (Received 18,7.10 p.m.) Loudon, October 17, Colonel Bethune ambushed a commando near Vryheid, killing sixty, wounding thirty-five, and capturing sixty-five. Pronzeety, a German missionary at Durban, has been sentenced to a yerr's imprisonment, and to pay a fine of for treason. The details el Ottoehoop skirmish show that the New South Wales Bush■mptnl were enquiring for ooneealtd , aramata farmhouse when a woman snatched a white sheet from the door and disappeared within. The Boers opsnod fire, and the Bushmen rode to % ridge, dismounted, and awaited behind the holders. They volleyed the Bem when they appeared, CONSTANT SKIRMISHING GOING ON. BOER LOSSES HEAVY, MARAUDERS BEING CAPTURED. r Received 19, 0.30 ajn. London, Oetober 18. Constant skirmishes with small marauding bands of Boers are occurring round Wepener, Ventersburg, Wolverdieed, and Standerton. ' The Boer casualties invariably exceed the British, besides numerous maraud- J •nran constantly being taken prisoners.