BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 218, 8 November 1900, Page 2

BOER WAR.

4' BOKB3 LOOT FICKSBOXO. ~ BRHMH FLAG USEDAS RIBBOM ffOB HOUSES' TAILS. BOBRS MASSIMO AT LAD7BRAXD. ; CATTLE KECAPTPBED. rss run moounoir. (Beoeivod 7,1.40 ul) Lorooir, November 0. Hermanns Steyn has oonuM ul looted Ficksbuig. The BritUhflag was tarn torfmlL and ths pieees tied to the tunas'Mb Fourteen hundred Boas in don t» Ladybrand. Bight hundred tattk oatauii al Frankfort, havs in addition.

ranroH dupptim mwi—e with smem. A VIOIOBIAN NATAL LHOtHAR | DEOOBATED. (Reesived T, 9,26 aa.) Pun, Now«i#V* A meeting of Deputies, rspnoooliM the city and meaiben <k the pality of Paris, unanimously peon* fl resolution of weloome to Mr. Kcnpi in the nameof the city, a* aneoqxwf sion of admiration «f Ihrnnifi 4fj fenoe of it* independence, disclaimed mticiiing actions, but were guided by consideration. War was the British troops, who were art r» sponsible for their flnraiwlfr alt Lon»i, Nenmbor 6. Lieutenant Celqukeoa, of the ! torian Navy, who fought with 4Ma» tion at the Battle sf Utespao, kaobooi awarded the distingnishodostTioowkr, MABAUDIMQ BO IBS BOUND SttMßti rUHIIUH. FABHEBS COMPELLED TO UHOI IX THE TOWN. I (Beoeivod T, KM pjl) I Lomo*, lftmmfcar6. Miranding bands reund Iflnwftß tein compelled all British '-rum «ni neuttal &•* refugees to tab ohoUor .n tae town, wkioh is crowded. KKUOKta HEALTH. HE HOPES BOEBB WILL TOUR UNBKMITTINGLY. 3TEVN INVENTS KOBE FAIKY KEUGIE TO OBTAIN UTTBBVEIfttOI UH SELL 'iitaMiVAAJU TO HKHfr 881 BIDDEK. "««•

TWO HEKOES—ONLY 0« ÜBT.

(Reoaired 7,10.19 pja.) Loii>o«,Nov*fc«r. Er«g«r u u better health, alihMj musk troubled with — L ~nr if tH m* i la the couim of u iaienfar, W aid that ha hoped tka - iririTj uaramittißfiy. 1 A Boer oniMi U Mai waJ| poaltiM near Fetrusrilfa. 1 Lord Babirte report* thai wUbifci Boars an uamiatakaaHy Wif hMM jwing to tip teuoum «t Im4 iSi •he otili greater dmmtSL tien, Steyn 0 dotag m uuuntsia a bopelett straggle, Ha*2P Dalawy'g burg bars that!)* Wei irf wised Nervals Point; that 7000 ObH Dutch had rises; *h»t. Kniftf obtain int«v«ution or acU MM «al to the kighest bidder, Major Sauadan, af Decant «dB guard, vaa im aotita at mtfin «29 aaavyaad dose fire,aai,lefaeieffl oliawrd, reecued a sergeant who km «w t kia herse, both ntaniag «3 aerse. SaaadmrnawnutMaalHli liia hone killed. Liaoi T. OUhaSI went to tka of fia«Aaa|l who implered Okairnn ta ItawSl Okalaantafaaad, aad «aa UflMk | GALLAHT USIKXAMOK Of tuvmuJi BOBIBTBOH.

leoeivel 8, Miaja. l . - looM,NoiiiUtapr, *~ V ~ J — -*' lL - Tlmliwlir • light Heree, who was ftaMffr posM ' ois position, repelling the Bom «• (fat 26th, aad protesting the woasa aad children until relieved en Xti4y, tW**B» WBXUt m IBOR, | Trooper Ryan, Fiftk OeoMwgy 1 writing on the mofleaviagOMonMf^ ' Mya that the trnpe bad ft nqr niuH i time during a thnndse atom Mml • tumping grounds wu the epea vsiit-S] >no tents—whioh was Imm h4|| >1 ' few ainut 'i everyone *•*s wet to skia. Fortunately, it wu faidff wm| and as the next day wu elothes dried quiskly. In a lattjr, written en route for Km**—V—'' he states tbey had a few which several Uoers wan carton*. BS adds:—The war geMmUy i*feltiNr| monotonous and wo ax* heartilyaON of the business, and u the J is setting in we should be (lad if peaot l were proclaimed. The Boeafcm anrl

1 apparently split up jutto a gVP small parties and as the couatay fa rf, large it is very difficult to "»Mt thee-t and the prospect of anything ,ilw * *i§ pitched battle is I think rory nml*l fhe capture of De Wat woslddo MMA4 towards a final eettiewot (fan aMW?>f thing else, until that seatieaaa fakwCi by the heeli tteßom viil dill MA | Mt. After leaving f'rjhtfnbtiy Mhu! looted moit of w upright grand piano oak of awdtffl the farms to tbeounp. It faatMijfjfl wat out on the valdt, oil fa )uS|h getting spoilt by the WMtfce?, .SH Voale also writing CmrH Ottosboop njri that y |he lighting thmvl wm very hot wiu'U it with melt w»t tha tbqr hMtKI | c *P t *«' Fulioa was M a«6Mt§9 'ffourjed u to be unable to wjwlpffl Company by whom in vw nM | esteemed. Their duty !' tng was that of escorting giutu to Mi Poking, but chore, thoy v«re told to i lot w.ggons coming out ; litcta iu w camp. Xhe peaitsd «t 10 o'clock, and i tali i a jul There wen» Md«MilfaMUWll4Q{

start was made at 2 o'clock, and it took till 4 the next daj to reach Ottoshoop. They had no spell on the road except to feed the horses and themselves, the bollocks having nothing to eat at all, and about 100 of them blocked up on the journey and had to be left behind. He adds: "My horse is still in good fettle, and is a to travel, being very sure footed which is a great thing here. Thornton has his horse still, but his and mine are the only two Xmnaki horses that are living. All the Taranaki boys are in splendid health and stand the work well. This norning there was ice on the water, and the contents of my water bottle were frozen hard. I did not thinlr it was mr so cold as this in South Mae*,"