BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 66, 2 April 1901, Page 3

BOER WAR.

i .. BADEN-POWELL STOI'PKD RECRUITING. COMMANDANT FOORIE ENGAGED. LARGE CAPTURE 0? STOCK AND CATTLE. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received 1, 8.53 p.m. London, March 31, Lieutenant H. C. Douglas, of tbe Army Medical Corps has been awarded the Victojia Cress for gallantry at Magersfontein. Captain Crawshaw, of tbe New Zealand Mounted Infantry, has been discharged from tho hospital and hag resumed duty. The Imperial LightHorsaat Utrecht' captured thirty waggon*. Major-General B.iden-Powell has stoppsd recruiting for the Police. Eleven thousand men have been enrolled, a large proportion beitig Eog ish recruits, gentlemen or farmers, There are 5000 candidates for 300 commissions. London, March 31. General Bruce Hamilton on Wednesday had a running fight near Dewet6dorp for twenty-three milos with Commandant Fourie, who efcapel before the British hi'' completed a turning movement. The British captured many cattle, hotses, and carts. Commandant Englebrech has surrendered to General French. BOER LOSSES. Received 1, 12.40 p.m. London, March 31. General French reports that between the 16th and 27th March his force killed and wounded 17 Boers, captured 51, and 92 surrendered. The Boers attacked a train near Pan. Two hundred of them attempting to loet were repulsed, leaving six dead and one wounded,

BOER LOSSES. (BURRENDERERS JOINING BURGHER I POLICE. RESUMPTION OF WORK AT JOHANNESBURG. (Received 2, 0.25 a.m.) London, April 1, Seven Beers were killed, nine wounded, and seventy captured in he Dewetsdorp district, where fifteen hundred horses were collected. Many surrenderors are joining the burgher police at Bloemfontein. Sir A. Milner agreed with the Outlanders Committee as to the resumption of work in Johannesburg as soon as tbe steady transit of supplies permits. Sueh a step h calculated to cen- | tribute to pacification.

OLOSING ROUND KRUITZINGER. PURSUIT OF DE WKT. Received 2, 1.15 a.m. London, April 1. A British column at Utrecht destroyed the agricultural implements and everything useful belonging to the Boers. Seven columns are rapidly enci< cling Kruilzioger. The Orange Piver is s v ill unfordable. De Wet is in tie reiehbourhond of Heidelberg. Two columns are pursuing.

DEATH OF COLONEL FRANOIB, Christchurch, March 31. Co'onel Fiascii, who went to South Africa \*i,h the Fourth Contingent, was subsequently invalided to England and then returned to New Zealand, died at 11 o'clock to-night. He arrived in Canterbury in 1857, and had b en connected with volunteering for many year*. [The above was omitted to be sent to us on Sunday], Wellington, April 1. The Premier and Lieut.-Colonel Newall will be present at the funeral of the late Colonel Francis, The Government will grant free passages to all members of the Fourth Contingent now in Wellington who wish to pay a last tribute of respect te their late commander. RETURN OF 2nd AND 3rd CONTINGENTS. VT ELLINGTON, April 1. The Premier has received a cable 1 message from the officar commanding the New Zea'and regiment at Coatrielspruit, stating that Captain Jackson, aod 25 men of his squadron, Captains Abbott and Tuck»y, Lieuts. Simpron, Batger, and ten men, all of Fifth Contingent, are desirous of continuing on service with tbe New Zealand forces in Africa. Lieutenant French has asked for leave to go |to Eagland en the return of his regiment, Lord Kitchener, in a cablegram te the Governor, dated Pretoria, 31st March, ctated that the Seeend and and Third New Zealand Contingents would leave South Africa by the S.S | Tongariro to-day.