BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 71, 11 April 1901, Page 3

BOER WAR.

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BOERS EVACUATE PETERSBURG. CAPTURE OF ROLUN'G TOf K. CASUALTIES. (Roc- ivod in, •}.?,.? p m.) London', Ay.-rU 9. The 3 ers evarniat- d night before Colonel Piu;ii(Vi? an ival, expicding tw> triiffes fti'l >■( ■•!),mur.itiou. Two et giues and 39 truck- vve-.-a captured. Lieut. Walker and or,c privat» .-ere killed. Li-ut. Sale- ws K/crelv woanded. All Australian Ilu;-iui)c-i!. COL. PLUMER'3 HAUL AT PIETHifSBURG. Received 10, 9.37 p.m. London, April 10. Col Plumer at Pietersburg captured 60 prisoners and a seven pounder gun. ( He destroyed 210,000 round* of small ( arms, a thensind rounds of big gun , ammunition, and a considerable quan- ( tity of piwdar and dynamite. , Eight Australiau Bushtnen expelled 40 burghers ficm the Inm Pas , thus capturing the key t:> Pietersburg. Two , Bushmen were wounded. ( Col. Plumer commanded his little party gallantly. THE BRITISH SURRENDER NEAR ABERDEEN. ( R°ceived 10,10.5 p.m. London, April 10. Sche"p?r's commando on Situriay ] surrourded 100 Lineers, Yeomanry, and Brahint'g Horse neu- Aberdeen. ' Twenty-five escaped, but the rest, after some hours fighting, surrendered. There wero six Briti-h casualties. [This surrender was mentioned in Tuesday's issue.] ( RETURNING TROOPERS. ' I ADDITIONAL LIST. i Wellington, April 10. 1 The following New Zealanders, be- 1 longing to the Third, Fourth, and i Fifth Contingents, are returning by tbe Tocgariro:—No. 2 Company, Third Contingent: Captain Cbaytor, Lieu'enrnts Filz'>nrb--r<, LVrle't, S-rgeants i Pka*nnts, Krr.ll, IVon. At air, Serg-:u;t rd, Corporals Hage:;Son, Man- : Oavi-, M'.l.ennau, "V>rge'tl, A. S}ma, Piivates McLean, -•'■ -i-cliy, Hnmphries (farri r) £r i''i!■- v (fai ri -r), Dais (t-'aJdlei-), Oltor, (!•;.■•'.'!•.";■), Ott»r, W. Divmiipr, J. I„; C V, Chrks G. CrdL', C. Dyk-s G. jl.uwxr- '"I, IT. Y. D.iig.m, M. Dag%in,L. D.uy, J. A. Goulv/1,-. i'. A. (lumb'cv. F. G-iimcndsway, I>. y>. G;:i>"iow, O. L Colii-L', J. Cordon, J. A. Hurry, J. Hobso ', J. ('. Hughe?, Jago, 3. Kinnington, T. R. E. M.ckonzi-, R. McOulfoch, D. F. 3*orfi f ry, T. A'LvVhirter, A. j>'ewcouib2,Piice(!Hßß'.rUiii whether it is Private A. C. Price or Private E. It. Price), E. T. Poulton, D. S. Ilofs, R. Pvichardsop, J. R.-ss, T. Richard-o- 1 , R. Simpwn, D. Stewart, li. K. Simpion, H. H. Hoadtnar, C. Stent, S. H. Smith, A. G. Taubmn, "Willis, A. G. B. Williams, C. Watt, H. T. Wbitson, A. A. Wood. Fourth Contingent: Lieu K R ?, Privates H. H. U«iy, D. F. Gium)d, A. Keowr-, Mclverle (namo as cabled cot known), W. H. Matlhewson, Patton (either J. O. Paton or E. Patten\ Riddley (probably J. W. Ridley, No. 2641, Fifth Contingent), Taylor (there are many Taylors in the Fourth Contingent; not known which this refers to), FarrierSergeant R. Smeaton Cameron (probably Farrier-Sergeant D. H. Cameron), F. W. D. Gray, W. Harris, Miller (there are many of this name in the Fourth Con-i-gent). Fifth Cortingent: Privats C W. A. Moller, A. Lister, C. F. Bull, H. Yarriley, J. W. Richardp, H. W. Murphy, RoEse, Veterinary >tcE .there, Nuwe Harris. Wellington, April 10. The Premier has received a cable Btating that 1334 A. Stack is dangeroubly ill, and that 672 H. Williams is alpo ill at iSpringfontein. Th?> other d*y it was lfpirtod that 512 Herbert George Williams was ill. Tbis con fut-ion and mutilation of numbers i« causingtrouhe and annoyance.