BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 88, 3 May 1901, Page 3

BOER WAR.

SIR H. COLVILLK'S DESPATCH. HARASSING THE CAPE REBELS. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Received 2, ').'2o a.m. Los don, M-y 1. A Bin a Bo k lias b m is u„ii cjntaii.irg ■> err I Sir Henry 0 1ville's despatch describing 'he unsu> cssful at'ark upon laiger at PaaideHur;" oa February 18 b. The d-spaU-h, wbinh was discover*d ii a p : i'i the War <Jffi - "Lo d K'tchene" diiw'ed ma <o se d M:ij T-Genei'rfl Smith D ir. with all available fresh tn:< p, to make a deter-mi-ed as'nnlfcon thelanger, and to send Coloiifl Aldworth sUn d ift The Canadians »nl Highlander* ro-ope<a-ting, deliverel : n a 1 tack with extra ordinary c- ii 'spo Mid de'-rii ina io-, hii*. I resrit it resul fd in the dot'!: of Oi lonel Aldworth ar.d t.fce loss of a con--idtr.ible nnmVr cf C'iH>rs and men." It is stated tint Commandant Krui'7,1 rgar's force has re-trossed the OraDge River.

Slight daily encounters Bre reported with small comni'ndo? in Cape Colony under C mmai'V/- ts Sche-pvr, Malan, Swai epoll, and F uche, the enemy b ing much haras'ed. Mr. Piet De Wi-t, ch'irm<n of Hie B er P. Ac i Commi'te", repor'ing from Bl'emfontiin,empVasis s Command<nt Theron'a refusal to re th > s'atu= of peace envoys. lie "Ko f-t'tes that minis eri (f the Dutch Reformed Church re r \i.s"d t.i ac 1 in ilm int rests of peaci unless the ind'p ink*lice of th° Republic is acknowledge. The transpire TJI t»imo e with the Wrstialian Six'li Contingent has nrrived at Du^an

Received 2, '0.6 a.m. Sydney, May 2. The Krnpo guns captured l.y the New Sou'h WaliK Co-rti'g nt from the Baers arrive 1 t v tho Tcngariro. BOER PRISONERS IN INFIA. Received 3, 12.14 a.m. London, May 2, Five hundred B >er prisoners have a r rived at Madias. Tho/ will he pent t) Be'lary, a i-trong'y forcifi d inland town and military s'ation, ANOTHER BOER DEFEAT. Received 2, 10.37 a.m. London, May 2. Genera' Grenfell attackel the Boers at Bfcrgplaits near Haeneit berg, faring the enemy's last which opened fire at ten thous'tr.d yards. Kitcheners' Fighting Scouts advanced rapidly to wi'hin three thousand yards when the B oaa exploded Iha "Long T''tn " and fled, tan were cip'ueed The othtr British columu killed ten Boer J , wound d .six, and csp'ured six and thirty thousand rounds 6mall ammunition, while six'y Bjers surrendered. The British lost four killed and s;ven wounded in various skirmishes.

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