BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 121, 18 June 1901, Page 3

BOER WAR.

AN EXCELLENT ORDIiR. TEN BKITI3H CAPI'URED. PBB PRESS ASSOCIATION, Receive t 17, 8.44 a.m. London, June 16. Lord Kitchener has ordered each household)r in the Transvaal to exhibit on his front door a list of the in mates of his house. Lord Kitchener states he will hold householders re sponsible for the absence of any icnntt unless such absence is satisfactorily explained. Ten men of tbe North Staffordshire Regiment were captured near Winburg on June 11 tb. VICTORIAS S SURPRISED. HEAVY CASUALTIES, Received 17 6.23 p.m. London, June 17. A detachment of Victorians wore surprised at Stoenkoespruit. Theie were sixty casualties, and two guns were lost. DETAILS OF THE CAPTURE OF vIC l'O HUNS. Received 17, 9 20 p.m. London, June 17. Lord Kitchener reports tbat 250 Victorian Mounted Rifles deticbed from Bea'sou's co'umn, weie surprised in camp at St-enkoe-pruit, n*sr Wilmanrust, 20 miles south of Middleburg, at 7.80 in the morning cf the 12th by a superior fcrce of Boris. The enemy crept within shore range and poured a deadly fire, killing two officers and 16 men, and wounding four officers and 38 men, twenty-eight of the latter hove only slight injuries. Only two officers and 50 men lejoined Beatson's columns, the remain-dt-r being captured and Two pompoms were captured. LARGE OAPrURE OF SHEEP. Received 17,10.60 p.m. London, June 17. General Bruce Hamilton has cleared the country between Bloemfontein, | Faui£Bmi'h,and Petrusberg, cipturiog a hundred thousand eheep, many cattle | horses and wagons. MRS. BOTHA'S INTERVIEW WITH | KHUGEII. THE TIMES ON THE VICTORIAN DISASTER. (Received 18, 0.42 a.m.) Brussells, June 17. Mrs* Botha returned here after two hours interview witli Krn yer. The Independence It': 1 ye states Louis I Botha informed Kruger that influential |members of the Transvaal were divided, the majority desiring prac". Kruger's entourage assert he will issue a proclamation dise'aiming responsibility for prace without icdepeedence. Received 18, 12.45 p.m.

London, June 17. | The Times, commenting on the disaster to the Yictoiiars, says there will be sincere ard profound mourning throughout the Empire for the brave colonial kinsmen who died a eoldi'er's death. It wss neccesary for thi Government to continue the war uot'l tbe Boers own • hey ere a finally defeated nation, It does not want a patched up peace.