CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 194, 28 August 1901, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

BOER WAR.

(By Klkctbio fsubgraph—Copt bight)

GENERAL ITEMS. FSB PBVB ASSOCIATION. London, August 26. Two commandos, numbering 700, ware unsuccessful in an attempt to crass , the Orange River into Gape Oolony. The invaders in tbe Midland districts of the o*pa Colony are attempting to move south to join Scheeper's commando in the vicinity of Mndeshoon. The Standard correspondent siys that Ur. Kruger is convinced that tbe Czar's attention to Vanderhoven, who attended tbe wedding of Prince Oldenburg as the representative of tbe Transvaal, implies that tbe Czir and Pr.-sttent Loubet will discuss tbe question of interuentiott. Two Boer sympathisers at Hiddleburg were sentenced to two months' imprisonment for secretly entertaining the enemy; and abont 100 were disfranchised at Burgbersdorp, Middleburg, and elsewhere for treasonable condact. Commandant Letter sent an unprintable reply to Lord Kitchener's * proclamation. Renter's Pretoria correspondent reports that surrenders are occuring freely th.oughout the country, A BRITISH FOROB CAPTURED. INQUIRY INTO THE HATTER. StJRKENDER OF 400 BUBGHEBB. . Received 27, 10.9 p.m. London, August 27. Steyn and De Wet are reported to bn near BasutoUnd. Haaabroeck's raptured correspondence stows that he received Steyn's lost dynamite and ammunition. Three British officers and 65 men on Major-General EllioM's right, northward of Ladybrand, were surrounded 01 unfavourab'e groh«d and captured by a superior force. They were afterwards released. One was killed and four wounded daring the nc'ion. An Isquiry- into the matter has been opened. The Daily Fxpress correspondent spates that 400 burghers have surren- . dered at Middleburg.

THE UNIONDALE AFFAIR (Keceired 27,10.55 p.m.) London, August 27. The Uoiondale engagement was fought on difficult ground. Besides other losses ten Hussars were captured before Ssheeper retreated. Co'onel Beatson is driving Scheeper's force northwards. A COMMANDANT HEMMED IN. PLATim THE BOERS AT THEIR OWN GAME. Received 28, 014 am. London, August 27. Commandant Letter's forc° has taken refuge among the summits of Achtersherg, in the Sueenbere range in Oape OMony. Colonel Siobell, whiln pursuing him, secured and shot a hundred horses. He fired the gra«s on the slopes' of Achtnsb*rg. The »invaders in Cape Colony are split fragment".