BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 217, 21 September 1901, Page 3

BOER WAR.

GENERAL ITEMS. [PBB PBE93 ASSOCIATION.] ' London, September 19. Heavy rains have suspended operations in Southern Cape Colony, flooding the river beds, which often cins'itute the only passes through the monntnins; but despite the hardships the columns keep in touch with the Boers. The Natal Mounted Rifles and Field Artillery have b?en called cu 1 . The Boe-8' rent at'ack on Belfast was intended to cip'ure supplies. A s : milar raid expected in Natal. Fo-ty Hnssu sard Imperial Bushme", while suddenly surr<unded by 300 outside Klerksdo-p. A sharp fight at close qnarlers ensue'', two Brit'sh being wourd'd, ard . c ix Boers killed a r, d 12 wounded There are 2000 Bofr prisoners at Durban about to be shipped. Some of itlem will le sent to India.

Schefpera' commando en'e r ed Birryda'e. Colonel Ciabbe is closely pursuing. Seri- us British hsve bepn sustained at U'recht an') Elards River Poirt. [Ut'echt is in the Transvaa l , jus' acrosi- the N*tal Bo' der. El in d< River is to the north-w st < f Pretoria.] THE REVERSE NEAR UTREOHT. FURTHER PARTICULARS.

Receive! 20, fi.43 pn. LONDON, September 20. Lord Kitchiopr reports that on Tuesday evpniiip thrive companies of Mounted Tnfan'iy, with thres guop, nrr'er Mnjo' Gmt-h, were reconnoitring to th» son'h of TJt-echt. in conjunction wrh the JolianresV'irg McunVd nndpr Co'-n 1 St' wart. Tn«y sigbt°d 300 Bo°rß »etir?n? f otn Sleeper's Nek, t 'wa'ds B'o d River-poorfc. ] M 'jo- Go'igh started for the ridge ovf rlo'kirp the poor)-, asking Colonel ; Stew it, who was raar.ihing an hour i i him, to co-operate. 1 Th<» Bur movement *as evidently 1 intended to tr- p the British, for wher Major Gnugh wna within reach of h s objective the Boers suddenly, and in considerable ftreng'h, under cover of tho poor 1 , a'tacked his front and the tight flirk. Af'er severe fighting the British wers overpo -ered, losing the puns, though the s'ghto art! bre'ch blocks «e-8 first. Hf s'r- yd. Two offic rs a id f< urteen men were killed, and four officers and 20 men wounded, Major Gougb and arother officer escaped duting the l ight to Dejager's fit if-. Thpy rec rt that the Boers i-unbared one thou sard, under Louis BotVa. Colonel Stewart, arable to cooperate with M-.jor G< ugh, and fe'l hack en Bfjaeers. His patrols were not in touch with the enemy. Keinforcf ments h>ve been sent, by Vlaj r-General Lyttelton.