BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 220, 27 September 1901, Page 3

BOER WAR.

| GENERAL. ITEMS. : [PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] j London, September 25. j Commandant Theion has crossed tbe railway south of Towns River. An in- ' decisive tight occurred. A farmer has been arrested for giving false information enabling tbe Boers to cross. Fifty Northumberland Fusiliers on tbe night of September 18th left Lichtenbnrg to surprise a faim at Duiksfontein, expecting to capture T*e la Rey and staff. They rushed the farm at daybreak captoring eleven, but De la Rey fled overnight. There is a grave outbreak of eeriou* crimes at Capetown, a number of murder and Lurglaries hnve been committed. Lord Kitchener congratulated the Governor of Natal on the ready response made Vy Natal for volunteers. Commandant Malan has obtained many recraits in the Sutherland district. The Natal volunta s have been sent to Greytown. Major Andrew Murray's casualties are 38. The Field Artillery h»d 7 killed and 4 eeverely wounded; L'vat's corpi lot 9 hilled, 1 dangerously. wounded, 23 severely and 6 slightly. Colonel Gough's additional m'siing is 33 belonging to the 69th Battery of Field, and 3 others. The Ha&ue, Sep'ember 26. Kuyper, tbe Dufch Piemior, replying to a question in the second Chamber said the Cabinet had disused whether they onght, like their predeceeso s, to include in the sp e h fiom tbe throne some mention of South Afi ica, and it was decided not to use a mere empty phrase, but the Goveinm&nt had not declared that they woold never be able hereafter to dojjsomething for the Boers. BOER LEADERB EXILED. , BOTHA SHIFTS HIS QUARTERS. Received 26, 10.41 p.m. - London, S. pt-mbrr 26. Ten Boer leaden, captured since tbe 14th ihst., have been sentenced at Prftoiii to permanent banishment. Botha, with a large force, ha* quitted the vicinity of D jiager's drift, and : is encamped on the Transvaal side of Dkandbi Hill. BOTHA'B STRENGTH 5000. A DARING OFFICER. BLOEMFONTEIN SHORT OF lOOD. Received 27, 1.15 a.m. London, Sep'mbcr 26. Boer adviefs sttte that Beyers and Viljoen have joineJ Bitha, who has a force of 5000. Lieutenau'. Gr in 1 ', of the 12 r >h Lincers, entering Scheep-r's laager alone on the night of tbe 23rd, summoned the Boers to surrender. Three complied with Grant's demand. He then threw some lifles into the river, and shot two men. The enemy in the coj- | fusion tired at random, wouuCiag their own men. Complaints are made of short supplies of foodstuffs in Bloemf'.ntein. RETURNED NEW ZEAL ANDERS. Wellington, September 23. A party of returned I rojpers, ifhose oames were lele,raphtdsome days ago, rii'ed from Sydney by the Waihor.i ! to-day.