BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 14 February 1902, Page 3

BOER WAR.

m I GENBRAL ITIMB. FIR TBISS ASSOCIATION. London, February 12. Mr Brodrick stated in the House of Commons t hat the Governor of Nutai twice visited Mrs De Wet at the concentration camp to ascertain whether sbe was comfortable, and received no complaint. Forster, a Transvaal barrister, recovered £2OOO damages against Mr ifarkham, a Commoner, for libel contained in a lettsr to the Times of list February 25th. Lieutecai-t L. May gar, Fifih Victorian Moonteds, has bien awarded i the Victorian Cross for sivirg a man by relinquishing his own hone and j walking to cover at Grelhoutboom. GUARDING AGAINST NXGHT ATTACKS. CAPTURE OF A CONVOY. DESPERATE CHARGE BY BOERS. Received 14,0.12 a.m. London, February 13. Lord Kitchener's broad front in the recent drive w*s nightly secured by entrenching 200 men per .mile, and troops patrolled outside' the rortberri and southern blockhouses' lines. Commander V&ndermerve with 200 mtn got within the tortheHy end on the night of the s>xtb,' aid attempted to traverse the line, bending low in their (addles,and riding amnngst the cattle. Toward the trenches they encountered a bail of ballets, and 30 of the enemy broke through the British cordon, 43 were captured, and seven Six men led by Mslrni <>« p. tared the Fraserborg convoy, l'ha Boers feinted north, then charged recksouth upon the escort. The enemy losth*avily. Major Crofton is amongst the killed. The British casualties totalled 22; Some captured waggons were recovered.

HOBS NATITEB MURDIBBO BY BOERS. Beceiwd 14,0.47 a.m. London, February 13. JjOrd Kitchener's despatches give detai'-s of fifty-seven additional murders of natives by the Boars. OFFER OF MAXIM'S DKOLIKED. Auckland. February 13. Captain Napier, M.H.ft., ha* received a reply from the Defence Office -io his company's offer to send two 'Maxim gnn detachments to South Africa. General Babington, while thanking the company for its spirited offer, regrets he cannot see Ms way to recommend its acceptance. NINTH CONTINGENT. y Aucklavd, February 13. Drilling actively proceeding at the Ninth Contingent Camp at Tepapjpa. Some of the squads are going out between the times of ordinary drlls m their anxiety to make theraee v.-s tfficient. Instructors are particularly careful W make the men thoroughly conversant with the use of the iifl- , and instead of merely putting a rifle in a man's hands at the range and telliug him to shoot, they give each man systestatic preliminary instructions. One of the recruits in camp met with a serious accident yesterday afternoon. He was playing football when he came into collision with one of the other players, and sustained concussion of , the bain. He ha&now completely recovered, and resumed his duties. A lkrge number of horses recently purchased f6r the Contingent are now in camp, and aprear to be of a good stamp. Sergeant Majors Redmond and Burr bav® joined the staff of instructors, ' Having arrived from Wellington yes»er- - ,3P, W. B, Chambers, chi*f clerk in the Commandant's office, and late of the Third (Prince of Wales') Dragoor Guards, had b?eD appointed Quarter piaster of the Ninth Contingent.