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BOER WAR. ——♦ CASUALTIES AT VANDONOF3 OONVOY AFFAIR. DE WET AND STBYN ENCAMPED. LORD KITCHENER PERSONALLY CONDU TING OPERATIONS. PRK PBESS ASSOOIATIOU.J I Received 4, 3.20 p.m. I London, Mmch 4. The tot.il present rasualties in the Vondonop's convoy affair reporUd are five officers nrd 45 mrn killed, tis officers a:d 120 men. wounded, 10 officers acd 302 man missing. No de'ai's of the disaster are to hand. The Daily Mail states that De Wet and Steyn encamped (? decamped) dur ing the attack on the Seventh New Zealanderc. L->rd Kitchener directed the final movemen'sof the drive. VONDONORP'S CONVOY CASUALTIES. CAPTURE AT MIDULESBCRG. Received 4,4.22 pm, London, March 3, The casualties at the capture of Vondonorps convoy were distributed as follows : —Ten Northumberland Fusiliers killed acd 59 wounded; two of tbe Fifth Battalion Imperial Yeomanry killed and 13 wouodtd; 18 of the Third Battalion South Staffordshires killed and five wounded; other Yeomanry forces, 15 killeJ and 37 wounded. In addition to these, 10 officers and 302 men are missing. Colonel Parke's column captured 18 Boeu at Middleburg and 23 surrendered. NINTH CONTINGENT. Auckland, March 4.
Owing to the money for the troopers pay not having been sent from Wellington, the first-days pay had to be postponed, the men being much digappointed. Gap'Uii. K>ns«v, Lieutenant vnd Qaar'er-ma t r' Chauibi.d, and L : eutenai:t Lewis have arrived in camp.
The Auckland Presbytery carried s motion expressing admira'icn at the gallant -conduct of tho Seventh Contingent at Bo'hasberg, and sympathy with bereaved friends. It has been de ided that the Ninth Oontinge s t be brought on the 19th to town by rail, roar.:hed to* Government House p«ddo'ks, add-essed, and then entertained at, lunciie ,n in the Chora' Hall adjoining, afterwards being given an opportunity to take leave of their frienda in tho adjoining grounds. They will thrn p'eceed to the wharf to embark.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 62, 5 March 1902, Page 3
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