BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 64, 7 March 1902, Page 3

BOER WAR.

THE CONVOY DISASTER. FURTHER DETAILS. PBS PRESS ASSOCIATION. London, March 5. The Standard states that, believing the road was quite safe, a part of the of Colonel Yon Donop's convoy, iucludmg a detachment of Pa gel's Horse, was allowed to ride to lOrkadorp the previous night. Covered by a dark wet night De La Rey placed 1300 men between the camp and j Klerksdorp, concealing 500 in the thick scrub a few hundred yards round the approach to a spruit. When the vinguird was assailed at daybreak th» guns instantly raked the t-crub with shrapnel! and maxims, the mounted infantry firing steadily and comp&llirg the Boers to. retreat afte" half an heur'iJ evgvg-ment. Tha waggons had barrlly r- sumed the march when a second onslaught was delivered wit'i extreme dash and courage, tlvi «nemy riding within a hundred yirds and firing from the Paddle, causing a few mules to bolt and overturn a team. After the second repulse th?re was a brief lull, then the B-ers recklessly galloped at the funks of the column overwhelming it by shaer weight of number?. Co'onel Von fbnop's attemp 1 . to pack His wnggons uci'ops the road when the final aUtclt was made failed, owing tc the native drivers bolting and the mules The guns from the high ground were shelling vigorously until the Boers, charging with tremendous impetus, captured them. A few minutes ef confused fighting ensued, then all was over. The Northumbsrlmd Fusiliers were in tha extreme reir of the column. When th«ir ammunition was they fixed bayonets and charged, but were eventually overpowered. De La Key freely sjamboked the lookers, but when he hid gone the dead and wounded prisoners were s' ripped, A few waggons and one maxim reached Klerksdorp. Da Li R-y burned most of tho waggons, then, dividing into three bo.lies, I moved north. Thirty Boers were killed and 28 wounded. GENERM. ITEMS. London, Mavch 5. In the House of Commons Mr Humphrifg Owen, member for Montgomeryshire. moved a reselut'on condemning the Government's delay in improving the condition of the concentration camp". Mr Chambprlai",in a brilliant, speech in defpnep, condemned the gravo and wicked exaggerations of the pro-Bo»rs, and eulogised th« cease'. ss labour. siCf rifles. and demotion of t, 1 " 1 admin'strnto'R of tho camps, which w»>c roaintainiag 150,000 re-s ns a ens* of £IBO 000 a m nth The morality amongst children i.> the ramps under 12 v»srs had fallen ti 78 p«r thou«nd. The motion was negatived hy 232 to 111. 0"lnn°I Driscoll has captured Commandant Ja"oVs linger on the Orange River, taking six prisoners, including Fi«H-Oorn»t Smit. Captiin How?a'e, of S'ernacker's Hors9. captured 15 Boars near Steynsdarp, including Cooper, Botha's chief telegraphist. . The Boer prisoners at Umbaila are sullen and defiant, and refuse to s'gn the parole if they are transferred to I Sinda. Mr Chamberlain is engaging forty teachers in Canada to work in the concentration camps in South Africa. SENTENCES ON REBELS, Received (i, 4.57 p.m. London, March 5. A fnrmer at Berkly West has been sentenced to three years for joining the enemy, and another farmer received a sentenea of one year and was fined £soo'for acting as a Field Cornet. F. Freek, Sixth New Zealand Con-, tingent, is convalescent and has resumed duty. j Auckland, March 6. A row occurred in camp on W»d--esday evening, which resulted in three troopers being expelled fr~m the camp to-day. It appears th" "ien received heir pay on Wednesday afterororj, and * few of them patronised the canteen to a greater extent than waR good for rhem, th» r-sult being a me'ee which ' Sergeant-Major McTnto«h had to take steps to quell with thq aid of a guard, i several blows being exchangad. | I NINTH CONTINGENT. j The following appointments were made by Captain O'Brien on Tue»dnv: "E" Fquadron : Serpean*. Major Newdick, Quartermaster Sor?eant Jackson, Sergeants Cairns, (> nt.D.y, Grant, FToughton, Woollnr, F.irri«rS«rg*ants Buckham and Wilson, Sad-dler-Sergeant CromHe, Corporals Bell, Druper, Fahey, Mailer, Sohofield, Taylor, Lance-Oorporula Cochrane, De Montalk, Lockley, Wilson and O'Reilly.' " F " fquadron : Sergeant-Major H>sp, QrtajtKrmastpr-Snrgcant, Baddily, Sergeants Dnnn, Gilmrre, Hewitt, Hunter, Munros, Shaw, Farrier-Sergeants Thomson, Francis, Saddler-Sergeant ? Powell, Corporals Bell, Long, Robert-

sm, Stotfr, Cosscrove, Kelly, L"ncp 0 >r iwials Collier, Ford; e., Goodwin, Scott and "Willis. "G" squadron: Srgeant-Major Herbe.c, Quartermaster Sergeant- Hawthorn, Sergeants Catheiull, Thomas, Bollinge, Lean, Wallitt, Rusden, Saddler-Ser-geant. Johnston, Farrier-Sergeants Trengrove, Duncan, Corporals Barnott, Well wood, Mac Lean, Collitt, and Petc-rson, Lance-Corporals Walfram, Goodwin, Marsh, McKenzie, Craig and jSpeck. "H" squadron : Sergeant Major Horefall, Quartermaster-Ser-geant \ Parsons, Sergeants Francis, Munro, McGoldricb, Cattle, Kelly and Wallace, Farrier-Sergeants Maraon md Williams, Saddler-Sergemnt McKee, Corporals B?z»r, Cook, Campbell, Henderson, Turner, and Weir, LanceCorporsls Amos, Hume, Larkins, MonDiek, Minnisiis and Morgan.