BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 107, 9 May 1902, Page 3

BOER WAR.

—..—« BOEBS SANGUINE OF PEAOE. FIB I-RMS ASSOCIATION. London. May 7. Mr Bennett Burleigb, Daily Tele graph correspondent, 6tates that the unrghers in the refugee camps regar.l peace as certain, but the military are pessimistic and are preparing for an increasingly vigorous campaign.

AN EXTENSIVE CLEARING MOVEMENT. ' Jteceived 9, 0.3E i.ra. London, May 8. Lord Ki*cbeoer reports that Colonel Elliott on Tuesday held the country from Lindloy to Liehenbergvlei, «u>d Colonel Barker t+e drifts from Liebf nbergvlei to Frankfort. A continuous line of columns l»ft Frankfort, Heibron,' and the Vrede-fort-road lite at dawn, without, veWo'es, and travelling rapidly reached Colonel E liott'* line in th« af'erooor. Ten Botr' were fcill*d and two hundred and eight captured, cons'itntmg * portion of the m»st irrecorcilable of the Free St** ere. Many horses and cattle were taken. The Bri'ish casualties «sere nil. Colonel Cnop«r h«s relieved Ooki'p. The enemy have ratii ed south. The jn'nera at Ooncordiasurrenderrd, providir.g the mines were not damae f d ; but the enemy bad gon« when the relief party reached the town. Wellington, Mav 8. ! The Governor has received the fol-1 lowing cablegram from South Africa :! —The Aurania left Capetown on 4th May, having on board Lieutenan f Christian (Johannesburg Mounted Bines, nine men of the South Africanirragular forces, and 51 men of thel Tfaw Zealand Mounted Infantry, including eight invalids, for New Z»a{ealand. The ship calls at Albany for orders.