THE BOER WAR.

Waikato Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1050, 17 September 1901, Page 2

THE BOER WAR.

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BOERS REPULSES,, I CHARGE OF TREACHERY. BOTHA’S PROCLAMATION. i, (Received Sept. 16, 5 42 p.nrt.) London, September 16. Heron’s force of HO men boldly attacked Seidleburg on Friday, wl 25 men of the West Yorkshire Regiment repulsed the enemy with loss. (Received September 16, 5.50 p.m.) London, September 16. Broecksma has been charged with treachery and treason. Document seized in his house showed that treasonable correspondence has been proceeding for six months per medium of Broecksma’s house between Leyds, Kruger, Reitz, and commandants in the held, under cover af letters addressed to the American Consuls at the Hague and Johannesburg. Kruger’s letter showed he was forwarding to Leyds Broecksma’a news intended to influence the pro-Boer organs with the object of prompting action in Parliament. The documents seized included a typewritten proclamation signed by Louis Botha announcing that Boer fighting generals had outlawed Lord Kitchener and all British offi- „ cers, and ordering all burghers to kill every armed soldier and policeman. DESPATCH RIDERS CAPTURED. BOER LEADERS AND THE PROCLAMATION. ORANGE RIVER REVENUE. London, September 16. Two of Reitz’s despatch riders were captured on the Transvaal and Portuguese frontier circulating cuttings from the Review of Reviews and other English Boer organs. De Wet has refused to discuss Lord Kitchener’s proclamation, and told Pastor Murray that a clergyman’s place was iu the pulpit. Steyn discussed the proclamation, but remained unconvinced by Pastor Murray’s arguments, and insisted that the refugee woman were brutally treated.

The revenue of the Orange River Colony for the year shows a surplus of £84,000 without including telegraph and railway returns. STEYN AND DE WET. COMMISSION FOR A NEW ZEALANDER. RETURNING TROOPERS. (Received September 16, 9 45 a.m.) London, September 12. Both ex-President Steyn and Commandant Do Wet refused to listen to Pastor Murray, who voluatarily undertook to visit De Wot and endeavour to persuade him to recall and disband the Boers invading Cape Colony. A commission in the Middlesex Regiment has been granted to LanceCorporal Storer, of the Sixth New Zealand Contingent. (Received September 16, 9.30 a.m.) SIDNEY, September 16.

Eighteen New Zealand troopers returned by the Harlech Castle, and proceed to New Zealand by the next steamer.