The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 144, 12 May 1900, Page 3

The Transvaal.

' London -May's. General Buller's cavalry have discovered that' the Country 1 is clear "of Boers from Acton Homes in the direction of Van fteenan's Pass. The splendid 'behaviour "of txen>ral Hutfcon's division w tnuch^cpuimented on. He '"declares that it Wgely -con-^ tributed to the reeeht successes. \ \ Colonel Baden-Powell reports undSr" da'te'2sth' tha't everything was quiet since the 25th, 'wh-ea 'the- ieader-fttiied induce the Boers to assault the town. Thare iis -some l iodicaUon that the^ Boer artillery has'been withdrawn. -L(sfd Roberts,' j in'biB'despateh te tftc ' siege of Kimberiey, eulogises Colonel Kekewich's tact, judgment, and resolution. *Lord Roberts- states" that "Mr ■Bliode^tnJlterially -contributed 'to " the 'defence. lVl Colonel ' Keke'rvich explains that the lack of compelled conqentration of their fpfces, hence \ -*heir lnabiHty to deapa*efl| expeditions I agaiast 'ihe ehe'uto'. ft

"The'lMtish 'a* teoiikmi buried 35 Boers, lsight ißfritishfwere^lrilfeS and "33 wotinded. . •A: p&rty of Western Australians dislcbv6red concealed' explosives [ -dn' the Smaldell line. The enetny ate in* considerable 1 force at the'Zand River. i ' General Hunter's v force " includas ' Pagefr's v column aud - part of 'Hart's brigade. The enemy 'reports are that Hunter's objective is Vryburg.' General French's whereabcmts-'-sre a mystery. | Great Britain has decided to send no [■more prisoners to St.' Helena, General Hutton's force has reached Welgelegan, -between Suialdell and Kfoonstad. [Welgelegan is situated about -45 miles south of Kroonstad.] General' Hamilton's troops have rear-he^ '-a point ten miles north of' WiiTbusg. Generalßuller is 1 rapidly completing iiiis 'troop arrangements. The ''enemy -at 'Fourteen Streams -fled precipitately, abandoning every-! thing, * though Cheir ' trenches were equal to those at Magersfontein. lidnter's correspon3ect believes that I the SmaldaU Boers are leaving the Zand and retreating, but other reports; "allege that they are-concentrating at Boschrarid. Many of the enemy are surrendering witli htoses and-^Mausera.

Wellington, May ' 9. ; Tbe GoV3fnttient li ha\>e decided ta place unreservedly twenty of the com- j missions at the disposal of Lord Baberts, on the' understanding that such shall be spread over the whole of the New Zealand Contingents. The %ispo*al of the remaining ' l tdn coin-1 missions will be considered later on by' the Gbveuniaefit. * %

/ % ""— j "Mayao. feJk "* e P^y jO^^inquiries as to frhich poim^be''fet*amtjrS^carryi&'g remounts should call, Lord Roberta wires -from iZand RLver Qmtrp, WelgeUgan, s May 9fch: — "Steamers with remoauts rfiould call -at- East London,,"