The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 52, 29 September 1900, Page 3

The Transvaal.

! Lonuon, Sopfcetnlm' 25. ; Thfl Boex-3 on the P-ela^na ho.Axiiou Sunday destroyed: a number vl Lo^g Toms. Commandant Pinaur, vviuli 8000 Boai'H. <*roaseri the Portujuerfe """oonml ai'V acd surrendered to Uie Portuguese. Both men and horsc-^ are in a pitiably condition. Yiljoan, Ti^rtiß, R^itz, raid fttpyn ray ipadhig a connmi'Jo nor'h oi t)io Delagoa bny Ino nln.ig toe Spinal Ihvc-r. Th«r int->ntJ^» is to b; r ifi« c . fh.Btiti^h lijies of con>.iiunicabiori.

September 26. Viljo A n with hU commando follow t-d ilia Sc'lu'ii rail .v \\. i'-Uvudi^g tv effect ? ji.ncuoh with De Wt. Thf T5 jeis before pvaeua'ing Koin Ui Poort, destroyed a Long Tom, a, 98 pounder and a. Creusot g.in. Colonel B«u fon captured I.3oQ cattle, 10C0 3b*-c-p ami 17 good^ waggon?, near KnigpirHoi-p. Captain Hutson, v.i'h Nf\v /v^a'and troop*., has lore the Cape for Eupha-.d b-y the s s. Kii^omin <"\-wi,!o. Thy Boecs suit fifty tinckioads m aiiiimuiiti."sn to Pehg.-A Driy b.-tot^ tihoj surr< j ndoced Tli"y also bvuncd mo»h amjnu»]fc:on. 136t)net Bi cle'^ci saw, neat CrocoJii llnev, aoi<^ of di.mag^d gats ani'ii" niiion, ••, 1m g« jnuaboj <A bi'ol:ot> rifles, tentrf and laige Qyantiiie-s o l ' dnijj-igrid jn-ovieions and b.tqgngt\ Xrugov, bidding to rlteroquMbt of the Portuguese, pevßit-iJeil Ooininiunftnt I'inara* not to destroy the Komati railway bridge. Twelve gunj, tho PTijoufcy damaged, weco found at Hectoi'^pi-Mil. The wholo of ti i e rdil'.vay joliing stock Oi i he I'ito Traos\ aa] urovemiut r', =piefiJ foi CJ^rhb uiilps u'ong the Solid iMilv. s,y jii'o. The !•■>:!".!§ slook ha^ bfoa eap f aic3, a"d i^ u'l m O 'ood cou 'li-ioii, c\cupt some burnt wagyo.is au.l CJ.rii J'gcS. TLo Fortugufcj^ oiftiualt: r«t l^ol.i^oa }l.iy bent etni^baocy to the .Cut:^, Ulglt'g tIiPU. "•> " 1* I.l . A c-:ropg :.' rin^ "^lli.iis vu -n *\'l')'U'l Do Lu-lu ht3 lotr, PtCCOLiJ. iv pui-:uit of Do Woii. Et»oh trooper lin^ two hoibas a.id tijubla taauis fi^couip'i'iying the guns, with traiibpoj.i-5 and C.ipe carts. One hundi-cid invalided Ausirjhans will foiitJ ilia ynaid of honour at lord Hopetouu'b bxur,nac. bistGen Caiif'l'un ofu^eii; ar.'l Oi^ nie'i iaft 00 j vo'3S'.\"a hoiusAi-i'di. Tvvu 12 poundsci hel^ngin'j Id llie Q i^afettjiy aie uujjng Hie givis toand at Creood Ie J.lVtft 1 . T , S°pi3.aber 27. The bik.'ice "henl ot the Welhngfoii I'Io»o 2uen Fuud show.i that the pwbho Cuutubuted £6.'.22, and the iulmi liioijus^hes 0£319 lor t-hoir p^ssjayjs ai.d equipusfciit o£ 84 iU3.i a-'m uoisbs. TincounniLuoe paid ths Guve^uni^rK X"B^C'9. for expenses oi the c.anp 411V20 and tot 1 piiicbo-sp, of hones .VHC*, ie:;viiig ft baiai'iCa in the bank of 4-J571-The contingent themselves icjjid i'J horsfci, valued at dßoi.^, tntkn.g WeHiiifjtu'i's total conferibr.tioii ,Q~2H&. Sir \V. K. Skinner, of Welliijpioa, hss rece'iVßd nowa of the denrb of hi. 5 soji Harry, in Moi liiver Military II r o^pital, on Jaly 2nd. Trooper Sl'inuei Ht'tived Id Xatal at the outbreak oi t'Le war and joined Thorneycroi't's Mountsd Infantry. The caueo of death was fever, which he eouuaetod oner the capt»re oi Laiog's Xok Kp was well knovvn in amateur theatrioii circiea in Wellington. Th-e P-aaiier has received the followiijg cabloijL'am from tho Hijh Goiu mia^ioaec at Ca,j>etovvn, dated ?6th " — " Newcoinbo (shii"! contingeat) is progvbsi»iag Cftvounibly and apih tor Eu^iaud to day iv the Duncra."

In a brief note received hy Archdeacon Cbolmondeley, 'find bearing « post-mark of August J2, Sorgr-am Cholmondcley, of fcho Third Contingent, writes :—": — " Just a liae to say lam qaifce well. Wo have been Lo Sasfcenburg, seventy -miles nocth T» r esfc of Pretoria, and odd a big day's fighting. The ■ rbiid Contingent got iuSjo, a warm j corß-.r. and throe of us wero wounded. Ono was lying at my side, and I and aaofcher mu.n Carried bin? oS. He \tos shot in the hi-p, the bullet' coming through at the* knee. 'Major Jowsey lefcr ns for New -Zealand- yesterday, and we are all very sony, as-a-ho htul jusb come baok-ioiis, and wa3 much loved by ail of our Baen. We are dow under Baden-Powell, and do 3,01! know SvhWjj v^e shift next. At present wo are caiupwl 30 mik-s •west of l-rcLpwa.' The Bdera are ■Very dangerous jusfc now, and you don't kno¥/ when to expect a shot from thGni, as they travel about 'in small parties of twelve' or more, and snipe at you. I am sorry to say they-Q&pfoirod eighty" waggons and SGQ-eolomals two days ago, and I am-afrai4^ft«&]% r Fbixrth 4i,nd / l^iflK i^oatingents will be. among ib&n, 1 ' Jr^a>;e;'4iq,; time to \v*rftie,any;mot;e;*V^M3JO!r .^owsey's recaH has sinck'bee?i.cancellod.