The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 80, 4 December 1900, Page 3

The Transvaal.

London, November 80. Lord Roberts reports Dewefcsdorp. garrison, consisting o£ two guns ooff f the 68tb Battery, 400 Glonchester Regiment, Highland Light Infantry and Irish Rifles, surrendered on the 23rd, afjiet four days' fighting. There were 15 %i\tm, ' and 42 wounded. The Boers' numbered 2500. A relief column ol 1400,! from Edenburg, failed, feo arrive in time, and -when joined by Knox en; Mondajt, " found" DGWt3d*n?jr evacuated, excepting 75 sick men. Knox pursued^ and defeated Day Pet and Steyn, at <Vaal Bank,' driving them west and aonth-weat, is. reported that Steyn is wounded/ Clements defeated Be -la Ray near v Krugersdorp, kiJlmg 25. 2t is.reported that ©c la Rej is surro an- ' ded, wiih small prospect of escape., General Knox haa^e-occupied 'Dewetsdorp. i While marching te-Belfast, a force of Canadians w<fc&e~wabualied 7 and dismounting: t&B&tcT&ve their horses in the direatioiM^Mihe main body columnr and' ftfek cover, defending a ridge ut)ti{fyelp armed J Several Boere were kiltefl, but therewere no casualties amongst the' Canadians. - < ; , - Router's Agency reports that 1000 Australians .are returning.' home in a^ewfla-yB. I '„ /-" ~- General Settle bn Tiiesarfy* attacked a.3trong : .;pßsifcion; he^ld- by, Hertzogs and a cptnuiandb 500 strong, midway be'tweef^ smith and Orange ",- After four and a" half houps of obstinate, fighting a detachment of Lancashire Fusiliers, Imperial Yodmftntj, aud ; Diamond Ffelda Horse, under cover of artillery fire., rushed some precipitous ridges. , The en^my fled, not waiting for the bayonet charge.; The Boer losses .wece heavy, .the" British losses slight, Eight bun-, dred horses had previously' passed the spot for De Wet. Herfczog boasted that be had shot #00 native sympathisers with the British action. Three hundred troops are encamped at Worcester, where the forthcoming Africander Bond Conference is to be held. Six hundred additional -Boer prisoners have left Capetown for Ceylon. Th 6 military posts throughout* £!ape Colony have been strengthened. Four hundred Australians, (journeying to Capetown, were detrained ~at Worcester, where they will remain till further orders. I

December 1. . It is officially announced that' Lord Eobertg, in order to return J | Home and assume bis new duties, has handed the command to Lord •kitchener, who has been promoted to Lieutenant-General, with the 1 local rank of General. \ Lord Eoborts, with his youngest i daughter, leaves Johannesburg and ■arrives at Durban on the oth, and leaves Capetown for England On ihe 15th. ; A column from Vtyhuxg, has relieved Colonel Ohanier^ who for some time, with a garrison ©1 T5O, 'has "been Jbesieged at Schweizerrenoke, dispersing the. Boers with considerable loss. The British "had three wounded. . ' j

December 2. , Major-General Paget on Wednesday and Thursday engaged Viljoen Eraenaas afc Reiifonstein. > Colonel Hiloyd, of ihe West' Riding Regiment, was dangerously wounded, five other officers'seriously wounded, and -five men killed ' and fifty wounded. Lord Lyttelton V operating iritb Majotf-General

General Bruce* Hamilton shelled the Boere 1 two .positions at Elandsfontein 'Sitings; inflicting los 3, He occupies Heidelburg, and sent to Natal 80 Wotoen *4rom fcTtefarms, because of constant com-! tmunication with the Boers. >

Paris, November 29. ' Kruger goes to Cologne oh Saturday, resuming the ;journoy ! to Berlin on Monday. '

November-30. , The Chamber of Deputies un-' animoualy passed a vote of colourlefcs sympathy with 'Kruger. Deleave dist on raged discussion of the', resolutions. . ' - M. Henri Rochefortis appealing 4<dt subscriptions fco create anl agitation -against England in f -Ireland, 'Egypfc-ttnainSia. » Kruger isimpatiepfc, xiudas trying^ to 'rush the.Pov/eps into supporting 5 his" uppeal'for arbitration. With, this objective there is an active' interchange of telegrams taking place between Paris, Berlin and 1 Ijivadia, where the'TSaftria abipresent' stayicg, The Senate adopted a vote of sympathy to Kruger. The non-| commital 6i the attitude of both fcho French Chambers has dispelled^ Kruger's lA3t hops. He has countermanded M>he arrangement for' the journey to Berlin. Behind the? abandonment of the visit ie an' authoritative warning that the' arbitration overtures will not be: an tor tamed. i

December 2. \ Kruger, fgfc&rfcing for Cologne,; received an ovation at Paris and all the country stations. The crowd at, Liege shouted: "©own withChauaberlain." Krtiger's -com-" panions immediately drew* the curtains of the carnage. 'Kruger advanced and waved his hand. The crowd, reinforced by students, 1 repeated the cries before the British Consul *6 residence, and threw^toneF until the police induced the Ooosul to withdraw from the balcony. ;

Adelaide, December 1, The city enthusiastically Beized' the opportunity and. handsomely! discharged -the coveted duty of!" welcoming home the first large! contingent of returning soldiers by the Hariech Castle. A -special train conveyed the troops from JPort Adelaide, where the Mayor and aj large ocowd gava a warmer reception to the city men under the command: of Colonel PPricke k About 1500 local, troops, cadets and Blue Jackets* from H.M.S;* Pfyaides, marched through the pxincipaL streets to the Exhibition Buildings. When they had- been offioiaJly -"weksorasd in 1 speeches delivered by the Governor, ! the Premier, the Chief Secretary ! and Commandant, they, with refreshments. The entire, ortj'fra©^, and wasgay withbnnting. Afnicht the_ wtura9<l South Au^feralijins^.were, 1 entertained afc the Town Hall.* The city was brilliantl-yiHutfiinated, CAPET6Wij ?^so ; vember,29. ) Ihe Cape railway authorities* refuse to grant special 'facilities to those attending the Africander? Bond Conference at" Worcester, [ Cape Colony. , |