The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 110, 19 February 1901, Page 3

The Transvaal.

London, February 14. P. The on, President of the |ier Bond, is proceeding to sn to consult Piet de Wet, who that the Bond should send a ijon to intimate to Christian de ja Steyn that the Afrikander.■jrd no material help to raiders , persuade the com nandos to the Grange River and surrender. :onfi lent that Botha will then tt3 he is av are that Botha ]y earnestly advocated sur,a ia apparently seeking a refuge Mongol a Lush, south of Swaziand in the extreme south--3 portion of the Transvaal- He 33 of thousands of cattle, and hi« y extends for miles. •ommando crossed the Orange on the I3th in the Philip stown It is understood to be 1)j itornmando. j Queen of Swaziland has 33d Lord Kitchener that she 3 to prevent the Boors entering • irritory. a Qoors captured two trains near jt, robbed the passengers, and started the trains so that the\ .into collision, and the engines smashed. i February 15. 1 aeral French is driving a larg jof Boers in the direction 0: retiif, and prevented them from k’ng back. The Inuiskilling* lulling five and wounding ’A largo number of waggons and e were captured. . Wet, with 2000 men, crossed the lire nver at Zands Drift on tunry 11th, and proceeded west. , February 12th 400 Boors ;keJ Philipstown. Several were j, and the rest returned to the heast. . oaumndmts Hertzog and Kant ,r are endeavouring to join Do j-ee hundred and fifty men of De i's eotnmvuJo occupied Philipstown Tuesday. A small garrison of naury defended the gaol, while tenant Hennikor and sixty Vieiu Imperial Bushmen rushed and .pied a kopje commanding the ra. ,

, in" continued all day, and Major ijviHe Smuh and two squadrons of Victorians nud :r Major L. E. trio arrived in the evening, when [iJoers retired north east.

I February 16. prv:-brjck a id Woesfc, commanding Kniun of i)e Wet’s force, with 20U I:!; i;s. crossed tin Zand Drift on Ijr-.ary iKh. They wore repuls-d at ilip tow I and Petrusville. Pighang ■February 12ch and 13tb was brisk. k 1 ene ny used a 15 pound- 1 ! ■;vrcd from tin British, the Iti.tel bursting splendidly. Subs; - |-.,'i!y ojlnml Flamer’s force of jv.rdian Bushmen arriv d with a ,ip mi, a id extriciced 200 Imperial i‘.-ouc!i A. - 'lice.a Horse who were d pressed ay H-i.i-sbroek twenty Vs west of Oole-burg. The Briti u sikies were light, bat the enemy s in heavier. Colonel Fmm t. .rsning t le Boers westw.ud, captured Uaxim and a great portion of Ida Vs ammunition tram. The. Boers who lately evacuated ilvinia are splendidly mounted, and ? ravelling in the direction of Kanirdt at the rate of sixty miles daily, tieiieral French has captured a tmber of Boors, including Botha’s tarv.

iG -neral Smith Dorrieo has occupied la;'. •Miaul. |Tae Australian Buslunen performed fc'aost fighting daring the march of Bird Alctnuen’s coiamu between litam.ui and the Transvaal border, IptUi'ing several convoys. Tney had Lh difficulty in capturing one, bieh had been entrusted to expert jiaen drivers. The Daily Mail states that De Wet li btoyn h vo crossed the railway ’.ween Hontkraal, Folfoatein, and ;r;h of De Aar, on February 14th, li d.stroyed two culverts. Colonel Crabbe, following De Wet. ipturcd fourteen wagjOns and some teeners.

General De Lisle was given a iuzied welcome at C Ovinia, vyhere i Boer cruelty, vindictive exactions, nil wanton destruction recalled the arst scenes in the early campaign in anhern Natal. _ . An armoured train With a Maxim lied nineteen 80--rs who were trying i dost oy the railway at ltd mburg, .inh of Bloemfontein, during the got. De Wet's ac.ion in shooting the ;uce envoys, and the raiders in Wing their friends in Cape Colony, ihaving the effect of alienating Dutch rtupaihy from the Boer cause. Ik fore the Boers left Oalviuia they hp (, ed several officials for not revealigfiiddeujartns, and they flogged the hgisirate, Mr Buk, and shot the wive drivers. A number of native rivers were ce.ptured and shot elsewhere. February 17. In the House of Commons Mr lilfour said the Government intended i appoint a committee of both Houses J inquire into the question of pensions it the widows and orphans of soldiers >ho have lost their lives in the South lidcan war. Sidney, February 17. Sir William Lyne has informed the imperial authorities that the (jovernaisnt of New South Wales could not igree to the proposal to recruit 1000 toastabulary for South Africa. Victoria tent a similar reply. The Queensland Government saw no objection to a juota being raised there. Brisbane, February 17. The Government has been unoffici dly informed that the offer of another tontingeut has been accepted, the far Office greatly appreciating the offer. Wellington, February 16. At the conclusion of the war it is intended to call together the returned Members of the New Zealand continents at the centres of their different • districts, where welcomes on a large Kale will take place.