The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 122, 12 March 1901, Page 3

The Transvaal.

Loncuox, March 7. Schsopor’s c;m uM.ndo on to rod Aberdeen and forced dm prisoners in tho pud to join thorn. Tno l!or rs were ultimately repulsed wi• h h; avy b<g. ( 'K:I’T.- 1 ;y.i; wIO hitiGilU is SCf)-!t.S fried to dentil a train ;ii IDnjnsj.o.u-t. rise Australian fcrn vps, who Wore aboard, prevented, t.iiis being dune. Genera! j'renoh is experiencing fearful weather, an 1 is findinL; it diincuit to forward convoys. The troops ere thernforo iargdy doUyod for want of forego. Lord iCitchoner reports that Do La iI ■ y is attacking Lichlenmu-g.

and that Lie pari ism], unmooring is resisting. Tim i'ghUng continues, and reinforcements are

Particulars of the capture m ou Honrs hy li> Victorian Bushmen, snow that the Victorians, who wort; attached to Golonul Hennikorff column, reconnoitred a party of Boors who were trying to intercept Colonel Nesbitt's Horse at the junction of tiro Zec-hoe and Orange Rivers. Captain Dal ii more ac nightfall stampeded the Boer horse,-' and eammndod the Boers, whom ho a vakenod at onco by firing a volley at close i tinge. The Doors realising they were without horses took cover, and fought for ba : f an hour, when Captain Dallimoro threatened to uso a big gun. Then the Boers surrendered, and wore chagrined at the fewness of the captors. Devon hundred of Krnilzinger’s commando, with two guns, have occupied Pearston. overpowering the garrison, numbering soventyli vo. Boers at Pretoria state that the loaders are willing to surrender with the hu’k of the commandoes, if they are assured of a personal amnesty, and assisted to make a fresh start, and tui rebels are pardoned.

Marcb 8. KrnUzinger captured 60 rifles and 20,000 cartridges at Pearson. Colonel Gorringe has re-occupied the town, and be blames the town guard for feebly defending a practically impregnable position. Kruitzingor has been driven across tbo railway. Do Wet is hard pressed in the direction of Fauresmith, and has no guns. Parties of Boers 200 and 400 strong, occupy positions on Rouxville and Boesman’s kopje. Steyn is at Smitbfield.

In the House of Commons, the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, replying to Sir. H. Campbell-Bannerman, confirmed the report that Botha was in communication with Lord Kitchener, but said that ho was unable now to make a statement.

The Daily Mail states that De Wet is near Petersburgh. General Bcthune and Colonel Pilcher are hotly pursuing him. Reuter’s representative at Delagoa reports that news has reached Delagoa that Lord Kitchener has granted Botha seven days’ armistice.

Other reports show 1 siat the Boer Ladeisami Lord-Kitchener have been negotiating at Middle-

burg for several days. Do Wet, by means of a ruse, sent Commandant Froneman atuh JOJ men to trek north. They crossed thy Holder River near Abraham’s Kraal on Wednesday, while Bteyu am* De Wot and the remainder of the force were resting near Springfontedn, March 0. The Times’ Pretoria correspondent reported on Wednesday that Botha’s and Lord Kitchener’s negotiations at Middlehnrg were in abeyance pending the British Government’s answer to bo submitted to the proposals.

The Daily Chronicle states that Botha and a majority of bis odicers have approved of Lord Kitchener’s terms of a general amnesty to all who surrender, also for ai! the prisoners, excepting the chief Cape Colony rebels, Britain to help the reinstating of tiio.se amnestied on farms. De Wet and Stoyn are excluded. They replied to Botha that they were irreconcilable terms. Sydney, March 10. Deferring to the peace negotiations, Sir W. Lyne said that there was ('very probability of peace being declared, and said that lie will communicate with the Imperial authorities with regard to the contingent. Knless the Australians are specially asked for by the War (Mice, he should think', if peace was arranged, they would not be desp itched.