The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 154, 25 May 1901, Page 1

The Transvaal.

London, May 20. Botha declared to his burghers thatj. Britain was at War with Russia, thas. plague was destroying the soldiers, and that the rest had homewards. He admitted that he had* thought of making peace, but he waf| thankful that he had rejected the. offered by Lord Kitchener. He declared* , that the appearance of a white comet was a sign of early peace, with independence for the Boers. - The King has become the patron of a , movement for the erection of the eastern portion of the new cathedral at Cape* town, as a mem"iial to those who have fallen in the war and as a thank-offering for success. ■ • • • •'■ ? May 21. Lord Kitchener, together with Generals Bio d, Campbell, Pulmeoetiy, Benson and Douglas, has commenced aJ second combined movement to clear the Hast am Districts south of the Delagna railway. The opposition is not • The Boers are not to bo allowed to rest. De Wet, esc jrted by forty men, made a wonderful 'ride from Vreda to ‘ Phillopopolis to commit Hertzog. The Orange commando, who were ordered to concentrate near the Orange, River, d-'dine to follow De Wet, alleging it is too dangerous.’ ; May 22. Sqheepeßs commando has been severely hustled by the British, and ha? dwindled down to 100. '• Kruitzingcr and a rebel leader named Latigan, with 800 men, baye re-entered Cape Colony, trying to aid Fouche, ' '* Several small British patrols have been amburhed and captured, apd then released. ' ‘ ' The total Boer casualties in April 106 killed, 118 wounded, and 2103 surrendered. Twenty-two intercepted Warburton and Brownell, two Tasmanians, ab Gannahook, The colonials behind trees and maintained splendid practice on the enemy, tlmce repulsing them, Ehco’.ing their own horses for cover. 1 ■ Warburton was shot in the head, Brownell, when he had fired his, last cartridge, surrendered. A Boer shot him in the shoulder. Brownell was stripped and released. Warburton succumbed later on. ' ■' The troopship Antillian with the } Wales troops has arrived at Durban. Twelve hundred Boers have conoentrated at Duurbarg. ' 57 Colonel Maxwell, of the Engineers, was thrown from his horse at Rouxvilhr He was rendered unconscious, and is ii| a critical condition. Three thousand horses, 20,000 sheep, 2,000 cattle have hem captured in Eastern Orange River Co'ony. ' m" '■ ' A number of prominent Boer have been brought into camp. ‘ Lord Roberts, addressing the Hussars, at Badminton, said that it was np f t intended to transfer the Ye imanry into mounted infantry. • - : ' : ’ May 22. Colonel Maxwell, who was injured through being thrown from his horse, ie dead. A liofc pursuit of the Boers i maintained by General Scohell, who disorganised Malan’s commando. His spare horses were captured. Many abandoned their saddles-and fied on barahick. The War Office has purchased 16^ t-'ns of Australian jam for South Africa: Two bun Ired and fifty homeless children who were allowed to accompany the Boer prisoners to Ceylon attend a Dutch sch-rnl at Kandy. The childrs^ are p rfoclly happy. Five hundred Boers have landed Bombay, bound for Ashmednagar. * Colonel Scohell, continuing his ppi;suit, captured 4000 rounds or amain ’ . . r • i .»» s■«(}( i muon. Wellington, May 22.. The Agricultural Department have purchased 750 remounts for the Office, requited for South Africa. They will ha shipped at Wellington and Lyttelton next month,. r : Colonel Hunt and Captain Nuttall, who are pvuch*ssng remounts for South Africa, have returned from a visit to tbfc West Coast of this island, having purchased 240 horses. They go on ‘io Christchurch, afterwards returning to Hawke's Bay and Auckland, fhe horses will be shipped by the Cornwall. Seven hundred and fifty are being’ forwarded, 1 ’