The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 199, 7 September 1901, Page 4

The Transvaal.

London, September o. | The Burgersdorp Treason Oonrt con- S victed 275 persons on charges of treason! and attempted murder, including 17l| voters. 1 „ T\ * ' Gape Dutch have twice offered to raisa| a special corps to chase .the Boer tebelal out of the colony. | The Daily Telegraph correspondents suppl es further details of the Watersva&tj train-wrecking. One hundred Boers,| commanded by the notorious British! renegade, Hinton, ambushed in the! train cutting at night, and seized aud| gagged the native guards, who were charge of the cutting. The train waj§ derailed at dawn. Colonel Vandelur'i refused to surrender, and was shot; through the hearts * September 4. , Lord Kitchener’s weekly report showii that nineteen Boers w*-re killed, 212.' taken prisoners, and 127 had surrendered that 27,550 rounds of ammunition, 19? \ rifles, 1700 horsasj 7500 cattle, and 114 •' waggons bad been captured. v; Ttieron, with 120 men, surprised a; patrol at Mehens drift. Three .British were killed, four wouned, and three"! escaped ;the rest surrendered, and released *fter taking the oath of I neutrality. The Boers kept firing on the Watervailtrain after resistance had ceased, though • they were informed of the presence of ’, tforaen and children. One Boer twie 9 : deliberately woun led a nurse girl t another shouted “ We come to kill, noli to get supplies*” Passongers and officers were robbed of m >ney, jewellery and i clothes, even to their boots r the ohildrea ■ of tbrir garments, and soldiers’ kits we-C' rifled. One thousand pounds in treasure y were seized. Before leaving, the Boeri i knelc down and thanked God. ; The Magistrate at Pneska reports that Boers captured and shot, in blood two unarmed scouts at Harulkloof. There are persistent rumours that Do Wet, Myberg, and other corpmandanti i threaten to shoot armed Dutch colonia!#| captured after September J6t-i. 1