The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 147, 31 December 1901, Page 3

The Transvaal.

— :o: London, December 26. A large commando attacked Linchwe's tribe at Bakhatla, on the Pilendsburg, killing a number of herdsmen and seizing 60,000 cattle. ; Linchwe has appealed to the authorities for leave to defend his kibe : and recover his cattle. Lord Kitchener will send oonvoys with Christmas cheer, tobacco and beer to all the columns in the field and to the remotest blockhouse and camp. Eighty-five thousand Xmas parcels will be delivered to the 1 troops. The Queen's pipes were ] eagerly welcomed. Paring the ye:vr the troops remitted £2,000,000 of pay to their relations. Commandant Schalkwyk has been courtm%rtialled and shot at Krugersdorp for firing on wounded and surrendered troopers. Khaki dress enabled the Boers at Tafelkop to approach unrecognised to within 200 yards and shoot 82 out of 40 Yeomanry who were oscorting waggons, while 150 Boers ambushed in the Jong grass on the neighbouring ridge assisted. Despite their leaders' efforts, the younger Boers pillaged the wounded and dtead. Mistaking Colonel Scott's charge for the arrival of Rimington's column, the Boers abandoned their • guns and fled. It is believed that their losses equal the British. General Bundle reports that De Wet, with a considerable force, rushed Colonel Firman's camp at Tweefontein during the night of the 24th. It is feared that the casualties are heavy. Colonel Firman's column consisted of the 34th, 85th, 36:.h and 53rd companies of Yeomanry, one gun of the 79th Battery ol Field Artillery, and pompoms. December 27. Forty-three thousand six hundred and fifsenn fewiss women signed a Christmas letter to the , vvcruvii of Great Britain and c IVekivJ. protesting against the \ iy ! 9;;t:'i <.";.u;m')ma.;ou of women arid v-.hdu'ioii an the concentration camps*. DoUiil?. 'jf the Beginderlyn fight snow, thar Xbii mounted men chased •? k (?) Boerri over successive ridges. . .( : -v/J«g.to a hrdt the third company o.'.'vipiad sae foremost position. 1 M'.ovy a body of khaki-clad r.a: i.ty .ipjnoaching in sections for :' .i'k'.. i ; iic Boers dismounted at a disUnca 'Ol thirty yards, conivqiiiiying, and overpowered iho oorv-.paay. The second com* j.vay, vib'mh wag to the leftward, t ■mada'a stand, The first company, 3 buing in tho rear, were thus enabled !,:< 'L;i»a ri .£ojirjjh .company mi'st:iin-00. r '' v «*Bualtlei- in :. diisbi?ig il>rough the Boers. i * December 29. . \xl3snth-s piquet at Tweefontein :w&s■•overwhelmed the 120 t mett < ; : un'tafeiJ*'/JVflli,had all killed and ; wounds! with those now at Elands Bivcr h£idge v ab£ut half a column is fbt-. 'The rest were takeni}ififi6!3*i)B, Thd lo7i|baa<3er fired -two rounds an3 the gunners the gun, ¥''ssosss vSearlett, who was behind, saw ■ ''"''"""''" "'iails of dead and I removed. They in the first attack nant Scarlett's retfrne'saw ivlng men to assist rrived before seven' hgjs, ims, five offjcers,