The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 148, 4 January 1902, Page 1

The Transvaal.

London, Dec mlv r 20th. In what is b -lit veil to be an inephc* article, the CM gno Gazette s*voi gly protests against tho scti lenient of Boer refugees in German Southwest Uric?. De.jf nber 30, The prisoner* taHn by the. Bot-ra ib !be T«.•■>«; oit. in ff:«r have h-.-eu releasei and h.va •; r d ■ B :.! ( .d..'o, Lo. J tv ; 'brne- his IT 0 pßi’AU'i of return ■o• bo i’>-a .•> vs 1 n i rto J.a ■ • u;.' V ’V : : aho u;l‘ V '’pern •’ penrh 1 •y* ; vT:'’ n. i* s to wor'uc 3 in ‘...'vs ■iO>; v.dpd ; v- . ■- : , ■ ... i,.ro So. •: ■ r:-; '.'i.;? Ci >*/ • slltCCrs v ; f M ' :‘on ’'Oil, ’<•: ti.'jj nho b‘ 'n': I'Sie'He ;f.,..b0r 51. b;' P.p. :‘.u • n . i’aot ivirm .t ,'. ;i ;.s :•> y-I or ini', ambii si: ;• ■.• . )>■ rbt-, I •|i;r-r ! 303 1 ~..,,rb . vir in .0 as nwh r ~ , ' 1 ; -• I ho Boors f.scspin;; in ;vi » 1 1” !*.•■-a aii". A - hi' il b it. 1 alion of ; jie Che biro rwi't, :j •il s>xt h bn' talion ot tb s Muichest, r n 1 iitii, euh §OO n'rong, ><s bei»>" muhodted :.«J invited lo vo'unt or for ,'viU'b Afrb-a. The Standur! in i-a am ml reiic'v, save t hat IS H v-as a gol h n year a 2 regards imp l ?’ HI growt h *■ nd co- 3 dida•don, O-inada and AustmLsia again e. n!,i dinting the needed eh mof, drob ami mobility to thn I’.ri-i h ranks at a

uu-mcnt wliru tho Ro«'ra bw enter* >\ r.po>- their Iwt acotiy aiid-s'raso M. Tho Times * ays a glow ng tribute to tlo fruitful sympathy r-f kin-mpn oversea. . Lord Kitchener has asked for mui'3 cavalry. .Taruaiy I. B •"'■a lv-s d-'eided to ahoot cv* ry nvlh-nal htvitber scout who a ean'uve 1 . The I'ln-- invpecls ] F.i’)P. dr:w - G-tm-ls nr- vio’ii to i!v-lr t-mlni kaduii t r .Son'll Atio-i ■ ;j I he JB.h in-t. The Thirl of Longford and VAconot Fine-s'ie . re r- i in" t,\io ivpineids, he ijiii.'-vr s t lie Ir: h TTec-o an I Fhica 1 k-.’.s iloi'-f! vi ?;.)( ct’vcly, vbo w-il cmi-aik iof Smr-li Africa at'an ea-'y dut-*. Pch opera’ trial lias concluded, am 1 ? jiidcpneiit was rese-ved.

Mr K-nyer in d- fl nt and prov ontivo-, dr m.uidinu he, ides the independence ■ f t! e Republics, cn '-i.nincsiy for r- beds at.d coiTM-eiisation for destroyed fanno. Two hundred Boers r .id; I Inkaniu',, tl-e Sw.zi Queen’s ivsid- nee. A halfhearted resistance was m .da, and n any natives were killed.

The Standard’s Pretoriacbrr.sponder.u soys teat reinforcements of iid-ntryare imperative for an early termination of th£ war.

oha Standard publishes a graph‘d narrative of Da Wet’s recent fights : t Langbeig and Tweefontein." De Wet; realising that the chain of blockhouses and mobile columns we e encm ling him end would isolate him in a foodie p distiiet, scattered bis forces. They reassembled at Laugher", Colonel Darfcnell hastened to encounter them near Langbeg on December 23rd, the Boers charging ' like cavalry, with desperate courage. The Boor check; became a dtnnnede, and as they fled for c-.vcr many fell -into Da tned’s clever imprmnpru r . m m-h. Do Wei j... uli* -:i* d : :,s ■' s int vVi-i’s ••a.ma ■ i -.pdt), ■ hiolly raft i raJ. u ft-g >; e .-md t-L'a.a acro.-s tl-.e ojK u. 'i.lh !>• v ..••h force ( |.p idcif.ry wr.-.l to B-rtblcb- in. D« Wei then fmn,n.-)i’r-d Commum! -v,.*'■■■, Prinf-loo’.i .nd C 'ilvr’s men, ooU c.ing 1700’, Leaving 200 at L'mghy, he feinted to move in th.- dir ction of R.dtz ; then 1-.0 doubled 8-intb-caslwards’ to Twvofontcin-, The British had previously taken every precaution. Fifteen hundred Boere crept ■o the foot, of-a precipice, removed their boots, ciimmd up, overpowered the pi qut.t, and poured a fearful fire inld ■Colonel Finn r’s camp. Each Yeoman

on cmp'sr'nf? frmn h s tent was visible uraiii;' tbc k■*, The enemy was barely distiuqoulahi'*, except for triumphant shouts. A fierce bait-hour’a -struggle ensued, and both sides lost heavi'y. An hour before daybreak the Boers had ponm The-, guns captured from Dataanfc a 6 Tafolkop and afterwards abandoned, w, ii repaired. • Botha passed the Natal frontier Bik Saturday, but was repulsed. The Britr h loss was slight.' When attacking Colonel Dartnell 8.6 Langberg, De Wet covered a daring charge by m ;ans of high velocity guns and a pompom. There is anxiety le : £ these and other guns, captured by thd Boers, may impei il the block hon es. The Standard statr s that tl e drfe 63 of Twecfontein was mors stubborn and sustained than was at the first apparent. The picquet on the crest wr.B seiied and killed, no shot being fired Until the Boers were descending. They stabbed the YbOmam-y pkquets with bayonets. * A gallant rally was tirade* Colonel Williams directing the defence till lid fell with fourteen wounds. ■ Tire tide of the fight ebbed and flowed; bub numbers told* The eapiuted Yeomanry wefd stripped and reused ten mib a froth tbfi scene of the figlk. / ;■’» . t : . ’ - De Wet, with

divided north-east of Bindley, thus frug, rrating pursuit. The blockhouses in the Standerton district frustrated Botha’s attempt to send reinforcements to De Wet. Brussels, January 2. The Independence Beige tells Mr Kruger that if Great Britain grants tho Boers independence, she will lose all her pres.ige, and that the entire British nation will rise in protest against abandoning what has been gained at a great sacrifice. SrnjfEY, December 31. The transports ;C n'nn all and Surrey ha\e been chartered to convey troops to Soutn Africa. One or both may be used for the New Zealand Contingent, which, presumably, will be ready before the Commonwealth force. January 2. j-hc'e are already 12,000 local vclun-* l'ere for tho next contingent.* . J