The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 176, 11 March 1902, Page 3

The Transvaal.

London, Mar<h 6. At midnight on Fvhi-utry 23, . the Boers rushed .with great mass of stock the position held fA» sTi

by i ut; N ' >'j •Maud. rs, over\V *; Mi:i i 1 i;' Ihe pick ,t. ' TllO NoW Zeabn-i.*.*- ■ made a gd od' ; • d-.dVnno. b*;.‘ •”•.*:•.) r*--.rj t <*>n 'he Kink, and were ;*is;;h?o i>> use thoir fill! strength. They wen; rr<iin;:<;!l• •i 1 In shift to avoid th" furious tin;-. Other pick ts of the New Zealanders ■ warned Captain Cox’s Mew South Wales i coops, who altered their formation. The Boers in the van pushed north witli their wounded. The ligiu lasted an hour and a half. The colonials used 17 boxes of ammunition. Seventy dead horses wa re found in front of Captain Cox’s position. Do Wot escaped in tho confusion when tlio oxen rushed the Now Zealanders’ lino at Bothasberg.

Lord. Kitchener’s line during the drive extended 120 miles ovai terribly hilly and broken country. Tho transport of the guns was tremendously dillioult, especially on tho Natal border. 'ideal Comet Jan Busier and 12 others, have been captured in

The Standard stales ilia; Sleyn and ’ >e\v«£ are conhiung Botha to the Utrecht nisi ncl. Since the beginning of ! ho war (lie Uiaiish In tees have, been T'-C ollUvrs and *Jhnh men killed. 1 1 ofiieerd anti 1:0,01)6 men wounded, 301 ollicors end 13,000 mon die*! from disease. Deaths horn ad causes totalled nearly 21,0dd, During the late swoop towards Natal the British guns had to bo lowered over precipices. One column in crossing the mountains was a bovo the. clouds and without food for three days.

Tim cup!uro of Commamlum Truthor and -X‘o men iri ivganiod a a moat important, as he ia a groat leader.

Mr Kruger is bitterly tfisappointod at President Roosevelt 3 declaration that America will no! intervene. He declares that lie will not seek further iutorvantiun, but let the Boers light to a finish.

Wessols and Wolmarans, tho Boer delegated, have cabled advising Mr Krugorto roemnmond tho Boer Generals to con lot' with a view to arranging fcerim-. The delegates’ presence in \\ ashingion attracts little attention.

In tho House ol Commons, Mr B.iodrick confessed that ho had been unduly sanguine regarding his estimates of the number oi Boers in the field. It was impossible to distinguish lighters from non-lighto.a. Unless they wore very old, or very young, all surrenderors were very liable to serve under commando law. Tho rebels under Vaudeinierve were nearly p.nrroun-.W in tho Vryburg district, Vtuulermcrvo escaped, but 13 rebels ann three TransvaalcrH wore captured. Colonel Kimington’u column discovered in a cave near Th'iH SO'd.ODO rounds of ammunition, 10,000 Keo-Motford cartridges, hundreds of shells and fuses, one Maxim gun, two heliographs, and quantities of miscellaneous stores. They a.ie believed to be Do Wets reserve. Washington, March 6. President RuosoveUt received Wcss'Ts and Wolmarans, the Boor delegates, as private citizens. He declared that America could not, and would not, interfere in the war.