Telegraphic News.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XLIX, Issue 2450, 6 March 1900, Page 2

Telegraphic News.

IFKOM OUH SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)

[By Telegraph]

London, Mavch 4

Geneva! White repot is tluib while Lord Dundonnld's cavalry were gaJlopivg towai'ds Lndysmith ou Wedoesdtiy at sunrise, :m outmost in tbe sci ub on Wagou Bill suddenly cbullenged Lim and received tiie reply that he was relieving the army. Then tbe faUeied pule, \vo\n, and ahuost bootless men crowded rovnd them clieeriog feebly, a;id conducted Lord Duodomkl to General While. The giu-iison vv.d civiliaiDS rushed to ireet theii , reMeveis, end the sick avd wounded crawled from the'r tenls to cheer. The scene was one of uneontiollable excitetrent. The cvali-y stalled in-pursuit c? tbe retiring et-euiy, hoping to captuie tl'e big gun " Long Ten, , ' which was removed fioin Isiinbuhvano H'll the snme day. O'eneial White, addressing the citizens in the seini-daikness, lauded them fur their heroic patience and said " It hurt me terribly to reduce the rations, but thank God we kept the flag flying." Dm ban and Capetown aie deliviops with joy. ] t is now stated that the Free Staters j>l Cioijjes laager at Koodousrand nearly mutinied, desiring him to surrender. One of the companies which attacked Crouje's laager was composed entnely of French Canadiaus Lieutenant Brassey of the 9th Lancers, a son of Mr Albert Brassey and a nephew of Lord Brassey, was killed during the advance to the relief of Ladysmith. Cbpetown, March 4. " Onsland," the official organ of the Afrikander Bond, asserts that General Jonlert commenced the withdrawal from JSatal on Sunday, February 25th, and declared that Jonbeit's future tactics will be solely defensive. General Gatacre made a reconnaissance in foice on Friday from Sterkstroom towards Stormberg and shelled a Boer position. It transpires that on the eve of the war ultimatum, the Volksraad secured pensions for President Kruger and all the other officials, expecting that Great Britain would recognise the pensions, Three British officers escaped from Pretoria during the confusion following a stoppage of th<? electric light. Sir William MacCormac has sailed for England.