The Boer War.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXVI, Issue 1378, 23 February 1900, Page 5

The Boer War.

(Continued from pa ye 6.) ■ ♦ THE NATAL FRONTIER BULLER VICTORIOUS. A MAGNIFICENT CHARGE. INHLAWE AND GREEN HILL GAPTURED. After the capture of Cingolo Hill (which is to the east of the well-known Inhlawe Hill) on Sunday (the 18th) General Buller continued bis attack upon the Boer position at Inhlawe Hill. He poured a heavy shrapnel and lyddite fire into their trenches on the Inhlawe and Green Hill, doing splendid work and raking them thoroughly. ■ The Scottish Fasileers on the 19th gained a kopje separating Monte Cristo from Green Hill. . The Irish Eusileers, following up, began the nscent of the latter. At the foot they gave utterance to a rousing British cheer, then, with their bayonets fixed and flashiDg in the sun, they charged in magnificent form, drove the enemy before them, and gained the hill. Ah eye-witness reports that up to this point General Buller had takenlOO prisoners. His movement imperils the Boer communications to the north, and threatens Isambuhvana. The General's cavalry guard the Tugela Drift; opposite the captured hill. The. Daily News correspondent confirms the report that the Boers iled at the sight of the bayonet. . General Buller is said to have occupied the trenches abandoned by the Boers on Inhlawe i Hill, which the .British failed to capture in their first engagement on December 15. Details of the capture of Monte Crislo show that General Buller assaulted the position with a heavy artillery fire both from the front and the flank, whilst at the same time he made a v : gorous attack upon the enemy's rear. The General praises the dash and energy of the irregular cavalry. Special mention is also made of the West Surreys, the Scots Fusileers,. and the Kind's Eoyal Rifles. The steadiness of the Artillerymen and Naval Contingent under the occasionally very accurate fire of the enemy's guns is also commended. The Boer gUDS were withdrawn as the engagement proceeded, so tbattheir final resistance to oar advance was slight. The British captured several camps and a large number of waggons containing stores and ammunition. The British casualties were not heavy. General Buller has occupied all the hills to the South of the Tugela, and shelled the enemy's trenches at Colenso. The extensive . tiers of formidable-roofed shell-proof trenches at Inhlawe Hill and Hlanwane were constructed so as to repel a frontal attack, and prevented. a concentration, of tire on' their flank. General Buller telegraphed on Tuesday that the enemy practically abandoned. Colenso. Major-general Hart occupied the town after a slight resistance. The enemy were seen in full retreat. to the northward', only a weak rearguard holding the position across the Ladyamith .railway. •. General Hart's advance guard is now (Wednesday) crossing the Tugela at Colenso. ' The Time.s and Standard correspondents .believe that- the Trans vaalere ...and Free Staters in Natal are retiring to their respective. couqtr|es f the. Transvaalers wishing to * cbVe'r the Un'e to freWf ja.