The Boer War.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXVII, Issue 1547, 7 May 1901, Page 3

The Boer War.

Lo.vno.v, May 2. I General Grenfell attacked the Boers at Bergplaats, near Haeur!'- 1 '" 1 ". Facing the enemy's last "long torn." \*i,.cii opened lire at 10,000 yards, Kitchener's lighting Scouts advanced rapidly to within i! 000 yards, when , the Boers exploded the " long-torn '' and (led. Ten were captured. Another column killed 10 Boers, womided six, Mid captured six, with .'50,000 rounds of small arms ammunition ; while (i 0 Boi rs surrendered. The British lost four killed and ssveh wounded in various skirmishes. The Boers generally are suffering great hardships, due to the extreme cold and their deficient commissariat. There are 0000 Boer refugees in the concentration camp at Poichefslroom. The British are depasturing great numbers of captured stock in Xululand. The garrison at Zeernst is still being blockaded. On April 21) the b -sieged captured a supply of fresh meat. - Several farm;]'?, have' been sentenced at Oolesberg to terms of from six to 12 months' imprisonment, for misleadi!:.? the British troops and not reporting the i nemy. May I. A number of prominent Bo >r leaders with a big commando were strongly entrenched at Pain tbiisten. General Babingfon, after shelling them all day, compelled lliem to evacr.ate their posilion, and the following day heavily engaged . them at liopfontein. President M'Kinley, in reply lo communication from ex-President Kruger, informed the ex-Preside:)! that hj" will welcome tint unofficially to Ain-riea in August. Lieutenant-colonel Colville's column surprisid Commandant Hans Botha's laager near Heidelberg during a fog. After a short fight the eneniv 11-d. leaving their waggons, blankets, dynamite fuse, and detonators. Small parlies of l!oers are surrendering j daily. The War Office is more hopeful of the speedy termination of the war than it has been at any time for weeks. Commandant Malan captured near Cradock n patrol of tin: Diamond J'Vlds Horse after a gallant light. The British were outnumbered. All their horses wvre killed. The Boers subs; queinly released tin' prisoners. Strong drafts of British (ro.-.ps arc cone ntrating at the Orange Juver station preparatory to a big car.certed movement in the Ilartbeestefoiitein district. The Outlander Committee at Durban is surprised at the knient beans offered to General Botha, and urge Sir A. Milncr to insist on the unconditional surrender of the Boers as a prelude to peace. The transport Victorian, with the Queensland sixth contingent, has arrived at Capetown. May o. Lord Kitchener ley irts th.it an tnlditi.il) U ten 1 1 1 been killed, three wounded, ; n 1 l :d, whilst 15.»er:>, 2W>,00!) car ! rid;: s. 100 waggons with team:, and 2070 horses nad neon capture:!.