THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

Dunstan Times, Issue 2093, 3 September 1901, Page 6

THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

- - 26. Vf. A detachment ». .-- - -- "lu-skiw had a, sharp fight with Scheeper's commando south of Uniondale. The British had four killed and eleven wounded. Commandant Vandermere and Field-cornet Duplessis were amongst the Boer wounded. The 'Standard's' Pretoria correspondent reports that Colonel Williams's column escaped scatheless in connection with the capture of the convoy near Klerksdorp. The prisoners include Miss Steyn (the ex-Presi-dent's niece) and Commandant De la Key's mother. It is officially reported that De la Rey has issued a proclamation warning the Boers against Lord Kitchener's proclamation, adding that they will continue the struggle. Mr Kruger, in the course of an interview, said that the Boers will disappear if God wills, but man will never conquer. The 'Daily Mail's' Brussels correspondent states that Botha has decided to hold British prisoners as hostages in the event of Lord Kitchener's proclamation being enforced. Mr Balfour, in a letter supporting Mr Taber's candidature in a by-election for Andover, says that to weaken the Government encourages the enemy to prolong the war. Two Boer sympathisers at Middelburg have been sentenced to two months' imprisonment for secretly entertaining the enemy. About one hundred Boers have been disfranchised at Burghersdorp, Middelburg, and elsewhere for treasonable conduct. Commandant Lotter has sent an unprintable reply to Lord Kitchener's proclama- * tion. Reuter's Pretoria correspondent reports that surrenders are occurring freely throughout the country. Two commandos, numbering 700 men, unsuccesfully attempted to cross the Orange River into Cape Colony. , The invaders of the Midland districts cf the Cape are attempting to move south and join Scheeper's commando, in the vicinity of Mudshoorn. The ' Standard's' correspondent says that Mr Kruger is convinced that the Czar's attention to Mr Vanderhoven, who attended the wedding of Prince Oldenburg as presentative of the Transvaal, implies that the Czar and President Loubert will discuss the question of intervention. THE SEVENTH CONTINGENT. The Premier has received the following cable from the officer commanding the Seventh Contingent: —" Part of the Seventh New Zealanders, under Colonel White, made a night march, and captured a Boer laager and twenty-seven prisoners. There were no casualties on our side. All the ranks were complimented by the Comman-der-in-Chief.