The Transval WAR.

Evening Star, Issue 11658, 19 September 1901, Page 6

The Transval WAR.

CAPTURES AND SURRENDERS. LORD KITCHENERS REPORT. BROEKMAS’S SENTENCE, Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, September 18. Eighty Boer prisoners were captured at Rustenburg. Further surrenders are reported in the Vaal River and Losberg districts. Brigad er-general Plumer and Major-gene-ral Sir Charles Knox are pushing the enemy in the Orange River Colony. All the Transvaal columns are refitting. The Boers attacked Belfast, on (he Delagoa Bay line, on the 14th inst., but were repulsed. THE OFFICIAL REPORT. LONDON, September 18. Lord Kitchener’s weekly report elates that forty-seven Boers were killed, seven wounded, 371 taken prisoners, and 134 surrendered ; while 236 rifles, 23,750 rounds of emmunit'on, 164 waggons, 3,400 horses, and 5,750 cattle were captured. AWAITING THE VERDICT. LONDON, September 18. The trial of Broekmas, late Prosecuting Attorney for the Transvaal, who was arrested for treason and conspiracy, has concluded. The result is not published, as the verdict is awaiting Lord Kitchener’s decision. THE D.S. MEDAL. LONDON, September 18. The Distinguished Service medal has been conferred upon Private Sweeney, of the Fifth Queensland Bushmen. A VAGUE MESSAGE. , LONDON, Sept' , m v cr 13. (Received September 19, at 9.14’a.m.) Some Boers wounded a woman and two children in one of the refugee camps. FURTHER CAPTURES. LONDON, September 19. Colonel Benson surprised a'Boer laager on the 11th, capturing thirty-one prisoners. Brigadier-general Kekewich captured thirty-six men, including Field-comet Klupper, in the Megalieslerg Ranges. Major-general Gilbert Hamilton, after an e'ghty-mile ride, captured twenty-five men west of Schroonspruit, with 140 remounts. AN EYE TO THE FUTURE. LONDON, September 18. (Received September 19, at 10.17 a.m.) Kruger’s youngest son, Tgaard, has surrendered, in order to secure the safety of the farms his father had ceded him. CHRISTMAS COMFORTS. LONDON, September 18. (Received September 19, at 10.21 a.m.) Lord Kitchener warmly supports the appeal for Christmas comforts for the troops in South Africa. “NO SURRENDER; CUT THROUGH THEM, BOYS.” LONDON, September 18. A party of Mennes Scouts, who were following up fifty Boers near Platrand, surrounded by 200 of the enemy. The British charged through,’oring two ink T.ed and four wounded, and killing and wounding eight Boers.