The Transvaal WAR.

Evening Star, Issue 11673, 4 February 1902, Page 6

The Transvaal WAR.

ODE. DOTS AND DE WET.

UTILISING BRITISH UNIFORMS.

MINOR ENGAGEMENTS.

Preas Association—By Telegraph—Coypright.

LONDON, February 3. The rain is preventing the columns heliographing. A sharp engagement took place on January 25 at Lewspruit between portion of De Wet’s force and the British comprising the South African Light Horse, the New Zealanders, the Queensland Bushmen, and Yeomanry. One hundred of the Boer commando made a rush and drove in the South African Light Horse rearguard. Seventy members of De Wet’s bodyguard were wearing British cavalry cloaks, and under the cover of the heavy rain opened fire.

Another Boer force on a hill in the vicinity also charged on the South African Light Horse, hoping to capture their pompom. The New Zealanders, with a Maxim, scattered the enemy when within 600 yards. Five were killed and many wounded, but the British loss was slight. De Wet, with six men, then fled up the Liebenbergsolei River. Prisoners report that a pom-pom shell killed ten Boers on January 19 at Liebenbergsolei. Fourteen Boers were captured at, Elaawlseschspruit. IN ORANGE RIVER COLONY. LONDON, February 5. Except a few hundreds in the South Orange Colony, all the Free Staters in the field are confined to the north-eastern part of Orange River Colony. They show plenty of fight, though they are constantly hustled. PEACE CHATTER. LONDON, February 3. Reports from Vienna state that Lord Ixmadowue’s reply to Dr Kuyper asserted that only an unconditional surrender on the part of the Boers can be considered. . Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is greatly dissatisfied with Mr Kruger’s obstinacy. VAGUE INFORMATION. LONDON, February 3. (Received February 4, at 9.31 a.m.) Stevn’s bodyguard, numbering thirty, are between Bethlehem and Reitz. MORE COLONIAL COMMON SENSE. A HINT TO THE PEACE CHATTERERS LONDON, February 3. (Received February 4. at 9.31 a.m.) Public feeling in Cape Town deprecates patching up peace for the sake of the coronation. To grant an amnesty to the rebels would prove the severest blow ever administered to Australasian and Canadian trust in Great Britain.