The Boer War.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 58, 9 March 1901, Page 4

The Boer War.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.

Loudon, March 7.

Particulars of the capture of thirty Boers by fifteen Victorian Bushmen show that the Victorians, who were attached to Colonel Henniker’s column, reconnoitred a party of Boers trying to intercept Nesbitt’s Horse at the junction of the Zeekoe and Orange rivers. Captain Dallimore at night stampeded the Boers’ horses and surrounded the Boers, whom he awakened at dawn by firing volleys at close range. The Boers, realising that they were without horses, took cover and fought for half an hour. Captain Dallimore threatened to use a big gun, and the Boers then surrendered. They were greatly chagrined to find the fewness of their captors. General French is experiencing fearful weather, and is finding it difficult to forward convoys. The troops are being largely delayed for want of forage. Lord Kitchener reports that Delarey is attacking the Lichtenburg garrison, numbering five hundred, who are resisting. Fighting continues. Reinforcements are being sent. Great concentration columns are proceeding to Springfontein preparatory to Lord Kitchener sweeping the' Orange River Colony. Eight companies of infantry and cyclist volunteers are enrolling in Great Britain for service in South Africa. A regiment of Metropolitan Mounted Rifles is being enrolled among the London volunteers.

Mr Rose Innes, Attorney-General of Cape Colony, has accepted" the position of Chief Justice in the Transvaal. Schelper's commando entered Aberdeen and forced the prisoners in the gaol to join them. The Boers were ultimately repulsed with heavy loss. gßeven "hundred of Kruitzinger’s commando, with two guns, occupied Pearston, o\erpowering the garrison, numbering seventy-five. Commandant Malan’s scouts tried to derail a train at Broachesport. Some Australian troops who were aboard, the train prevented the Boers doing this. Boers at Pretoria freely state that the leaders are willing to surrender with the bulk of their commandos if assured of a personal amnesty, and assisted to make a fresh start, provided also that all rebels are pardoned.