THE BOER WAR.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 263, 15 November 1901, Page 2

THE BOER WAR.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, Nov. 13. Major Fraser, with 150 Victorian Mounted Infantry, captured eleven Boers at night on the occasion when Lieutenant Crisp’s party was cut up. The rebel Vandyk has been executed for treason and violently assaulting the bravo postmistress at Marasburg. The sentences on the rebel Vaurensburg for treason and murder at Colesberg, and on Muller, a farmer at Beaufort West, for attempted murder, have been commuted to imprisonment for life. Vauronsburg was fined £IOOO. A. Wohnorans. otic of the Boer peace delegates, contradicts the story of Kruger’s plan of settlement, and adds that absolute independence of the Boers is essential, and that tho Rand will not be ceded. London, Nov. 14. Cape Colony during the last two years has expended a million pounds upon engines and rolling stock, only one hundred and fifty thousand pounds going to foreigners. St. Croatian, of the Sixth Now Zealaud Mounted, is convalascent, and has resumed duty. I Raiders expelled from the Cape Midland are re-assembling near Calvinia. BOERS CAPTURE CONVOY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, Nov. 14. . Commandant Maria ea t- -ed a convoy at Covendam. afto" a stiff fight, disabling fourteen out of an r curt of thirty-five. The Boers lost similarly. They removed six waggons and burned the rest. EETUEKING TROOPERS.

[By Telegrat.fi— l'iess Association.] Wellington, last night. The General-Commanding at the Cape states telegraphs as follows: “Tho Damascus left Capetown on the 4th inst. with Captain Drury and twenty-one men of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, and Captain Ross, of the Scottish Ilorsc. They will tranship at Sydney. The Eirnutaku left on the 4th inst with Lieutenants D. Stewart and R. 11. Trotter, of the t ’cnth Contingent.” Tho Governor has received a cablogram that Trooper Crofter Umbers, of the Scottish Horse, had been slightly wounded at Brakeuslaagce. He is the son of a well-known telegraph officer at Dunedin.