THE BOER WAR.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11560, 13 June 1900, Page 3

THE BOER WAR.

THE BRITISH LINES FIGHTING AT ROODEVAL. METHUEN THREATENS HEILBRON. BULLER PRESSING BACK THE ENEMY. Booetved June 12, 10.35 a.m. London, June 11. Lord Methuen was engaged on Fridaj ten miles south of Heilbron. Colonel Baird Douglas and 15 Derbyshire militiamen were killed on Thursday at Roodoval, and Colonel Wilkinson aud 59 privates wounded. General Bnller'B concession of armistice is criticised as enabling the force he surrounded to escape with their guns. The British have turned the Drakensberg range, forcing the Boers to retire in the direction of Standerton. The British on Sunday night occupied a defile at the junction of the Klip river and Gansvlei, anticipating 3000 Boers, who with their heavy guns were dispersed. Six British were killed and seven wounded. Private Myers, of the New South Wales Bushmen, died of wounds received in falling off a train at Umtali. Cape Town, June 11. Mr Schreiner has introduced a bill in the Cape Parliament to disenfranohise rebels for a period of five years. Sixty ohiefe, representing the tribes of Natal and Zululand, met at Maritzburg and expressed loyalty to the Queen and admiration of Mr Chamberlain's policy. The chief Amangwani has contributed £219 to the British wounded funds. Sydney, Tuesday. With the end of the war in view, many passengers, chiefly artisans, are booking for vessels leaving the various colonies for South Africa.