THE WAR.
BOERS HAVE IMPLICIT CONFIDENCE IN KRUGER.
GOOD WORK BY NEW ZEALANDERS.
Received February 9, 52 p.m. London, February 8. A scout captured Commandant Morris near Laing's Burg. The Boer officers sent to Kruger, interviewed on landing at Marseilles, said the Boers had implicit confidence in Kruger, who has only to pronounce the word, and, if he bich them submit, they will obey.
The Right Hon. J. Chamberlain stated that Lord Milner will be associated with Lord Eitohener in considering if any overtures for peace shall Jbe entertained.
Details of the Liebensburg engagement show that 120 New Zealanders when pursuing the guns and convoy charged the rear guards. Sixty men, who were strongly posted, then galloped to the head of the convoy. The enemy simultaneously collided with three of Colonel Garratt'a sections previously posted ahead. These chased the Boers eight miles westwards. ' The only casualties were one New Zealander killed and two wounded while capturing the guns.
The New Zealanders repulsed a bold attempt by Mears to re-capture the pompom at a depot three miles off. Mears, being hotly pursued, quitted the cart in which he was riding, and escaped on horseback with a small guard, while his men delayed the pursuit. Received February 10, 1.2 a.m.
London, February 9. The following deaths from enteric fever are reported : — Sixth Contingent : Private Frederick Goode (Riverton, Southland); Private F. E. Parl (?Francis E. Pahl, Nelson). Died of wounds : — Seventh New Zealanders : Private Frederick Chrvrles Brown (Tauranga); Private T. S. Hickens.
It was De Wet, not Commandan Mears, who escaped on horseback. Received February 10, 9.22 a.m.
London, February 9. The Eight Hon. W. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of ' State for War, states that the United Kingdom supplied 60,000 horses for the war, the United States 77,000, Australia 20,000, Canada 11,000, South America 26,000, and Hungary 24,000, while 90,000 were captured from the enemy.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7384, 10 February 1902, Page 2
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