THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12587, 23 August 1901, Page 5

THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY. ■ COLONIALS MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES. DR.LEYDS'S ADMISSION. LORD KITCHENER'S PROCLAMATION. ILL-TREATMENT OF BEAREBS. United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, August 21. Lord Kitchener mentions the following for conspicuous bravery;—Western Australians—Captain Campbell, Lieutenants Bell, Reid, Forrest and Brown j Queenslander!?—Lieutenants Rees and Cameron j; Scuth Australians—Captain Langley; New, Zealanders— Captain Bauchop and SurgeonCaptain O'Neill j Victorians, VeterinaryLieutenant Sherlock. After meeting the Boer leaders in Belgium, to discuss Lord Kitchener's proclamation, Dr Leyds admitted, the improbability of European initerventioin. MR KRUGER'S INTRIGUES. TRYING TO PURCHASE ARTTLLERT. ■■' ' LONDON, August 21..' The " Daily Express" states that Mr Kruger's agents made a secret bid for the new French cannon shown in 'the Military Exhibition at Earl's Court, London* THE CAPE PARLIAMENT. CAPETOWN, August 21. Parliament has been prorogued to September 18. ■ COLONIALS MENTIONED FOR CONSPICUOUS SERVICE. THE BOER FIGHTING STRENGTH. (Received August 22, 10.27 p.m.) LONDON, August 22. Lord Kitchener mentions for conspicuous services:—New Zealand Fourth Contin-<rm<t—.Faffriter-SergeaMb HardJhiaimi; South Australian Bushmen—Sergeant Grewax; Tasmanian Bushmen—Trooper Brownellj Queensland Bushmen—Sergeant Smith, Corporal King, Privates M&roiont and Kells; Queensland Infantry—Sergeant ; Doyle; Victorian Imperial Bushmen— Quarter-master-Sergeant Johnstone,. Corporal Hewitt, Trooper Hiplandj; Victorian Rifles—Private Wilson; The Boers still in the field are officially estimated 1 at eleven thousand. LORD KITCHENER'S PROCLAMATION, BEARERS ILL-TREATED. BY THE BOERS. (Received August 23,1.3 a.m.) LONDON, August 22, Hertzog and Malan, in •widely eeparaWJ .places in Cape Colony, deprived English lieutenants', bearers of Lord Kitchener's proclamation, of their horses and personal property. Commandant Malan,' even threat* ened a bearer with death. ■ i '■■ i RETURNED TROOPERS. [Per Pebss Association.] WELLINGTON, August 22. The following troopers returned by the Waihora this morning :—Fifth Contingent, Sergeant Delatour, Trooper F. R. Petrall; Fourth Contingent, Troopers A. C. Suttie, G. Scown, G. Findlater and J. Orr; Seventh Contingent, Trooper E. Sharpliss; South African Light Horse, Corporal Griffiths, and Troopers Dashwood, Sutherland, j Watson, Powdrell.and Chapman; KitchenI er's Fighting Scouts, Troopers Hamilton . ; and Juriss.