TRANSVAAL WAR.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 927, 3 August 1901, Page 4

TRANSVAAL WAR.

London, July 81. The Ngutu right wag fierce and lactrd all Sunday. The Boers made desperate effort! l*> ciptnre the gun of the (i7th Battery. Onre U-e (juii.ifiH were so bard pressed that they galloped three miles under a hot fire It is believed the U wrß lost heavily, the oun doing much service at bhort range. Lord Kitchener reports that sines the 22nd June 24 Boor. wcre k „ w> K woun( r ed^ i .! ,nSO ,« Cr -n R " d 40 wl.il. IK4 iill.s, i0.n.,0 rounds of ammunition, 205 "I stock were cipmred. r ild '" r ' er ' Nonh of Middkbu.K. General Gilbert Hamilton surprised PottJfieier's lamer at Woolnwran, eip.uring all the W..KBOIW. and c»., H iii K 21 «.«„„ J T General Bruce Hamilton M • r'i dutr M ll |' "' «pt«rhfg '" MjbUrKhl Wbo is ''-K«ously g Supplementary Estimates covering seven Cradock .Mountains shot "he" when fat. horses stampeded, was w loul Runs and surrounded by ,| 1S l; outnumbered hm twice over Th r. i . throußh the enemy's linos and returned io Mortimer. ™ M The South Af.ican Cmpem-ati,,,, Com . penratiuii Commissi,,,, have decided that the employees of the Netherlands Co. bad I. f-i-el their right as neutrals to com Atif-ust 1. Mar.yoftheCanr. , llllir wllitls 1( „. -. . Boer commandos in ,„,ler to ~|,i <m 1,, ,i The Standiird Bank is clo.jng its i.ianeheowing to not being protected by tht- i..iiifnt« against l-aiJei-f. "' Colonel Cuarlea Knox, in 10 day,' clearance work near Bethulie and Thabanchu, captured 1. ield-eo.net Pretorius, 120 »a ßg on» 11.2.1 cattle, and CI,;100 sheep. * ' Colonel Allei.der suiprised the Boers at Wagoo<htadspruil, killing six, wounding three, and capturing 41 of the enemy. r-.x-l'iesulent Steyn has ordered the rilh and ilth mst. to bo set apart for humiliation and prayer. The main forces of Boers are within a quadrilated area bounded by lines drawn from Beaufort West to De Aar; thence to Sternberg, by Queenstown to Beaufort West, rhey are split U p into numerous bodies of rom 0 to ISO. Another group is in the 1 erschelandAliwal North district just south of Orange River, while a smaller collection is situated in the w, st . The farmers everywhere support the enemy. ' Duplcssis a Boer, has been arrested for Vanltyn, who i s a member of the Capo ■ Legislature, leather with several farmers at \ an Kynsdorp, have been arrested for treason during the invasion of Cape territory last January. They were admitted to bail. A commandant, near Kiu-cimloii) offered lo send to the British camp f„male 'relations of recent .surrenders. 'ihe oiler was acccplcl as they weiv lacking provisions. A commando, with 2 guns, entered Porluaawe territory at Guanetss. Eight hundred l orlnguese troops are demanding their surlender. Mr Balfour, in a remaikul.ly felicitous -pee.h, eulogized Lord Roberts' bold and ori«mal strategy. Without his count,.,., foie sight, and promptitude, the country would have suffered moeh humiliation end want of prestige. The Hon. Campbell-Baunerman admitted the country's deep debt of gratitude to Lord l.oherlK. Mr John Di 11,,,, „,, j „t,„. r Nationalists, Mr Lnboind.ere, and a few extreme Radicals assailed Lord ltoberls. The elosurn whs ultimately ,i Pp |j,.,l. lln( ] t |„. unint of £IOO,OOII passed by 2*l to 7:1. Tl e 11,,,. Campbell•Ba.rnerman, Sir W. V. lUrcou.t, and all leading Oppositionists voted with the ttovermuent. The minority consisted of Nationalists and II Radicals, • Ottawa, July :il. The Canadian shipments of hay to Africa since the outbreak of tha war total (10,000 tons. Shippers are now finishing their orders.