TRANSVAAL WAR.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 946, 17 September 1901, Page 4

TRANSVAAL WAR.

I,oxim;:, Soi>t. ]:i Methuen's lossra :it Great Miu ice w re 1-5 killed iind 30 wounded. The Boer general Lemmer and Field-cornet .Touliert were killed and 80 wounded. Lird Metlmen cnp'tirH iSOO vehicles, li), 000 cuttle, and lid,(XX) the *ji Scheeper's rebels ««•<*• in staling the Boers in both districts have decided to surrender before the loth. Dr Leyds, Messrs Fischer, and Wolmarans on Tuesday appealed to The Hague (or arbitration in the disputes lending to the war, adding that Great Britain had violated the rules of warfare. Two Frenchmen have been arrive] at Lorenzo Marques on a charge of d< a ! in<» in the contraband recently found oil Ihe frontier. J'eter Maseyn, a C-ipn justice of the peace, has been sentenei d at Kimbwlryt'i five years' imprisonment f<,r at c ptir.g ' liice under and actively assistini.' the invader Daniel Slciil. The Cape lViasio-it his hvei proixi .;u-<l till November At Getu-ial Bunion liliod'.s invitation, Vil j'wn sent a repiesentative to question the 7000 refugees now in camp at Middlelmvg. The envoy was agreeable surprised at the comforts provided. No complaints were made. o .l i-if-l ]>en?o'i '-nrpii id a Boer laager nt Jliddlebun'. in ill" Trm svaal. captuiing :il prisoners .n.'i <| itmilies of stock. KttijrerV •ui.-.-i; t soil and the well known Boer Capt-ii'i I*'. nin.a were among the surrenderors a: lie'fiist. Colonel Spens brought to Kroonstadt 20 prisoners. 2000 cattle, and 70 waggons, surrendered to him at Zeerust. Botha's recti!t inactivity is said to be owing tohisi fToi- s t<> c >v»r the systematic importation thrciiL'h th» unguarded passes in the Limpopo Mountains of thousands of Krag Jo.genaon lillw;. Many Boer recruitß have thus come in. The wonic i who wero permitted to leive the refuge- c-imps for the purpose of persuading their husbands to surrender found them leading the pro-Boer speeches recently de-

liverod at the Hnli, London. Tbo men were im.st uneonciliatory, being convinced timt England is on tho verge of a civil war. Ex presidont Sttyn nnd Christian Do Wet refuse to listen to tho llev. l)r Murray, who voluntarily undertook to visit Dp Wet and endeavor to persuade him to recall and disperse the Botrs invading Cape Colony.