FORCES OF THE ENEMY.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 83, 10 April 1902, Page 2

FORCES OF THE ENEMY.

Press Association, Electric Telegraph, Copyright, London, April 7. General De la Rey, who is in the Western Transvaal, directly commands 900 men, but is easily able to arrange for the concentration of 2000. Commandant Beyers has a force of 400 men in the Zontpansberg district, in the extreme north of the Transvaal. There is a force of 400 under Commandants Albert aud Oppsrman at Bethel, in the district between the Deiagoa Bay and Laing's Nek railways ; and small bodies are at Ertnelo, further east, and at Piet Relief, on the Swaziland frontier. Other small corps are between the Vaal river and Pofcchefstroom (west of the main railway through the Orange River Colony to Pretoria) and in the neighborhood of Vereeniging, the station on the main railway just north of the Vaal. About 450 are scattered about the eastern part of Orange River Colony, between the extreme north-east corner and the districts of Ficksburg (on the Basutoland border), Zastron (in the south-east) and Brandwater. The raiders in Cape Colony number about 550, and are chiefly in the vicinity of Garies and Calvinia, the latter place being in the extreme west. London, Apiil 9. There are indications that De la Rey's letter contains interpolations repeating the lies originating on the Continent. There are also in it statements inconsistent with his thanking General Methuen for kindness to his wife and children.