THE BOER WAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11541, 28 November 1900, Page 5

THE BOER WAR.

RAIDING THE CAPE ; . FRONTIER. V . ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE s DUTCH REBEL. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. *. London, November 27. The Boers propose to raid the Cape frontier, hoping that the disaffected Dutch will rise. Beelin, November 26. The German newspapers declare that the Kruger demonstrations will merely encourage the Boers in the field to continue a useless struggle. BOER SNIPERS CAPTURED. London, November 26. The Reitfontein garrison captured 28 Boer snipers. • ASSISTING THE ENEMY. - London, November 26. Fifty women and children, who were found baking bread for the Boers at Thabanchu, have been conveyed to Bloemfontein. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED. .'■ * London, November 20. ' Mack, a German-American, who was sentenced to death on a charge of trying to seduce a soldier from his allegiance, has had his sentence commuted by Lord Roberts to imprisonment in Ceylon until all the Boer prisoners are repatriated. DEATH OF AN AUSTRALIAN. London, November 27. Private Fulton, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry, has died of wounds at Kroonstad. A TROOPER .WELCOMED HOME. [MY TELEGRAPH.—TRESS ASSOCIATION.] Stratford, Tuesday. Trooper Montgoiaerie arrived here last night, having,been driven from Eltham by the Mayor, with an escort of "Mounted Rifles. He was formally welcomed home by the Mayor on the steps of the Post Office, where a great crowd had assembled. He had a most enthusiastic reception. The bands were in attendance. RELIEF FUNDS. ? [BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Haweka, Tuesday. In response to an appeal for more funds for the relief of contingents at Capetown, the proprietor of the Star is sending forward about £170, subscribed in the Hawera district. RETURNING TROOPERS. The Government have received the following cable from the General of Communications, Capetown : —"Waiwera left Capetown on November 21. having on board 21 men of various colonial corps, including 13 invalids ; also two invalids of the New Zealand contingents for Auckland, and one man discharged from Brabant's Horse, for Lyttelton. [BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Tuesday. A meeting of citizens was held this afternoon to consider what steps, if any, should be taken to welcome back the members of the First Contingent returning by the Harlech Castle; who will disembark at Dunedin. As it is uncertain whether the 42 North Island men aboard will come on together from Otago, or whether they will finoNtheir way to their homes in twos and threes after arrival, the meeting did not make any arrangements. If it transpires that the whole North Island men are coming back via Wellington at one time, and if it is felt desirable that a public reception should be accorded them, the Mayor will call another meeting. ■ GOOD WORK BY NEW ZEALANDERS. Lord Roberts, in a despatch dated October 22, says :—"Lord Erroll occupied Buffelshoek from Ottoshoop on the 19th without any casualties, owing to the good work done by the New Zealanders, under Captain Polson.

BOER LOSSES IN BATTLE. RETURN DOWN TO THE MIDDLE OP APRIL. The following particulars, collected from English ambulance men who served on the Boer side, have been forwarded to the Cape Times by Mr. Bernard Scott, son of Major Scott, of Capetown. Mr. Scott is now serving with the Ist Regiment Mounted Infantry, under Major S. B. von Doiiop, at Groot Olifant's River, Middelburg district, Transvaal. These estimates have been collected up to April 16, 1900: —

Total killed and wounded to April 16, 1900, 9070. It will be remembered that at the date mentioned Lord Roberts had not crossed the Vet River on his march to Kroonstad. In addition to the foregoing figures, there are seme 16,000 Boer prisoners. KRUGER AND GENERAL BULLER. In reply to an address presented to him at Durban, General Buller said:—At the end of a war comes the settlement. I hope the settlement will be one in which South Africa will unite. (Cheers.) By that unity you have the only way in which, I believe, the _ bitterness caused by the war can be readily removed. I remember in 1881 I was coming out of O'Neill's farm and m'et Mr. Kruger. He said to me, " General, we don't like this peace." I said, "I don't like it, because it has nothing to stand upon. You think you have beaten us, but we know we can beat you." "Well, General," Mr. Kruger replied, " I have seen that when two dogs fight and are separated, they are not very right till they have fought it out." Well, we have fought it out(A voice: "And we've won it.")—and we have come out on top. ("Thanks to Buller," and cheers.) Now, let us remember the dogs. (Laughter.) We shall be good friends afterwards, because the one that gets out on the top never takes advantage of the position. I have seen by a newspaper in Natal that cavil has been raised at the sentences passed on rebels, who are being tried, and these sentences are described as not being severe enough. I do not believe that this cavil expresses the opinion of the majority of Natal colonists. For my part I have nothing to say as to whether the sentences are hard enough, but I should think three years' imprisonment for a man born on the veldt was a vastly hard enough sentence for anyone, but it is a matter of opinion. All I say is that when the war is over let us remember the dogs—(cheers)and do our best to make a united and happy country. (Cheers.) In that way, and in „that way alone, will you be able to get that free and full, and real return for the immense sacrifices you have made during the war.

Engagements. Killed. "W'nded. Elandslaagte ... ... 75 243 Dundee 91 SOI Modderspruit 33 85 Colenso 41 103 Stormberg, Arundel, etc. 107 301 Belmont 217 421 Magorsfontein 97 309 Spiou Kop 257 720 Kimberley relief 72 241 Coleaborg, Dordrecht, etc. 179 307 Assaults on Ladyamith ... 300 620 Mafelring, etc ... ... 83 215 Paardebarg 357 937 Pieter's Heights ... 321 1,443 Abraham's Kraal and Rietfontein 83 231 Wepener 135 385 2,448 6,622