THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4302, 11 March 1901, Page 7

THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

CABLE NEWS.

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NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE. A SEVEN DAYS’ ARMISTICE. LOUD KITCHENER’S TERMS. (R-mJveil March 9, !).’>') p.vn.) EON DON, March 8. J{f■ 11> cl V. ri-pj-ercnlat ivc at Dclagoa H.i V’ report-.-! Hint news has readied Dul-i Hay to Ihe effect Hot Lord Kit-ihciic.-r lia,. arahli'l General Botha, Hire lau-r C'/miriamlcr-in-Chicf, a semi days’ annisl u- -. j Other report?! /-how that the Boar Irai.'i r and Cord Kitchener have been ( ncgolh'Ung at AJiddclburg for .several (Received March 10. 4.55 p.m.) LON DON, March 9. The Pretoria correspondent of “The Times” reported on. Wednesday that the negotiations of General. Botha and Lord Kitchener at Middolhurg were in abeyance potvJhv Uio British Government’!; reply to rlic proposals submitted to it. The “Daily Chronicle” States that General Botha and the majority of Ins officers approved Lord Kitcheners term:-; • granting amnesty to all who snri '-nder. 1; ml to I lie prisoners, excepting Hie chief of (Tic Cape Colony roheK, Greal l!i il ain to assist in reinstating on their farms those to whom the amnesty i- granted. General. De Wet and Mr Steyn arc mil included, a■, they replied to a commmiieaiion from General Botha- that I hev cannot he reconciled to terms. THE CHASE AFTER DE WET. MOVEMENTS OF THE FLYING DUTCHAI AN. (Received March Kb 5.1 p.m.) LONDON, March 9. C,Join I ISetliuno on Wednesday sur-pri.-rd a. Boer laager and captured many undo waggons and stock. The ‘'Daily Telegraph” correspondent, .d.de.s that Brigadier-General Plain er on Tuesday killed nineteen. Boors near Fauresmith. General De Wot, by means of a ruse, seid Comm.-uulant Froueimm on a trek north with TOO men. They crossed the Modder river near Abraham's Kraal on Wednesday, while Air Stoyn and Dc Wet, with -hc rcmlli)ule;, of the force, wove resting near Springbokfontcin. (Received March 10, 4.55 p.m.) LONDON, March 0. "The Tinie:;” correspondent at Colonel Beth one’s headquarters, under date Wednesday, reports, that General De Wet .with 700 men, traversed the Fauro nniil.il district, west of Bloemfontein, in a. northerly direction, early in the week, a, lew hours in advance of Colonel llethnne. and Brigadier-General I’lumer. A cordon.of Thcron’s Scouts masked Hie enemy's movements. When Colonel Bcthnno was at, the Riet River, twelve miles north of Fa.n.remnith. the' enemy, with a view to rallyitij? further north, broke and scattered, removing all whites and blacks who would be likely to furnish information to til© British. BOERS In’cAPE COLONY. (Rooeived March 10, 5.4 p.m.) ■ LONDON, March 0. A force ef 300 raiders occupied Ma- - raisburg, l-hirty-siix miles north of Cm- i dock, in the east of Cape Colony, and, I imprisoned Mr C. R. Vaughan, the Resident Magistrate, and four police. The British had previously- transferred all the foodstuffs and clothing to Cradock. LIVE STOCK CAPTURED. 1 BOER GUNS SECURED. 5 i LONDON, March S. I A total of 979 Boers are known to have been disabled since operations be- i gun in the Eastern districts. Five thou- ' sand mere cattle, IT,OOO sheep, 100 waggons, and much forage and ammunition have been, captured. ( Scouts unearthed treasure worth sev- ‘ oral thousand pounds at Holpmakaar, in J tlit' Souih-east Transvaal. Lieut.-General French reports that , he has captured a fourteen-poundor ; Crnezot ami a. Hotchkiss, making a total J of seven guns captured. jl THE ATTACK ON LIGHTEN BURG. LONDON, March 8- I The Boon- attack on Lichteuburg, inthe Western Transvaal, has failed. Six-, teen British wore killed and twenty 1 wounded. _ | General Ctdliers was amongst Hip Boers killed. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS. (Received March 10, 5.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 10. Ref erring to the peace negotiations, Sir VVTn. Lyne states that, as there i> every probability of peace being declared he will communicate with the Imperial authorities cmccrning the contingent. Unless Wo Australians were speciallyasked for by the War Office, he thinks that if peace is arranged they should not bo despatched. RETURNED TROOPERS. By the Mokoia, which arrived from Melbourne on Saturday, eight' members of New Zealand contingents returned from South Africa. Their names are: Sergeant Mathieson, First Contingent, of Auckland; Corporal Joncss, Fifth Contingent, of Wanganui; Trooper.'. Warren, Fifth Contingent, of Wellington : Brown, Fourth Contingent, of Wellington; Spencer, Third Contingent, of Nelson: Wallace, Fourth Contingent, of Wellington; Dignavi, tilth Contingent, of Auckland; Woodward, Fourth Contingent, of Auckland. The Ikloii C. Li. Mills and Captain Joyce, of the Dofcnec Department, met the steamer, in order to extend a welcome to the men. Speaking on behalf of the Ministry. Mr Mills said that he cordially welcomed them back to New Zealand. Sergeant Mathieson is a time-expired man, and intends returning to the front. Trooper Spencer was wounded in the left ankle by rifle fire at Ehonosterkop, -and is still unable to put hK foot to the ground. The result rf the wound may mean lameness for life. The other men arc invalided through various forms .of sickness, principally enteric fever.