THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4513, 14 November 1901, Page 5

THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

TIDINGS OF DE WET. (Received November 13, 10.33 p.m.i LONDON, November 13. De Wot is assembling a force in tho north-eastern portion of Orange River Colony. Columns are being moved for. ward to disperse itBOER PEACE ENVOYS. (Received November 13, 10.33 p.m.) LONDON, November 13. The Brussels correspondent of 'The Times” states that. Dr Loyds and Mr Fischer aro visiting Berlin with tho object of making a supremo effort to obtain the Kaiser’s mediation. BOER LOSSES. (Received November 13, 11 p.m.j LONDON, November 13. Lord Kitchener’s weekly report to tho War Office with reference to the losses of tho enemy is as follows: —03 Boers killed. 105 wounded, 104 prisoners taken. 45 surrendered. FEELING ON THE CONTINENT. BERLIN, November 12. Largo and noisy mootings liavo Peon, held at six Gorman Universities, at which veteran soldiers of the io7o Franco-German War denounced Mr Chamberlain’s insult dug references to the methods of tho German campaign. Tho “Cologne Gazette” shows that tho agitation is based on mistranslation, duo to I)r Levds, and has gemi-officially warned Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman that agitation against Air Chamberlain would not modify Germany’s policy'. (Received November 14, 0.25 a.m.) BRUSSELS, November i 3. Five hundred Germans whose names arc Christian have erected a monument to Commandant Christian De Wot, at Scheircstin, in Germany. SUPPLIES FOR THE ARMY. MELBOURNE, November 13. Sir John Forregt, Federal Minister of Defence, on behalf of the Commonwealth, is making representations to the Imperial Government in favour ot supplying Australian products to tbs army in South Africa and elsewhere. MISCELLANEOUS. LONDON, November L2. Major Mcßride, who commanded an Irish Brigade in the Transvaal, has neon presented in Paris with a sword of honour subscribed for by Celtic admirers. Violent anti-British .speeches were made. Dr Symons, Health Officer of Bath, shows that the infant mortality in Birkenhead, Salford and Manchester during the summer quarter had noon greater than in the Boer concentration camps. (Received November 13, 10.53 p.m.) LONDON, November t 3. General French reports that Dommandant Marita’s attack on Piquotberg on tho 7th inst. was easily repulsed. Commandant Foucho dynamited the railway at Myburg siding. Lon! Methuen is pursuing De la Key and Kemp in tho Western Transvaal