IN THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2425, 5 September 1900, Page 24

IN THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

LONDON, August 28. - General De Wet is in the vicinity of Heilbron. The Free Staters are not dieposed to" rejoin him. In repulsing - the Boer attack under Commandant Olivier at Winburg, in the Orange River Colony, General Bruce Hamilton was successful in rescuing Major-general Ridley, with 250 Imperial Yeomanry, some mounted troops, and. 2s infantry, who had skilfully defended themselves in a larmhcuse against 1000 Boers with 3wo guns. One hundred and sixty-nine Boers ha/ye surrendered at Harrismith and a number to Colonel Boyse's Mounted Infantry at Yreate.

I Illlilll v , m , r t Three gmall " commandos ' are raiding i$ the.Senekal and Bethlehem districts. r August 29. Twenty-five, of De Wet's force v/ere cap-? ttired northwards of Pretoria, General Bruce Hamilton captured General Olivier "at the same" time as his sons were taken. The Wiltshire Yeomanry captured I1?I 1 ? Boers and 700 cattle at Brand Water. - ■ August*3l. ," The Boers released all " the BritisE prisoners at t Nooitg'edacht. The latter are -now marching " to Watervalboven. " ~ /*„ " ' September 1. During fhe Boer attack on Winburg eight Capetown ' .volunteers sortied and occupied a donga, at the rear of the B,oers. When.' the Boers retired up the donga in single file 28 Were captured, including General Olivier and his sons. Observing 200 more approaching, the Capetowners fired with great rapidity, killing six. The rest fled. "The prisoners were conveyed to camp. The incident is a miniature of what occurred at Sanna's Pdsl, only the Boers were on this occasion the sufferers, - ', - - .September 2. I, General Bethune has occupied Vrede, capturing quantities of cattle,- "s^veep, and-am-munition. • '

(Continued from page 24.) bant pursued them, and rescued the prisoners. ALBANY, August 31. The Medic, with 60 invalided soldiers aboard, has arrived from "South Africa.