Grandson President Kruger's Captured.

Colonist, Volume XLIII, Issue 9691, 22 January 1900, Page 2

Grandson Presiden t Kruger's Captured.

Capetown, January 21. Lord Dundonald captured one of President Kruger'a grandsons. Unsuccessful Attempt to Outflank General Buller. Ddkban, January 20: The Boers, by ah explosion, destroyed a bridge they were building sgven miles westward of Potgieter's Drift, by wnich they intended to outflank General Buller. Advance of the BritishBoers Feverishly EntrenchingBoers Line 26 Miles in ExtentBritish Control Eas % y Entrance to Ladysmith. British Success Described as Magnificent FeatsThere were two British killed and two wounded in the skirmish near Acton Homes* A detachment of General Warren s Dragoons has reinforced the Earl of Dundonald, and the latter has two thousand five hundred men, with Maxim guns. The Boers are in strength at Spionkop, and General Warren's force is steadily advancing, and he has occupied the kopjes commanding a ravine to the westward of Spionkop. General Lyttelton's Brigade has gained positions two miles further forward. The bulk of the Boers in Natal are hastening to repel General Buller, and ten thousand arrived on the 11th, and commenced feverishly to construct formidable entrenchment?. Their main position extends six miles westerly along the kopjes opposite Potgieters Drift, where tbe river is tortuous. Spionkop is the highest hill on the river, and is used as a base by the Boers, whose emplacements and entrenchments extend back for miles. The Boers are compelled to defend a line from Colenso to Acton Homes, a distance of twenty-six miles. They sullenly endure bombardnofent by the British guns from Mount Alice in silence;; They refused General Lyttelton's challenge to touch the British, who came within" rifle fire of their trenches. Bennet Burleigh, the veteran war correspondent, considers that the Earl of Dun* | donald's success secures control of an easy entrance to Ladysmith, and interrupts the retreat of the enemy into the Free State. Dtfndonald's seizure of Potgieters Drift, and Lyttelton's passsage of the Tugela are considered magnificent feats. Thanksgiving at Ladysmith. Durban, January 19. An impressive thanksgiving service was held at Ladysmith on the day following the repulse of the Boer assault. The congregation sang the National Anthem. Death of Brilliant War Correspondent G- W- Stevens Dies of FeverJanuary 20. G. W. Stevens, the brilliant correspondent of the "Daild Mail" at Ladysmith, has died of fever.