THE WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 178, 4 July 1900, Page 3

THE WAR.

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V IN THE ORAN6E RIVER COLONY.

A BOEB DAMP BURNT. GENERAL RECALLED. H 9 * (Received 4, 1.30 a.m.) . -, London, July 3. 5. General Clements seized and burnt a Boer camp near Lindley, losing two Tolled and 13 wounded. Farm houses in the Senekal district, which hare frequently been used as forts, were burnt. Lord Roberts has ordered civilians who were returning to Johannesburg to retire te Bloemfontein. Major-General Sir H. E. Colville has been ordered to return to England. The Daily Mail states that his return is in consequence of the HeilbronLindley district being in an unsatisfactory state. !

SICKNESS AMONGST THE TROOPS.

CONAN DOYLE'S OPINION. ENDORSED BY LORD ROBERTB. , (Received 4,1.25 a.m.) London, July 2. Lord Roberts endorses the opinion expressed by Dr. Conan Doyle that, under the circumstances of the unprecedented pressure of sickness and the limited means of the medical department, they had combatted with the violent outbreak of typhoid very well.

NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENTS.

ILLNESS OF TROOPERS. W&LLDJOTON, July 3, | Colonel Pole-Penton has received the following cablegram from Capetown:— " Trooper Heenan, who has been suffering from debility, is convalescent. Trooper Prosser, suffering from intermittent fever, is doing well. Trooper . Knubley has returned to duty."