OPERATIONS IN THE TRANSVAAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 193, 4 September 1900, Page 3

OPERATIONS IN THE TRANSVAAL.

I t ! BULLER STILL ADVANCING. | BOER FORCE HASTENING TO ; KOMATI POORT. 1 THE NORTHERN FRONTIER IN DANGER. I , BOERS LOOSE HEAVILY AT , BERGENSDALVENG. BRITISH PRISONERS RELEASED. SIGNIFICANT REMARKS BY VILJOEN. (Received 3, 10.40 p.m.) London, September 3. General Buller has reached Badfontoin. The rains are impeding his advance. One thousand five hundred Boers are hastening towards Komati Poort to ; oppose the force expected from Swaziland. Lord Oarrington is returning to , Rhodesia owing to a report that a Boer commando is close to the frontier. 'x'he Boers admit 70 killed and 100 wounded in the Bergensdalvenj fight. • Foreigners and doppers wanted to carry the British prisoners to Barberton, but Kruger refused permission. Commandant Yiljoen remarked to the prisoners " You know why you are released," and added that he hoped the British and the Boers would be friends PUNISHMENT FOB RAILWAY RAIDS. VREDE OCCUPIED. (Received 8, 9.18 a.m.') London, September 2. Lord Roberts has burned thirty Free Stats farms and fined the owners of fifty others one-eighth of their value as a punishment for railway raids. Major-General Bethune has occupied Yrede, capturing quantities of cattle, ammunitisn. PLUMER DEFEATS THE BOERS AT PILSIAIAS RIVER. A BIG CAPTURE OF CATTLE. BADEN-POWELL AND DE WET RACE ' FOR WARM BATHS STATIONDE WET WINS BY A FEW MINUTES. BADEN-POWELL TURNS HIM OUT. AN EFFECTIVE RUSE. BOTHA SENDS REINFORCEMENTS. NEARLY NAPPED BY BADEN-POWELL. THE FINAL STAND AT MACHADODORP ABANDONED. PAGET REACHED NYLSTROOM. ' (Received 3,10.10 p.m.) London, September 3. Colonel Plutner has defeated Comnandant Pretoriu3 east of Filnaiss River capturing 26 prisoners, 1000 eat? e, and 31 waggons. Major-General Biden-Powell and Commandant Do Wot recently raced to iccupy W&rm-Baihs Station, north of Pretoria. The Boers won by a few minutes, but Baden-Powell expelled them before they were able to arrange for a defence compelling them to retreat from, a strong Nek. General Baden-Powell with the view of misleading the Boers made elaborate preparations to bivouac, but during the night occupied the railway 16 miles in the Boer's rear and tapped the telegraph wires. He discovered tint Botha was sending a trainful of reinforcements fiom -Pietersburg in response to De Wet's appeals. A trap to capture the train failed owing to tho discovery of BarlcnPowell's presence. The burghers have reminded Botha of his promise that the last stand should be made at Machadodorp. He replied he would not fight again and was running away out of shame. Colonel Paget hasreached Nylstroom. A DARING BOER RAID. SUPPLY TRAIN BURNED AND 35 PRISONERS CAPTURED. BRABANT PURSUED AND RESCUED ALL OF THEM. Received 4, 0.20 a.m. London, September 3. Commandant Therous' scouts cut the railway in the vicinity of Klip River, and burned a supply train of 28 trucks and captured 35 prisoners. General Brabant pursued and rescued the prisoners. BOERS SHORT OF MAUSER CARTRIDGES. ESCAPE OF BRITISH OFFICERS. Received 3, 9.12 a.m. London, September 2. i Commandant Botha has j ordered Mausers to be returned to j headquarters until further ammuuition is available. In tho meantime the Boers uso Martini riiks. While some captured British officors were being tran-forred to Barberton \ ton escaped, including Lieutenant llundlo, of the Gth Dragoon Guards, , ; .te of New South W.Jcs.