THE BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 130, 27 June 1901, Page 3

THE BOER WAR.

THE KEITZ ENGAGEMENT (PKR PBKSS ASSOCIATION ) Received 26,10.58 a.m. London, June 25. Details of the fight at R itz on June 6th show that tbe British surprised a convoy of Boer*, who fl*d, but when they eaw the fewness of their captors they returned, charging with great determination. By de'prrate fighting tbey succse'ded in recapturing the con-1 voy. Me»n*hile Cjlocel De Lisle,| wi'h reinforcements, arriv. d. Tbe Bo rs lay under waggons, firing unflinchingly between the wheels while some inspanced atd drov.i off the waggons farthest from the British, » ho, y splendid gallantry, pushing <>re wheels, 'races, and po'.es of waggoDs.biyotet'ed the enemy whenever possible. C jmmandsnt De la Rey himself took part in the firing. Both his n>ighbouriog fighters >vera ki led. The figh*; ended io a swies of hand to hand encounters and fierce melei s. NEW ZBAL4N.DEKS GOING HOME. (Received J6, 10.19 p.m.) London, June 26. Lieutenant" S. Dewarnnd B. Arthur, and Cnpt in Ma'the ■s, of tho New Ze-ilanderp, havesuled for EnglanJ. MORE BOER BRUTALITY. FURTHER CAPTURES OF MEN AND STOCK. Received 27, P.! 4 a.m. London, Juno 26. Boer* brutally sj mbocked J. N. P, Botha, memb r for Aliwal North in i the Cape Parliiment, for voting fo-- the Treason Bill, and also burnf d his farm. In a fitiht at We'gebcoi Spruit, General Methuen's force kill d 26 Biers, to"-k soma prisoners, and made a large eap'ure of gra : n and forage. A force of Ha-rismith Volunteers and Imperial Yfomanry captured, I upon Commandant. Gert Pretorius' I farm 100 ho'S's, 200 cattle, and 1500 ! sheep. I Received 27, 0.57 a.m. ! London, June 26. I Mr. DupWi*, a Dutch m ; n'ster, of Lindl-y, now an inmate of the Vredefortroadrefugectmp, denounces Kruger and appeals to his countrymen to cea?e war. ,