BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 204, 3 September 1901, Page 3

BOER WAR.

VICTORIAN CASUALTIES. Losdow, September 1. Lieutenant ft 3; Ooultpr was killed a»-d Privates El l s ancf Han j; severely wounded near Vryheid. All of them belonged to the Victorian Mounted Force. MEASLES RAGING IN THE OAMTS. THE CHASE AFTER DE WET. Received 2, 4.28 p.m. London, September 1. Measles are rasing in tbe concentration ramps. Of 1069 deaths, 860 were of children. Everything is being done for the comfort of soff=rers, regardless of cost. Captain ET. N. Scbofield, of *he Art'llery, has be°n awarded tbe Victoria CroiS for bravery at Colenso. Major-Qenenl Dartnell commands a column of irregular horse, with Major Karri-D ivies accompanying him. Tbe object of the column is to chase De Wet. TRADE IN THE TRANSVAAL. WOMEN LOOTING A TOWN. Received 2, 4.37 p.m. London, S ptember 1. Goods for commercial purpose?, to the value of a million sterling, were imported into tbe Transvaal during the half-year ended June. Women looked Jagersf.mtein, conveying to the Boer farms everything of value. HOW THE BOERS CAUGHT A TRAIN. BRITISH LOSSES AT JOSKRAL. Received 3,0.8 a.m. | London, September 2. The Waterval-Hamanskraal train was derailed in a cutting. The Boprs, I firing at close quarters, killed 10 and j wounded 17 out of tbe e=cort of 45, ! chiefly belonging to the West Riding | Regimen l . In a fight at Joskral on the 28th five British were killed and 12 wounded. NEWS Off THE SEVENTH CONTINGENT. , Wellington, September 2. j Tbe Premier has received the fol'owiing cable froji Colonel Porter, commanding the Seventh Continent : " Orange River Colony Contingent operat : ons, three weeks from Bth Augn«t constantly on trek; Boers killed, 31 ; wounded (many prisoners), 35; rifles, 19; ammunition wagsons, 21; carts, 18; horses, 3000; mules, 10; oxen, 200 ; sheep. 16,000; forage, 50 tons. On the 23rd August 310 Biers attacked us to recover a convoy. They were repulsed, the Contingent resisting gillmtly; clnse fighting. Cjntingent well and cheerful."