TIIE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 15, 12 April 1900, Page 15

TIIE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA

The news of the week from the seat of w ir has not been of a very startling character. According to a London despatch of April 7 a btrong Boer force, with four guns, on \\ edne-uay surrounded and captured thieu companies of the Royal Iri-h Rifles and two companies of the Dth Mount' d Infa try at Re Idt rsburg, 85 miles south ot BloemfonU m. lhe fighting lasted 21 houis After tke battle detachments s t . nr f roul Uloeinfonti in and Springfontein arrived, but tb^y obtained vo news oi the mining Bnti-h force. Ten men were killed and .55 woundtd, whilst 51(1 pri-oueis were taken. The Boitm niuibeiid .5J()0. On March "i ! tiie tot;J Boer pn-i>ncrs numbeied 5000, and the British :sn;i;

a! 'it the Intile oi Koorn Sprint wlnih took pace last week, 17 of the Nt.'\v Ze il.uidt is \\( ie njioi'ed mi-Miig. and are supposed to be prisoner-. Tin captured cul'ann at li< I<K i -l>ur^ belonged to Geiier.il U.uai re s di\ 1-1011 lhe (olunin \\.i-> k turning trom a reconnai---,uiLti ut Dew et (..or,) to lieaiiqa.u icrs Ttuyhad no guns, were ioodless and wa*eiU« bi and exp >-<.d lor 21 hours to tropical storms. 'I my occupied a hillock, \vhicj. v. C.i indefensible, and fought to tbt ir li.-t cartridge.