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THE TRANSVAAL WAR FROM DAY…

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THE TRANSVAAL WAR FROM DAY to DAY. r The only information issued by the War Office yesterday with reference THURSDAY, to the military operations in Natal was a brief message from Sir Red- vers Buller announcing that on Monday one man was wounded in a reconnaissance near the Tugela river, and that another had suc- cumbed to dysentery in the camp at Springfield Bridge. The Commander-in-Chief states that on Monday the Boers made a determined attack upon General French's advanced post, but were repulsed. They left behind them 20 killed, and their wounded are estimated at not less than 50. A demonstration in force was made on Tuesday from the camp at Modder River. Lord Methuen took out a division for the purpose of ascertaining the strength and disposition of the Boer forces, and at the same time drawing them away from Kimberley, where they have of late been displaying great activity. The Boers were found to be in great strength, and it was also discovered that they were being reinforced from the direction of Jacobsdal. After the artillery had sent a number of shells into the Boer entrench- ments, Lord Methuen brought the troops back to camp. On the British side no casualties were sustained. The War Office yesterday issued three despatches, of which two re- FRIDAY. lated to General Buller's operations at the Tugela river. In the first Lord Roberts stated that he had received a telegram from General Buller reporting that one brigade and a howitzer battery had crossed the Tugela river at Potgieter's Drift. Five miles further west Sir Charles Warren had thrown over the river a pontoon bridge, by which part of his force crossed on Wednesday, and the remainder was expected to cross yesterday morning. The second despatch, received direct from General Buller, was issued in the evening. It was dated [ Spearman's Camp, Thursday, and stated that one battery of field artillery, a howitzer battery, and Lyttleton's Brigade were across the Tugela at Pot- gieter's Drift, and our troops were bombarding the Boers' position. Sir Charles Warren had crossed the river, and he hoped that by last evening his force would have advanced five miles from the river. It was stated that General Lyttleton's force and howitzers had crossed the Tugela river at Pot- gieter's Drift, part on Tuesday and part on Wed- nesday. Sir Charles Warren crossed at Trichardt's Drift, five miles above Potgieter's, almost without opposition. The Boers, he states, have a strong position across the river, but did not defend the river itself, because if defeated they would have had to retire across the open country. The march om Frere, he adds, was a most arduous one. From where our troops are encamped the camp at Ladysmith can be seen. Firing is continuing there. Some further details have been received of the great fight at Lady smith on the 6th inst. They show that our troops fought with the utmost gal- lantry, and that the Boers delivered their attack with the greatest courage. The latest official news of General Buller's advance for the relief of SATURDAY. Ladysmith is a despatch from him dated Spearman's Camp, Thursday night. He reported then that on the afternoon of that day Colonel Lord Dundonald, with mounted troops, came into action with a force of Boers to the west of Acton Homes. At 7 p.m. General Buller reinforced him with a detachment of the 1st Dragoon Guards. Lord Dundonald occupied the kopjes after a fight, and at the time of telegraphing was holding the position. Field Cornet Heidelburg and 20 men on the Boer side were killed or wounded, and 15 were taken prisoners. Our losses were two killed and two wounded, Lieutenant Shaw, of the Imperial Light Horse, being severely wounded. The ground held by the British troops, Mount Alice, on which is the main position, is 700 feet high, and from its summit a splendid view of the country beneath can be obtained. Immediately across the river are four small kopjes, which are held by General Lyttelton's Brigade and the howitzers. The open country in front of these kopjes is com- manded by the positions held by the Boers, on the t-st on Brakfontein Hill and on the west on Spion Hop. On the whole the position held by the Boers is strong, but not so strong as the one they occupied at Colenso. There was heavy fighting on the north bank of the Tugela on Saturday. MONDAY. General Clery, who it had hitherto been presumed had been left behind at Chieveley, was in command; and he bad a portion of General Warren's brigade under him. Ridge after ridge was captured, ar- tillery playing a prominent part in the battle, and our losses were estimated at 100 wounded. In a later telegram General Buller adds that the action was fought near Venter's Spruit, which flows into the Tugela south of Acton Homes. Eleven officers were wounded, of whom one afterwards died, and 279 non-commissioned officers and men were wounded. No mention is made of the killed. The difference between the earlier and the late estimates, and the absence of any mention of the number of killed, is striking. The collision with the enemy came far sooner than had been expected. The infantry scaled the hills and captured one kopje after another. At last the troops came to a bill which was more difficult to climb than its predecessors, and the skirmishers were compelled to fall back. During their retire- ment they were exposed to a shrapnel fire, and it is believed the shells came from one of our guns captured at the battle of Colenso. Up to the time of writing no intimation had been received from TUESDAY. the War Office or from any other source that the attack on the Boer positions across the Tugela was re- sumed yesterday. The only news from General Buller's force related to Sunday's fighting. From Kimberley it is reported that last Wednesday the town was heavily bombarded from dawn until 8 a.m.

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