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A SPECIAL from Cane Town dated the
-E.h s1vs a seu1lrC1 ct Ac--2Dr-c,
which had been following the Beers
from B-zrtstCwu, Is reported Go have
been eusrarrs3 There were several
casualties. &c IS said. and the reu,Sirde-
u the to-oe MAS captured Gen hltch-
ene- has left Nasuwpa2vt and gone
or,hvvar5s. The rapid eoncentr1ttcn
cf .ru.1rs in the disturbed districts
through the personal energy q Gen
Kitchener has allayed the local I'M
easinesS
A dispatch from London dated the
26th saws that l.5D0 Dutch residents
have ioiued the Beers in the Philips
town district alone. Energetic meas
ures have been taken 20 stem the in
vasion. but there is unquestiouably
danger that parties OF Beers will get
through into parts OF the colony and
gradually raise the whole Cape into re-
belliou
The British war office has begun the
prom sed reform OF the army in a SEN
sational manner. 1t has demanded the
resignation of Mai Gen. Sir Henry Col
vile, commanding an infantry bril-
rade, at Giberaltar, and recently COM
handing the 9th division of the South
Africa field force. Gen. Colville has
refused to resign.
The Beers have been very aggressive
OF late. on the eth zoo Beers attacked
a small police post near BoNsburg. but
were driven off, Much damage 20 min
ing machinery was done. They also
held MP train three miles west of
Pan, but were again driven off,
The Windsor. Ont. soldiers arrived
home from the Transvaal on the 25th.
Every one Of them looked the picture
of health and was in the best Of coudi-
ton to do justice to the Christmas dim
ner that awaited him at his home
A dispatch from Cape Town dated
the Goth says that fighting is going on
i, near De Aar Particulars are unoh-
Ntainablc. Two hundred Beers have
~ Rriston,. after communicating all
l'ord Kitchener arrived at De Aar,
Cape Colony, on the cath, and is taking
measures to crush the Boer invasion.
New Zealand will send more men to
South Africa to fill the ranks caused
by the dismissal of those now there
Martial law has been proclaimed in |
the districts of Beaufort West and Car |
navon.