Tbarhain position of the Boer army ißXhfeds for six miles in a westerly di '"action along the kopjes opposite Pot gieter’s Drift, where the river follows a tortuous course. „ , Their principal stronghold (Spionkop) highest bill on the river, and is c need 'is a base. The enemy’s entrench - menti : extend backwards for miles, but 1 'they to defend the whole Hn* of i front from Colenso to Acton .v Somes,;s distance of twenty-six mites, The Transvaalers sullenly endure, the bombardment of the. British guns from Mount Alice in silence. At one point they refused General Lyttelton’s chal lenge to. touch the-British who came rrflafiraof their trenches. Mr Bsnnett Burleigh, the correspon ded! of the Daily Telegraph, considers that Lord Dundee aid’s success seems to control an easy entrance into Lady smith and interrupts the retreat of the enemy westward into the Orange Free . State. , _ Lord Dundonald’s seizure of Potgiet er's Drift and .the pasage of the Tugela by General Lyttelton’s column are con sidered; to be magnificent feats. The capture of the cable punt at Pot gieter’s Drift was made by a party of bouth African Light Infantry, who had to swim the,,Tugela river under a heavy fire. It was one of the pluckiest inci dents of the advance. The heavy rains which have fallen luieiv in Natal have turned the roads in. to quagmires, the result being that the British transport difficulties are terrible. The troops under Lord Dundonald have captured one of President Kruger s grandsons. . General Buller’s transport facilities include 5000 vehicles. By the use of a balloon much valuable information was gained by the British while engaged in shelling the Boer .trenches near Swartzkop. THE CAPTURED AUSTRALIANS.
