THE BOER WAR.
BRITISH AT KOMATi POORT. VICTORY ALL ALONG THE LINE. SOME HEAVY FIGHTING. MUCH RAILWAY MATERIAL SECURED. Elootrio Telegraph-Copyright United PreM Association, London, Sept. 18. Fifteen hundred Boers with Steyn are barring the advance of the British. General French at Barberton liberated Schumann, who fought at Colesburg. The Boers imprisoned him for refusing to break his parole. General French captured fifty more locomotives at Avoca. Geueral Carew is hurrying to Kaap muiden. London, Sept. 19. General Pole-Carew has occupied Kaapmuiden, between Barberton and the Delagoa Bay railway, securing a great quantity of rolling stock and many locomotives. Later.— News from Delagoa Bay reports that in a battle between Kaapmuiden and Heotorspruit the Boers sustained heavy loss. The wounded are arriving at Delagoa Bay. The British have reached Komati Poort, where heavy fighting is proceeding. (Received Sept. 20, 9.30 a.m.) London, Sept. 19. Kruger has accepted the Netherlands Government'i) offer of a warship to convey him to Europe. Lord Roberts selects the first batch of colonial troops visiting England. The men hailed, the prospect with the utmost enthusiasm. The Boers are sniping at Portuguese soldiers on the Delagoa Bay frontier, and killed one. A committee is taking expert evidence at Capetown respecting the lands available for soldiers settling in South Africa. - Reinforcements are being sent from Delagoa Bay to protect the Portuguese living on the Trausvaal frontier. One hundred tons of food stuffs and a quarter of a million cartridges were dis covered in a mine at Lydenburg. - (Received Sept. 20, 9.40 a.m.) London, Sept. 19. General Botha has reached Ottospruit. The Boers who have fled to Delagoa territory will not be allowed to return. It-- has been decided that burghers who surrender will not be deported, excepting the officers. Lord Roberts deals with the latter.
