Show MORE PEACE TALK COMMISSION BEING FORMED TO CONFER WITH BEWET I II I Meanwhile Boers Boast That Their I Present Invasion of Cape Colony I Will Be Followed by One in Force London Jarl8A dispatch from I Bloemfonteln says It Is reported that an Influential peace commission is being formed here to Interview Gen Dewet Mr Steyn and other leaders to accept Lord Kitcheners terms and to endeavor to Induce them to yield I I INVASION IN FORCE dispatch from Piquet Road Cape Colony says The Boers boast that their present invasion is only a big patrol preparatory to an invasion In force by Gen DC jet The latters influence in-fluence over the Dutch Is so enormous that there Is no doubt i his actual pres t I ence would result In a general rising The Dutch have unbounded faith that If he had a sufficient supply of arms and ammunition Gen Dewet who Is regarded as the Napoleon of the campaign cam-paign would even now he able to bring the war to a successful termination termina-tion FIGHT AT NAAUWPOORT Reporting to the War ofiice under date of January 6th Lord Kltchener says Yesterday Eablngtop engaged Delareys and Steenkamps commandoes com-mandoes at Nnauwpoorl The enemy vus forced to retire to the northwest Our casualties have not yet bccn received re-ceived but arc reported slight A Boer doctor admitted that twenty Boers were killed or wounded Commandant Duprezwas taken prisoner FIFTEEN BRITISH KILLED It appears from reports of the wounded who have arrived at Meilbron > > that a detachment of 120 strong belonging be-longing to Knoxs command conic Into contact with a superior force near Lindley I regret to say that Lieut Lalng two other officers and fifteen I men vere killed and two officers and I twenty men wounded No details have como from Knox of this action The Naauupoort mentioned in Gen Kitcheners dispatch must not be confounded I con-founded with Naauwpoort Junction Cape Polony Possibly the scene of the fight Is the Naauwnoort the railroad between Potchefstrom and Frcderlk I ntaad Transvaal |