§ MR. GIBSONasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether there were any casualties in the garrison of Potchefstroom between date of armistice and date of its surrender, and what has become of the garrison since the surrender; at what dates respectively were the news of the armistice conveyed by the Boers to the other besieged garrisons in the Transvaal; and, whether the Government have made any, and, if so, what inquiry on these subjects?
MR. GRANT DUFFIn reply to the right hon. and learned Gentleman's first Question, I have to say that our casualties at Potchefstroom were from the 9th to the 12th of March—killed, 2; wounded, 10 British and 1 Native; from the 13th to the 19th—wounded, 3. The garrison has come away. In reply to his second Question, I have to say that Sir Evelyn Wood telegraphs to-day that he believes that the armistice was notified at Wesselstroom on the 10th of March; at Standerton on the 11th; at Pretoria on the 15th; at Lydenberg on the 25th; at Rustenburg on the 30th; and at Marabastadt on a date not known. The Boers, however, state that the date he 1534 quotes as to Wesselstroom and Standerton must be inaccurate; but they have no date they can rely on. They explain that the swollen rivers delayed the message to Lydenberg.