HC Deb 14 May 1900 vol 83 cc24-5
CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)

Has any official information reached the War Office with reference to the shooting of native women and children by the Boers, or the shooting at British cavalry under cover of the white flag?

* MR. WYNDHAM

A report from Colonel Baden-Powell on the shooting of native women and children, dated 19th April, was published in the newspapers on the 4th instant. A telegram from Lord Roberts, dated yesterday, on the capture of British cavalry through the treacherous use of the white flag, is being published this afternoon.

CAPTAIN DONELAN

In view of the ignorance of the War Office, may we take it for granted that the report of the shooting of native women and children is not true?

[No answer was returned.]