§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, whether he will state when the War Office was apprised of the fact that two British guns were captured at Tweefontein, and why the fact of the capture of those guns was not communicated to the public: And, will he say how many prisoners were captured by the Boers when the camp at Tweefontein was taken by General De Wet, and why the number of officers and men then captured has not been communicated to the public.
§ MR. BRODRICKThe information of the capture of the guns was received at the War Office on the 26th December, and was published in the papers of the 27th December. The number of the prisoners, viz., 6 officers and 240 men, was published on 31st December.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLTwo months after the occurrence!