The new 4.7 in.

howitzer which the Boers have put up on Surprise Hill opened fire in the morning, and will be as dangerous as its predecessor which we blew up.

From every point of the compass it shelled hard nearly all day.

I connect this feverish activity with the apparition of a chaise and four seen driving round the Boer outposts, and to-day quite visible on the Bulwan.

Four outriders accompany it, and queer little flags are set up where it halts.