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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1900-02-22, Page 7wham** 1* whamt* !IMAM toe* eear.� t *few' ass to the whereabouts uI IrfIIIA?MR�NJ�...�.=.ti,t:t.-m Hsti iwiriiiihat the reports uf (kwhmuant Crowe anti her pur- e • 41L , •- 01 OTT fuer,. \ 'bile there resin W be 'jg L 1JU1111OU11�1�Jll 0 as>Damalnaww etueaxac>xsSXotatss[ �� wi+rtnmll owing;Wag4e t� retries In re urs following e e , hue or the Vedder River. roue of the telegratus from F:uuth Africa refer to them ass beim at or approauli• Int Koff f itelu. un the Riot River, Melly mese mouth. The whole pud• dolt ti obecars. The Cape Tuwu correspondent of as... a sLty .Na . Ilia % fide louses WO. ale t as Y_ t� Ilg, -Thr corieepoudeut of the 1. veil ng News at Madder lever mates that Gen. French hate surrounded a Beer league at Droutteld. W the northward of Kimberley, and la shelling It. A despatch from Lorenzo Marquee. dated Feb. 190i. seems to confirm this. It says: 'Heavy fighting lire. ported to day around Kimberley. where Gen. Creole le maid W be hold- ing his own." r Drives Boers Back at thy, - - wens ase LEAVE DEAD AND WOUNDED BEHIND. The Boers Outgeneralled by General Brabant at Dordrecht. Free Staters Laavlog Ladysnolth to Help Cremle-Methuee'a Force at Kline b.rley--The Ceaseless Trying to Catch Up With the Highlanders - The Capture o1 the WUtahiree- -All Quiet In Zululand -00°d Offer 10 Reservists--Coadltteeel Magersfoateln-Pretorio es Handed Over Mlles Boers. Diabase Feb. 19. -The bombard- ment or the Boer position on Mang. w-aua 11111 was ooattnuuus yesterday. end fighting 1. still proceeding at 6 o'clock this eeeutng. It 1. 01111 that the Britteh have captures a hundred' pr wooers. HULLER'!! WOJ1K. %loved ea Enemy's nark and Captured Ideate Oka N. Landau. Feb. 10. 8.20 p. .-rifle War teem bas received the following .Ie- s.pntch from Oee. Buller t;k.evelo7 Camp. Feb. 19.-1. yesterday. mored around the tummy's ILtek. The Queens. who bivouacked on the northern slow of C iagolo. craned the nek end. sap - ported by the rest of the( Steond Br:- gtde. under ILWyard. aamelted and t.* k the southern end of lionte t'hruto. efe stwteme ty-le=^T 7dles:f . e teasa7 asd.Alsa*. aril * e, their flask and rear. the enemy wade bat dight rerlattnee, and, at•an- . neing their Me'oeg po`Itlott. were .Ir,reu &cra'ms the Tagil. I hiv.• token several camp. w wagoobad of emmun!tton, several wagons of stores and supplies. and a few prlaooers. HOW If WAS DONE. eft. Fourth Br:gade en the :eft or westsre slope, and the Welsh nal - :ars, supported by t'he rest of the Roth Brigade, assaulted the eastern frank of the enemy's pm:tton, while the Second Brigade Cavalry oe the votress r. ht watched the eastern sieves of Monte Christ° and drove hark those of the enemy attempt'ng to escape there from our •rt::lery fire. C.iSCALTIA4 FEW. Logsdon, Feb. 19. -The weather etas Own Intensely hot. and the ground traversal was exceedingly difficult. But the and dash of the troop hnve bee* al ant to Doe. They have el does spIDedidly. The work of the irregular cavalry, tete QueenO, th• -soots. Fusiliers, and the Rifts Brigade. wea perhaps inset noticenele, while the ezcelleot practice of the artillery nil naval guns, and the •teadh,essof the Banters, under at times very ac- curate fire, was remarkable. The ac- curate fire of the naval guns from CIhlevdefy was of greet nslstaeoe. "Oar casualties are pot, I think, many." • ' eleerleg the lirottad. London, Feb. 19.-1n Cote Co:ooy Genera: Brabant seems to be suceeee- JuI:y clearing tb• road for the advisee of Oma. Gataere. The only off:coal Bowe up to l.46 p.m., ie a despite!' ergs Lord Roberts, dated JaeobsdaI. 11.49 p.m., Sunday, rontlrak* the press announcements r.1.tdltg Gen. Brabsn:'s movements YOUNG HEJto HONORED. In the pursuit of the retrepilag Boer. northward and eastward. Kimberley has been relieved alrort too cheaply, •iuoe the Dutch forces have retreated raptllly, teking their guns with them and w 1I fleets to be fought In other otefeneire po•ltioae further north." WILI. BOERS STAND? It 1■ (relieved( however, 1u Loudon t1a4 the Boers wall soon make a stand, amt that a b'g battle will be fought. South Afrirsas say that the strong- est defensive poeltion la the Free Stat• :s • high ridge between Vent- eroburg and Senekel, north of Bloem- foatan, •red the' Gen. Roberts' main bet'1• will be fought there. This Setting a Trap. Loudon. Feb. 20. -The dtuetloa over the Free butte Border til tautaIisIug to the public expectation. The ele• meutury facts are that the Boers are trekkiug eastward toward Bluem• Imitate with slow moving baggage train.. and that they are pursued by Lord Kitchener, with Gen. Kelly- K.eeny's ulvt,ton. 0.0-r.t1 Macdonald. with the Highlanders. made a forced march to hoodoos rand ford. stud on eunday pushed 20 miles es.tward. General French loft Kimber/.y Jias- urday, going east along the Hodder River. Lord Kitchener 1s try log W outmareh and 4) outflank the Beers. thee checking their retreat. If pos- sible. and driving them back into the handl' of Macdonald end French. Tbe War Uf(Me message seems to Indicate that Lord Kitchener ha. either got ahead of the Boers. or 1e about to realise lila plan. and that the War Office waste to announce a d.latoe result. -- Intended to Ssrreuder. ICodder Rawer, Feb. 18, 9.10 p.m. - The Boers moved my repil:.y from Magersfonte:a to Rondhavel, from which piece a force was directed to make a defence, bur It is now evacu- ated. and the road to Kimberley is clear. The Guards' Brigade yer.erday mornea catl1feeibyrelleanced from the *odder R..ver camp. They found *ager•(onteia desoate. Tbe trenches leers 1':ite sig -sag hedgerow*, enabling sections to deliver an enfiading fire r a neighboring :ins of traceless was G1d1-nees.Z tests ll p Rfff S *Maireantt tte)r�jy�fenital Weft. The Free State commandants were almost unan.tnousee In haver -of aarreader. ng, but when the morning slowed :bat the Br)tish, cavalry bad add astr- rounded their Mager they cleared oat. feet, leaving a section of theta force to guard the transpose, which the Bri- tiuD gradually detached, using guns that ad been DDaal up on the neeth- bor:ng kopjee.. The Britwh first she.: - ed tb. -r ;eager at • distance of 7,300 yard.. When Jacobe.tn! was entered tbo correspondent visited tate Getman v(dm,teerie ho p:tpl which he found lerhts.l with electricity. The senior pltye!elnu. Dr. koetner, was perform - ug a difficult operetleo. Already many ■'collar operatkwi had been wcce'.fully performed. The "orre- epo-wlent woe very courteously re- .v'ved. Ho traversed with the who hal had charge of a noun Mao ret Koo to eherg. and who had been wounded In the lungs by a dhrap- 'wt 'Mete H^ ,/'4) th,t her gin had been dlamelneellityg, the Brit1.h flee: Fre admitted thatelhe Bvtr love woe heavier than the British. and rat 1 that Ole Boers meet now st flan their backs. Lord Roberta' generalrh'p wee con - elated w th much wormy, enyi a tele- gram from tdoIder River, that even Ute ren'or officer+ who tonic the Sixth +vision through the preliminaries of the operatein did not know what they would Vitally here to do. Tbe Decisive Stage. _ Be.rpn, Feb. 10. -Tho latest NMI room South Afr1ea le regarded Yee'/ as of the greatest importance. 11e Berliner Tagetlatt nays that. the war 'a c'.ontrtleet now In the dectdve stege, and thee view It corrot.ntatirl by the utterances of mo -t of the German newspapers, although the %greens' omens matinee affecting to beeeve that the Dorn have nermttted the Br:tlsh to -penetrate the Free Siete only to annihilate th-'m later Bugler Donn, the 15yar-ot 1 mem- her of the First Royal Dublin F'uatl- t.r,, who was the fent to room the 'Niels River, and who was Mint In, the rigid arm while running with the eoldlere sed sounding the 'Wearies, wtw the Chien at Osborne this morn - log. Her 116b$.ty preras01ed film with n handsome diver mounted bogie. .etitably iamortbed. llbe gms the Ise a 'motherly w premed her heaps that be west lease n eeeneinfel mesa. 1n the army. WHKRIG tt1 cato.ok7 _ ry) Aue� *ails'Ledysmltk May -' Stade. ti Lg*meiii yi ., 19. - Practicain f li-ifemersioni of the emersion LordRoberts' • column during the last day or tw( imtfl Dpeeulntlon es 4, the ultimate gain from the re cent movementre Is rather uneatl•• factory whet based .balnted tele -- grams. The statement that a Targe Boer force was massing northward' of Kimberley once more retiree In the minds of some expert. the question whether Oen. Cronin le really with the force retreating on Bloemfon- tein. It Is suggested that the latter Is really the Free State main army. ender Gen. Prineloo. .uppleeeeted by a portion of the leagersfontele command. while the main body of the latter, under seen. Crooke, is trylppg to secure the Vail bridge at 1'teftteen Strsame. thus barring the Ivey to Mafaking. It is difficult 4, mesere the full importance of Oen. Buller's move nimbi. If 'he manages to mese Mang lana all the way stay 1w reserve for another a the Ttig.la end ancieber -at Lady. smith. rind the piped north. WILL CR01JN MINT? (Rehash May Switch Ot Pled Ale( ter Peetorla. New Tett, Fel. 10.-" Oman Roberts' eperat!ohe ars ria ib largo a Reel,. that the press despatches- de not give a romprwhsnalve view of thewhale Yield,' t flt1 says the London eor of the Tribune. "The mala fact is the abauci nmont' by the Diteh ret thee pOaltlnn• at KegstiAMt'tn nn( armed Kimberle!', The Guards' 8t1 Rn db advenelel from tete Ifire iso River ramp and neerp'.sr1 the strvngi7 en - trvmisMe rote tine wkfnh ,rag sueeese 1111y defended In Deeember a`'tined n rn letal attack. The A1.trtet lsrtrtll ware to K1alberley he. Owen <death seed the engineers aro already at tit REPAIRING THE RAILWAY. Jaeohade 1 fter . t fbo s'1 M Gee. Bober, aw a' t. g»gl' (an Aerials* at Y• .seeg >Nets foveae by t flan heft folielerinR Pnnsb'• r " F .w ta1gM MONTAG l WHITE. Diplomatic agent of the South African Bepub. os. poit.on is connected with Ladysmith by the Harr:am:th Railway, and there are three •trate(:c raunvays avaeuh:• ler `coleman:ea ton %eh the :ear and converging at Johannes1uig, lot Pretoria. 111 WAY QF Irtrien. Roberts and Gen. Kitchener have se-eady neer:sed bosh the Beer commanders and the pi .o ary writers w.h an unexpected pan. they may do It •gala. The may avoid. Bloemfon- tein, tura the Vsatereberg-Seeckel ane cf defence and strike for Pre- toria." The Herald corre.p_nden' looks for n week of heady fish Lag. With the two 8ritlsb armies several marches spar:, the Boers may be enabled to throw the bunt of their force against one of their opponent's, whine acting on the defensive wi:b a ammeter body against the ,there Hat every day's march that brings the Bre -ish reseed nearer to- ge:boer increases the pr.:spect of dan- ger to the Baer army. LRYAi F.E.S. The report Is current in dilemmatic cireess in Washington, says a despatch to the Herald, that Dr. l.eyds bad for les ado per pole is going to Germany the eutabiahment of • German pro- tectorate, amounting &most to own-, ereb'p over the Transvaal Republic. 'the Emperor refused to consider It ■ t ties tam. e- ,. Lontrin.-Feb. 20, 4 nem. -It Is now throe day. since afield trews was male pnbl'c from (en. Lord Roberts, and mach uuofficlel newt as has been rcre'vet In the meantime hes been inconclusive ands" t.ometlmes contra- dictory. A reprrscettattre of the Dilly News, 11. W Lock, 'Toby. M. P.." of Punch. aser.bes to Mr. Oen Wyndham, Par- liamentary 8x'retary, of the War Off're, an admisrlan that the Govern- ment had extrestally satlefactory news, but he Potted to divulge it, wh'le the representative himself .Pe1ted from an aosnymene member o/ the Cabinet the Information that the War Off:oe hid recetvel a tele- grnm wlr'rh anngwtrwl tt8tt Com- mnndent'CroriJe wee hopelessly sur- rounded. , Nevertheless, the Wnr Office at mil - night announced that nothing had been received for . publication. end 14/ S.0118 041110060, Chief Nam* 01 the emend metingeat. WAN lillareiligh was Superintendent of the ?Our > os, Ottawa. note of the merest MiWitplipere from its own source 14 AMP, to enlighten two pehlr. One of those Contleentel Boer te- Sy�tar which flneteate erratically be. 4ween the truth And wild absurd• roman from Berlin, In the .hap an etwertlon tlie% the British ea night were compelled to their edvalles north of the River. partly became' they feared as ambesh. and partly to. toes of It heavy rale. whish mane pbl 'yeg� immesiwhls for artillery. TWINS and homes were thoroegk - 1 • a threes mereage to Lord Roberts One oeatufae- tees -ie -- I' rruch and Col. Kekew eh heves beep ucqualutese with their prumotloua That Lost British Convoy. mat an In regard W the Brltrh con- voy which 1. reverted W have been cnpturea by the Hoerr at the 11 et 1t ver 1. a atalnel In n despatch to the F:venlug A.:we. hetet Jueo1.ulal Feb. 18th. 9 p.m. Ica tee dsspatee tits corres.uwl.lit .1 I the• eutt%°V W116 ws abento avoid dslaytng the Metier. more tw Hr aside, howeser. the, E^ rte. The Hoer Deport Lorena, Marques, Vele 19.-14 ap mare from advices reeelved hero that the loot captured by the burgheruyeu- ter.luy near Kolfyfouteln lucludei over 8,000 brant of cattle and a num- ber of wagoae, elglrteeu of which were loaded with provldons intended for the relief of Klaiber' y. A num ber of prisoners were safe captured. 142 Wiltshire's Were Captured. Lorene° Marques, Feb. 19.-.'. cor- reepoedent who war with the Boer foruu In the attattk upon n Iten.berg giver further particulars regarding the capture of the Wlltrhlrer. H+ says: "Commandant Petter, who arrival filet, found two companies of the Wilt shires, and began attacking in the open. &ion after he rue Joined by a body of Free Staters, and together they drove the Brltl.h back from the neighboring kolas, capturing all bit ree. "It Lslmposlhle tosay exactly how many of the Britbrtt were killed and wounded, but of the 900 Wdtehltes 142 were captured, and cal the 44 were wounded. 'Therulferlugs of the wounded front heat and thirst were Intense. The burghers did their beet to alley l it • 4111., aud many of the wounded were carried In blankets to Retuberg dd- tng. A8 Eletfootela the British rear ind the r.eapW11N ei VP railway. M'Ianked end Su tl: Cbeveley C.wip, Feb. 196 10.80 a. Bunday Gem. Lyttleton'e di. vlebu�ttult-.161 R aMFtx4*: the me between thud loss end Wrote Crate-tillpad of led the 'methane/kern mid of the latter em- inence. There wow a heavy mus- iu Hodder ltiverssh war p cwuvenleat mus- ketry fire lu the scrub odd the hlll- odds. The Were shelled the summit "nu of supplluw from tote bur. fur dims with shra{mel uud Miele eorleureett ad%awes toward Nlormfuuteise wlth- ggtrc. but were .oat stieucwl. out delay, which would have Oreo In TM; lrregu! a wawa"! torrdJ)tu ON Mable if the Goloshes t and eterwal is eetibeeelf o�.. Hodder River pa the metre of coal ratiweylhave sufficiently addveaced W ,Lear .w e...l ..e•ys!tJ•St1ti was twdthssr 1 ameba a dsseeasc a riet laden Nr the steam/ate euudltlon of the Kits• Perot tea 40 ► aden with Kerley garrlrua **car the pulltkual wee o.l. .leder theft them 'Mary rogvlre- an', for the dehveruno• of Rhodes. uteutr ve I1 bu 11w fleet awdderattua; t 1 lt, e r l vud. fuodetul(e, and then peewee �dy �_`. J "tis Orale tr,al�1�':`tS.lelem!�r army uuuld out be hoofed wide the t is expecte.1, will .tarts. Wedese- slath and seventh di%iser to without .lay car Thuredny. ' raising the stege of Kimberley, and --- the ru.Iway, under guard from Orange Au Important Invealuu. 14141(oe. Feb. 20. -The Daly M.oII to- day says : " For two years the War rif•ue has beat tertutg an elecarkal pu:;t'on-dieser, invented by au .\ui- rulAu ut(u0.l Alru k. wirer klttilstr.Utat • .401 t1 nrr-dr� ell. r e to utt r t. y t 't ne + oma 1n 1 n rune them -ewe- epee greetee .e '�tUIMe r diitrk•te, but he where they were erpree to the fire not animated their pre(ereac•n. of the Queen's Own. 1\'rilitE-,T C4NTEROD IN UUUEItT1 simultaneously time Barton's 11rt- Otto ren,It of the sudden revelation glide and the Rifle Brigade Occup-et1 cat uu urwy our{w vi 10.000 amu u! alt Great h 11, the Boers occupying tlmtt arm. marching toward Klein irley position hate been sheeted out. The romarkable wobeity . and per - enemy deeeeted a eie a itlig campe featun ut orgaulzntio.t nail been the leaving beheld them pouted. Narks of ulwtuution of public interest ht the lenatom and otter food& and it (mil' operations la other porthole el the ly klliel ox. They were evidently intr. field. A clear perrpeeute view has )riee.1 by the appearance U arnce of .ueral ,been c.bttdued, after a lung period o: 1111dyaries brigade at the tep of darkness, and tog. rind Antal, Storm Molder C'rlstu.berg and ltenmbu.L are now in re The operations teroighout Olt' duces] proluU ruua. with the march of whole day were crowned with sur Lord Roberta' army as Ute one great oesd. factor of the rituntluu. For Ohl' rea- von there bur been a shrinkage of A Decided Success. son frorn all other source.. Natal Cliereley. Feb. 19. -The Deere' line lieu fallen luto the background. al of fortrea.ea le broken. Tete British though the publle le reminded cal I.ad%- have achieved a decided success 1r, smith by long. detelled accounts. capturing the enemy's' position ou publlshe.l this morning. of the expert - Monte Crtato." en a+ of the garrison'when they were The Boers. however. exe °bei a re- wtinitsing len. Buller's rhuwftght. treat. removing their Yens and coal. --- any wagots...Tls B.M.Mh.. bad- - acme. _ 4 eee►a.ey •4rig.---.•-_---_-- partitively few cantaltlee. Iondon, Feb. 17. -Tho first salt of Sikhs *ad Zulus. the 'medial corps of yeoaaury called London cab'•Lord R le ss : osebery,s the puke of ('amibrl.lgde Own left Lon - doe tele, eorulug to embark et rtouth- •peech Iii the Loots lase overeh tdowed umpton for South Africa. The force is the extremely Important utterance'cuiiy)o .1 entirely of weu of good or lir. Balfour and Mr. (nerla'u r' in Oho commons In reference cu tto the Nuclei position. Lori Abluger wean' employment of natives. Mr. Balfour cart-lully 0 stingnl-Ked between Afri- can mitered and natives or India. He did not say whether the Government ince Tire Mleevs \\ttAthyl!t�l't Ilt'It ♦tea corporal's stripes, while lord Alles- but•y.:e eon le a trooper. Each men had to pay 4120 for the privilege of Join - lug, the money going to purchase their outfits, while their pay 1e donated to the fund for' the relief of the widows and children of the killed aoldMrs Im- menec crowds orates' the 'gentlemen rankers," as they were termed, on their way to the station, and the traR& a.tartset amidet remarkable 'cense of enthnutasm. The Iutke of ('ambrldge �n d'other titled pelrmal4mges sent t4J101ilhamp- tot' to bid the yeomanry farewell. Casualties 1.1.ht. London, Feb 17. -General Roberts report's the British casualties during the fighting at Jacobean! as follow,' atitatelserstees Rut.' aaing. TiHE RIVAL AR KS. I.tellIgence Ontee's Estimate .1 The r Relative atresegtk._..--___- Loudon. Fele-dee-The British In- tellerence Office estimates the num- ber of Boers liable to service la the Transvaal at 81,314; 1n the Or- ange Free State. 22,814; disloyal Cape Dutch. 4.000. and foreigners' enlisted 4.000; making a total of 61,898, from which 1,893 melt are deducted for the police. oldThe Boers. 1t is said, have eighteen guar of all kind.. 19 captured from the ltrltlah and 73 new guns. chuelfted as follows': Crcueot, 15-C guns, 16; 8.7 inch, 21; 7.5 loch, 82, and 4.7 Inch Howltsere, 4. Against these the Bat - 1'•h lace meet out: Moun- tain guns, 12, horse artillery, 54 ; 11.11 artillery, 284 ; five Inch How - Ito -or, 36 ; naval guns, mealy 4.7 Inch, 38 . hear ; siege Latin gene, 36. The British foresee prior to the wnr oon.leterl of 4,800 men, 7,600 un- mounted and 2.000 mounted. On the date of the ultimatum, Oct. 0th, they had Inere,uuti to 12,600 un- mounted and 8,400 mounted. a total of 16,000. On Jan. 711i they were 88.000 unmounted) and 19,800 mount- ed. On ,Feb. 20th they will consist of 37,800 mounted men and 142,800 unmounted. How IABe Done. London, Feb..10.-The following Jae - patch luta been reuelved at the War Office from (len. Buller, Blow's Farm, Tumidity, Feb. 20, 4.10 p. m. -Tete F'u- Miler Brigade yesterday took Hlaltg- wane Hill, the right d.( the enemy s potdtiou, aaQ cominan.11ug Culetuso, the re,t u1 the force advent -lag townrrt, the Tugela. This morn- ing the enemy had withdrawn all the trove north of the Tugela and had practically evacunttd Coleuses To. slay lien. liart occupied t'ol.-nru after a very slight resistance by it weak rear guard, and we hold the line of the Tugela on the youth ulde from Co- lour) W Eagle's Nest. The enemy seem to be In full retreat, and apparently aro only holding the position they ore copy across the C'olenso-Ladysmith rnllway, where It le close to the angle of the Tugela, with a weak rear guard. Bart's advanced guard la crwefng .t Cotentin. "Our casualties yesterday and (lay have, I hope, been but few." rhe Queen Is Pleased. Loudon. Feb. 20.-11e Queen, prior to leaving Oeborne Houma, this morn• Ing on her return' to Windsor, he- epe:ted tine 4th Battalion 'of the Lincolnshire Militia. Her Maiesty announced with a gratified smile that good news, had been received this morning from the seat of war. Another account pays the Queen specified that the' good news was fr)sn Ladysmith. - Word From Roberts. Olt. What the Comedies' are Doing. Weider River, Feb. 19. -The Royni ('anadlane are 1n the midst of the hard work Involved in the advance of lord Roberta' column. We left Graspan with the nineteenth brigade of the 7th division on Tneelay last, and that day marched 30 miles. to Wegedraal drift. There we wertemnable(I 4, render In- valuable serr-lcoe by hauling the naval twelve -pounders acro/ the difficult drift. O1 Friday we marched on to Jambe - dal, and them on to Kllpfonteln, where we arrived on Saturday morning, After the drift find b en captnredeas Commandant Crank's army bad re- tired np the Mbdder Itiver on Friday night, the mirth division, followed by the Htglfland brigade, marched acmes ooantry to Klip Kraal drift, where the Boers crossed the river. The ninth brigade, with the Cana - cilium, left last night by forcers marcher to catch up to the Highland hrtgnde and the sixth division, which are trying to Intercept tete Boer army. After the Comedians, left Kllp Krnnl, the rear guard with a convoy of wag - Doe of foods was attacked by a large force of the enemy with two goes. Our troops fought all morning, nntll they were ordered to abandon the wagons by Lord Robert. 1 The Canadlnns had only left the place n few hours when the attack wee made, end so we soaped the sur- prises. our melt ars standing the fatigue and the Intense heet'wlth great puck, And their meths/einem a most conta- gln*e. Our Ipng mnrrhee are enllvene't b Canadian mire In both French and 1 eielle 1. sled All are Meer for a het- tM In which they can prove their met- tle. The heat and (hurt are dreadful, het we are all well. The Megersteetele Treeehe•s. Molder Ricer, Feb. 19. -At 9 o'clock yesterday morning the Ounr'h 811- gade, under Oen. I ole-Cerrw, advanced to Magersfonfe :n, and found the trenches deserted. They oecup'ed the korai*. and found Mao position most formldally fortified, therm being long rows of great deep trenches. thrcwigh wierh large Melte• of mese might march cruder rover. and teas of wire lemsea hung with tine, we that the srghtert tolrh wnwll worn their of the 'wrench of an enemy. The MO was in the grwetest AI+ order. the Boers tipper -101v beefier loft in a great harry. A diener was found p409111'!1, hot netogeebed. Tfus hepta shows the .ifeet of the Br'tWi rhw1U. Great two; wore hostel and the wknle plc» had heeilartmext awl wee cemetel with gone. 11 ,erue- austaat-wdi gtva talime eeles-1n any number of fortress/ gums, attaohedd by w re to tete Instrument. thus en- nbl!ng o hundred guts, for Invtanee. M emu:entente the'r fire slmultaneour--` ly on n singe ship. It H W be hoped that the Weir Office will arrive At • decision before this lnveutlon le of- fered to the United States. Huller Stuvtea Rorwerd. Murton, Feb. 19. -+&venin` Wmt:e (len. Buller iso ooa.i,nnity4gg hie move- ment co the extreme right he has made evert despoil ion for Om defence of bee poo':fon to the left sad south of the Tuge:• by ma.ataining their force adequate for that purpose. le- o:.ted parties d Boers sometlbtee cross' the river. There's much enip- :.ng. 4t \, ,v\ti�V\• "ONE TOUCH OF, NATURE MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD) KIN." -AN lel- I'ROldl'TU I'ICN1C ON THE B.\TTLEFIELIA An Invalided ..idler relafts the following Incident: it hen be fell be found lamest/ bails-, a wounded Boer. The Boer, speaking perfect F:ngllsb, ned the awrersatlon!"Woald ou litre wenetldug W drink':" hu wild. rtaln:y," raid Tommy, "what have you got r' "A bottle of port," was the answer. '1 ue ie,ttle eau pro luced, and mice bail a pull at It. Then sold Tommy to Isle quondam toe, ''Would you Ilke sonething to eat ?" "To be sure 1 would. R bat here you got :" "I've got a loaf of bread,' "My good - nem :" aneweree the .trlckotrlluer, `1 haven't taste'! bread for n fort- night." And then these two lay and ate the bread and drank the port and fraternised until the stretcher-brarera removed them." -From the Graphic. gnarl began sbellleg, thus compelling the Federal" to leave the wodwded to order to repulse the attack. A Federal Krupp gun replied effectively to the Witten c tnnonacle. The leers lost two killed and four wounded. 'They now axupe all the 1t .nsbierg potation formerly occupied by the British, whose rear guard is at Itlet- foneela, with the Federal* close up." Despatches from the British camp yesterday announced tho return of a number of the lelltehlres, evidently the re minder of the 200 referred to n bore. Boers Were Outg lied London, Feb. 20. -The news of the BritL.h ocrupatlon of Dordrecht and the surrounding hills Ie tho latest from that neighborhood. The cnrreaputd- ent of the Dally Telegraph at Bird's itiver assert. that the poeltioa lien. Brabant took on Friday Le exception- ally strong. The Boers were outgeneralled fairly and squarely, and were beaten by a numerically inferior force. Boer.' Leaving ('olesberg. 'Louder), Feb. 19. -The special eorre- 'epondent of the Dally Mali sends this despatch - Moanwpoort, Cape Colony, Friday. -Tile enemy are ropoetel to be tnov- lag beak from Colesberg." Will Not 410 to Rome. London, Feb. 19.-A Ber7m news- paper :a informed by the Legation at Bruaaels that Dr. Leyde, the •repre- sentative of the South African Re- eubeic, hes abandoned his knit to Rome, a in view of tbd decisive events now to programa at the theatre of war he cannot leave his poet. BULLVi; DOING WELL. He Clears the Hiles at the Bayonet's Polnt-Hners Len Wounded. London, Feb. 80. -There Le little adtt regard:ng the situation In Natal. There are some fresh indications of what was already fairly apparent. chit a considerable part of tin Boer strength had been wdthdrawa from the lane of the Tutees rivet before Gen. Helier made We last assault. It 1m to be presented that their big gens were all safely wi.Adrawn. 'heir 'leered plan of campaign cannot ns yet be guessed .t, but a to:6gram dated Masers, Beeetteead, Feb. 17th, states that the (hrernment or the South Afrces Reputdde is sending large forces tato the Orange Free State ander prone/sent g le, w'h:le a telegram communicated bi lbs Tr•a•vaal Legation at Brussels to the Berra Tagebiatt asserts that all the Fres Sate Boers have bees wtthdraw-1 from the Investment of Ladysmith for Ole purpose of reseforring Command- ant Cronje. The Standard's' orvrrespnodMt tele graphs front ('hleveley that the Brit- ish cleared the hills at the point of the bayonet. and thet the Were 111 their retreat Mit their dad_ -clad weu.nAed on the Held. A despateh to tho Daily TIMM from C7tleeeley indicator that the Beers did not Walt for the beynrets. bet retreated precipitately. The correepoadente sty that the Benue evacuated RlMg reme h111 awn err Alght and thet the British re. copied It Monday. They dwell neem the great atrategteel Importance M the position, which melees the Brit- ish to dominate the enemy's male -ddwwaee ins, , *r r',L. k'ont. and pre - filet a eeetihmd -aseeerMul advsw6e The ghmee to Roberta. tomtit. lib. 1o.- a Qtbriaritati fret t '• would employ the former. but declared tit/it It woul d be proud to welcome the aid of the troops offered by the native princes of Inds♦ In any war carr el on under ordinary conditions. lie promised, however, to meet care- fully investigate tho allegations ng:tinst the Doerr. While not committing the Govern- ment directly, Mr. Balfour's opeach opened the d'stlnct po uI .pity that before the end of the campaign 8 klhs ere Otio-)rkite w'11 be fighting along- side the Brits- h. Mr. Chamberlain's declarat'oa of the Government's d.c!rb:t to encourage and nsert the f�snthee in every 'way In defending tlheil territory against Doer Invasion, though loudly cheered be the M'nleterlallits in the house. meets w'th adverse erlthlmt In vnrt- on• gnart4're. e•p'cinlly on the ground of the complete uncertainty regarltng the sidle for which the natives will deelnre themselves. Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Government lender, defiling with the some eteoes('t and the pse4Allity of employing itntlnn troops, mid fila former etiftem•'nt to the effer't that the'Oovernmont wont! rot employ natives In the present war wan bares on the belief that. by com oto) ronsent, the war- woutl be con- fined to the two European races, adtpne( If ter. Doers adopt a course Incon- sistent with thet 1les, we ho11 one - solve' fret to reoonMder our decision." Mr. T. P. 0Connor than describes the scene In the Common• " Mr. Cluaohberliln's rod 1. penetrating tones• with n eel -Mein emphasis under- Ivtngg an lmpertur)nFle "winner, co int. tltrongh the silence like a note of ''elm. Everybsxlt sew what It meant, int , o' -rely spoke; ereryboly under- etoo.l all its terror and ferottty. ' i)led to a Own. Lnedon, Feb. 19.-.'. despatch to the Times from Nessus Poort, Mvtcrlhing the retirement to Arun tet, drawn at- tention to the devotion of twenty mm of the Vlrtorfn Mounted Rif lea, who were oanght In n trap and oiled tort man, fighting to the Inst. A London cvtble seem: There west no report from Lord Roberts of the program of the turning movement when the War Office closed at mid- night, and Fleet street was without despatches fmm either Tilet or 41od- 'lnr elver. Thl• leek of news was ex- plained, semi -officially, as probably due to the halt of Oen. French's cav- alry until the Infantry milli reach Kltp Mlf4 by a +Ae1101r mftreh. They. wee no uneatensw In any otfletre gnnrt.r over Torsi Roberta' Mlenest The .delays of them tnrning movemen' are not nnderstovwl by military wr14- ere with precision, owing to the im- practicability of Identifving the drifts It'll Tiling.' mentlno .,1 In the offiMnl de -patches with the foreleg pinwee and nettlementa shown on the mere of the Intelligence Deportment, but there le A generei egr.v.ment upon Via tactical effee!t of the whole nnwrnrtnn. RIMBET11,F.V CAN 1101.1) (WT. The general impression that Kimber- ley b near the en.1 of Its rewwrces, and tint Toni Rolterty til neMovw it nn ar- gent duty to renew the pinions :tap town with the Inert posslhie 1rley, fa probable, leaernrats. A high anthnrity 's the WeeOHcn, when geared whether Mr. Mee Rhn*.w nest ('ole Kpkewlrh were eating their 1oor.s, nsnrawl me that no epprehel slnns were entertele- .d rrspdeting the mover of Klanherl-y to 1101.1 omt Indefinitely. "1 w1•Iv 1 meld say the time of Ladysmith." he added grnvelY. LARD ROBFRTR' norm RTTt,1TF.OY 'lets req $ et Lord >lobr r tholes ttr War flutes. s., upp.etaen ar��y iu in. by 216 mesas to Ili, The employees to the factories of the North American Bent Chair Company at Owen Mound have subscribed 11300 to the Potrlotlo Fund. Hoe. R. R. 1)ohr11 has forwarded his check for 1300. . Japnneee residents of Vancouver In - ten.' to make an offer to the imptw• Wal Government to rata a corps' for service in mouth Africa. An army order Wooed In London ln- sites the reservists to .viola' the rot. o. ore for a year Tor home defence, and olfero C22 bounty to these who do ad.""' A report lute been received from Durbau that the whole of Bethune'/ Mounted Infantry are now in Zulu- land, nn.1 that other troops sere pro- ceeding tkere. Anxiety ° acer:ling the lnsaalnn of that quarter 1a 110w pads- s ed. - --- .. . ► INDIA'S SAO ' PIET, Famine Sufferers Walk About Like Living Skeletons. THE STRESS GROWING GREATER. New York, Feb. 19. -The Aesericad Hoard of Missions boo received *let- ter 1et-Ler from the Rev. Edward Fafrbank. .tatioted at Vadale. which giver some kion of the horrors of the fam- ine In the East Indies. Mr. Falrbank say : 'Here at Vadale. and within 3 miler of us. there are 8,000 persona ou the rellef works. It was only two u•eks ago that there were leas than :1,000. TM stress U rapidly grow- ing extreme. There is great suffering from the cold at night.. The people are not only clothier•., but almost regime. Tho wretchedness L terrible, but .till worse la the emaciation. Living skeleton. In abundance aro In sol donee on y aide. The village clerk te1e me that many children are dying iu the camp, too far gone to recover. Many men and women have also Bled here. The only reason given W the lack of food. This famine le undoutbelly far more severe In those parte than that of 1876 or 1896. Owe of the vrnrat feature. Ie the lack of water. Rivers nasally flowing 1011.4 Ole time ore dry beds of sand. The well that has watered our garden and has never failed since my father came here -utmost 43 years ago. Is dry. Oovernmerrt officer* tell me that the Indian Oevernment looks with 'the grnntaat apprehen.lott on the fam true. it already feels uheble to owe with It, so great are IN dimensions and proportions at the very opening and without any doubt for nine months more the famine must rage. 'Undoubtedly private philanthropy London, I'd). 20.-2.56 p. m. -The War Office has damned n despatch from Lord Roberts, the main Im- portanee of which is the fact that It 1e dated l'aardeberg. 7.01 p. m. Monday. l'anr,leberg le 30 miles east of Jncobndal. The despatch nn• flounces that the railroad to Kim. henry la open and that (len. Meth- uen will premed there with rtetn- foremente forthwith, and that large supplies will be forwarded to the town. blot of ('aauwltle. to ()Sneers. London. Feb. 20 -The Wee Of fire tuwionnee. the- -*Mowing -ceresi- tiee among officers dnring the re- lief of Klntberl.y i Killed -Lieut. A. B. Hesketh, Sixteenth Lnnpru; Lieut. the lion. W. Me('Itntn.k Ben. Fiery. Sterna) Dragoons Wounded - Captain 11. It. Gordon and Lieut. r. E. Bralesey. Ninth Lemma"; ('nptein (t. E. Torreon, 16th Lament: Lieu. tenants R. I. Fordyce) and W. long, sir red Designees; L'eut. H. N. Dur and, Ninth 1,mnrers. The let of easesltler again Aenton• -trnt!ei the fact that a number of mere boys are serving In South Africa. Lieut. Ute Hon. W. McCllntock•Ben- '•nry wns the o#i.wt arra nrt4 bete of L.oril Rathdkon80Tl. fie erns horn Best. Inch. 1878. Lent. 11. le Diramd wee Hoorn In 1876. 11. in the heir of Rlr Henry M•w ('mer Durand. British Mlnlvter et Teheran. Peril*. Lent. W. long was horn In 1870. tin t. the Mir of Rt Hum. Welter Long. .resident of the Board of Agrl- eutter*. fly 1ts11 to Kimberley Cape Town JDLONEL RANNAY. Who fought his way from Orange RIO., Into the Free States end sols ed Ramay. He li the first British officer to capture a Boar town. meet supply greet heist 1n this fain. In.. for greater than In the first echo tree :f mottoes, to thrum end other (arts of Dela Are to he .eyed from rt.rvatinn " ANOTHN.IL CANADIAN leRAD. Ottawa, Feb. 17.--(Ftpeetell• - The Militia Department hes received re eabk, from Cope Town. Meting that Privets Moore. of B Company. Loa• Ont. CnnaAl (nn. an Contingent. Med en,. of ent.rle fever. Thea makes five Fob. 20. -Repairs to the ! death In the fleet enpthigent.