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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1901-2-14, Page 7LOUIS IiOTUA REPULSED AFTER A SEVERE FIGIIT. Boer • General, Two Field Cornets and Mane Burghers Slain. 2 1 BRI ;ISN KILLED, 53 WOUNDED I ACrI Panic -Stricken by Kitchener's Akovflmtntr la tiie Emit-- Da Wet t=ailed to Cruse at tate Drifts Els. of Iic:hult•---Calvin)* OCcupled by De lisle -The 111d/and Command, Driven Nurlk--New Zealand- ers Do Some a levar Work-Swlnrt Capture of Boers -More Troops Uulnk• to Alrrca -Promotions for (tray., Actions- er's Latest Muves ----De Wet's Brother A -Ensco of - Appeals t s Ithn to Gleamy alp tfhie I-tYht. Cape Towa, Feb. 1?.-(iuu. Kitoheu- former tluUr tat-Ornrral nddreseiug era i oticy if 4waeotttrutlug hi, { the 11c►bore tourervative Association troomo and denuelag the country of l4( L.trieondruu tbir prvet to;. raLl- suppllos fa being slotW{ly maintain- Ca drhiog the iluurn out of Pu Colon/. Great Britain ought to eel iu the Trutwsvaal ate' the Ore offer tyros' of Immediate amnesty, tame Wiese Colony, The Beitl.h ahth- wltkout dlstlnutL,n 4(t person 4(r arout, t ether w og ltt orates 1 l nn a.ru *ay r that r sacs i y t if p -4(r wary tilt lute equality in chi/ tights, and as pulley will be extended to Capin Cul- much local settegov'erat_.ot as til pos. "ay, and that In the disturbed dl.` Wye• This horrible war could thus *riots all the supplies be ended." will be cutn- lntandeered or deet royed. According to • -the Rritlah officers melt a pulley Is nbw cutely necessary, as otherwlee the Boers who are constantly cvgd- tuT the troops, would return uud ap. aw)prlate whatever the troupe left. It is passible that thu Boers will aitead-tne spneru of their (perath, t)udsupl.A Meer Depute. London, Feb. 9. -From Delagoa Bay 11 is reported that the British have occupied Ereselet and Carolina, which uutll o•eccnity were Boer depute. to Cape Colony, and the necessity of 131'I,I,gll MlSkITA1kl), rein(,rcemeutr, In the upinioo of Itut serfs heisted en the 'Helier of British )titers, Is therefore evident, Ladysmith. osepeosally as It hr expected that tw, tiudunl t'eb, 8. -Lord Rubertr' de- ur tie Lbere �clohmyl coWhether mmandoe•11•+}' •aueJ malt despatches ranging from till euooeed In getting back itemise 1400.Febrgry 0th to November 15th, lbs O 1:+W, were gasetted this evrulu. Waage titer 1. another mintier. They fill 157 quarto pages, and wake ft le uaderrto.d that Oovornor Sir up tie oi(i(.tal history of the war; Allred Milner will Inspect the tomo although without throwing new light guards to -morrow. and that he will , upon revere' Interesting disputed inset.' a portion of this force to pro- 4+ eubJect., ►neb as the I itnpa'r Poet deed la the (reader at the earllo.at 1 affair. Hundreds of olftrers, non luarble tuuminL 1111 rumrnirrluued officers,, a°;1 'ten are --- . favorably mentioned, Including Lord Fired at I'asaeageer. a Kitchener, who is referred to in -i etosJ4 Feb- 8. -lin lioaday' ntghi warm terms. rile Redeera.Ballrr past tour Mandrel Duerr etttac►.•ei mates l4( far boat h near Ntaodertou a trete bound ter • The first des-account-of-the atch undertaker to a give a concise account of the state Natal and fire.' among the civ IItatt , -ut fairs in tilt .nod purses, %lei Were passengers, country (tenth 4)08 oI tic carriages wan afterwards' Arica) o8 my arrival, Jap. 10." a de rimed to have 47 bullet tales in it. teem, the nieces an much s'attereal, The burgher robbed tba�secngers, 1 He decided to learn (3ea. Buller with talcum t_8 from onehu Another 1 a free band In Natal, but otherwlee nurse bad a ballot shot through bl. to remain on the defensive until re- I.at. \Ips u( the ptsstengers weic' 1°forced and until the transport had wounded. beer organised. The nearest garrison shelled the He found no trao,port corps exlst- Boere, bat wag pot strong enough to Ing The coked& fetter bad not been attack them. Later Tellibardlne's soffitlently used, Cape Colony wain ecottish Horse 'awe up, whereupon restless, the Boers cleared off. 'r'ho disgrace- Writing fret', Jecob.dal. Feb. 11 fel conduct of the burghers Las came Lord Rebores says -"General Buller, mai universal disgust: • }Ph, 6th, wired that hehad pierced Tne Boers are still In force south the ever'''. lines, hut that to get of Johannesburg. A uurnber of refu- his army etc one to the Ladysmith gees, Including women and children, pith, wdeu1•1 t from 2,000 to 3,000 have arrived here. They Were expelled teen, 1 replies that ha must re- hy the Boers front Waterherg. leve Ladysmith .eren at that cost. The ffolfand8re residing here were ite'ler telegraphed Feb. '3th that he out In holiday attire yestertay, '14( I was not ►trong enough to relieve honor of the marriage of Queen ',alt- i Lndysmltb without relnfornemente, belmlaa. To -day the tlUtary Tar.r n't regalere the_ operation in wheelnor gala speeded permieslon t'e.1ch he was engaged as impracticable.1 subjects to relies the flag Netherlands, of 'the replied that my lo•trmctbw toast hotel," . --- --- - K•.rmy Well Informed: 10 the /entree of a sketch of the capture of Ureteral L1•onje, the toe• eupatlon of Bloemfontein, and the lung waft there. he wrote- "The enemy knew exactly how we were situated, and hall accurate later - [nation am to the condition of our euppll,u, transports, artillery, and eatalry horses,- and they regained courage." The marches to Juhnnneeburg and Pretoria were uneveotful, as de- •erlbe'1 by Lord Roberts, his hilar evacuee [.sing to provision the iwtft,on were mistaken in regard to army. the inenb.ug of t"dile \\t 11. of the "We were practlr'ally Lining from Hague Convention. haat to mettle" he wrote. "and at The Minister added that mediation time. had nut even one day's rations could only be propoeed when circum- to the goo-." atnnc*s permitted. There now ap penredl to be no opportunity for It Ite referred to treat Britain's ann- ever to the United Stites, and the •nbsequent dec{arntlona of Chancel - ler ton Rueluw and M. Delensse, the French Foreign Minister. Even Hol- land, be enid, did not consider herself n1310 to take the initiative. M. Janson enhmttted an order of the Any, favoring Intervention. If. de Favorenn repented that Bel - gene's Intervention was Imponelble• and the oriel of the day watt there- fore unnecessary. Nevertheless the Chamber by a phew of hand. ad 'pled the order of tie. any no proposed_d by Mr. Jansen. II ellen end Peace. Broom's, Feb, tie -In the Chamber of Y,epreseutetl-,i, to -day, M. elaeelteut culled attr,atton to the petition pre- sented 1'. the House In favor of ar- bitrnti•� between (irent Britain rind 'he ranscaai, for the purpose of rte)^Ang the war in South Africa, 41. De Favereuu, the Minister of FOretgn Affairs, said he time no ob- jection to the reference of the peti- tion to a committee. But hr said be was bound to Inform the rhnunher that In 8,s opinion the authors of the (torr Envoy I(PIer.Pd. Isl(emfontaln, Feb. 9, -Jan. Ther - .a1, one of the pones etnoye, has re- turned, after hnetng been tried by commandant Orule,laar at Aa*rogen- kop for penetrating the fighting lino, end bringing in andeelrable docu- mental. He was released on parole. The Boers, he nays, are tautly off for hood and clothing. ~- i:ditor ('o,nniltrd, Carpe Town, Feb 8. -Mr. Cnrt- wright, the editor of th• South Af- rican News, who woe (irritated yes- terday on a charge of publlaliin_ seelltlons end dehimntory libel, wan errnigned In ennr( this tnornlug, and remanded until nett Thuredny. The pr,ePodinge to -de) were purely Me- mel. Na11t.`• limp 111.en. I,rmien, Ft h. A..-1 de.patie to the Rtanlar, from Pretoria states thnt northern re/ogee,' gay the natives amend Ley/More tunic risen tg:lnet the ilorr, owing to 11*. latter et etc- Actlons, and are advancing on ',teeters-. Ling, RPerultltig 11rI•k. I,orieon, Fele 9. -Tine Oovernment bee regnlsltlnned three of the rnlon Castle Utters to trsn';mel r.lnforee- meets to South Africa. Tile remount department 14 nnrotmmonly netive. It,' agents buyln; Jeri ay in e"vernl parts of the world. Fallowing yesterrfny'' tar Of/Ire annnnneent nt, recruiting Pettey wag brink.' Ile fln.M that no aiweifie blame can atteril to (Y,1. Broadwo'nf in the Kenna s Post affair, nil "the die. rester wee mainly due to the fail- ure of the petrel at Hoteswanb kop to waru their comrades tlmt an n01 - bush one prepared." The officer who was placed In cont mend of the petrel he not men - t id `ted. 8 r)tipg from Jolatineetairg. 13th, he said- "With the e,rrupa- tlon of Kontatiponrt an,t the ,lir penal uf fanris Bothn's army, the otirnineed te.h/taneo Of the two Re- publica may be rail to have r,nscd," tett there "still reuratns much for the army In ttoutlu Africa to do," to meet the cendlthus of gement war- fare with forces "broken up into enroll columna and operating over 4(n area larger than France. Gerauuty and Austria combined." incorporated with the despatches Inc reports from •inordinate com- manders!, hi:•luding the netrrntive of Gen. Roden -Powell, w•he any' the newspaper correeponlents gate him much trouble, an the enemy "derlten a great .dealol information at to our olrotlm.tnneea In Mafeking from the neWaptpere," Sir George White gives an account of the siege of Ladysmith and of the struggle of the population and the wgsritt*t--hews wtt..u-aa.t...an- terte fever. ltehrei• to 111s Troops. Lard Bob. rte' despatches are riot reg.ureled as giving any further eluci-. haul ,n of tits conduct of the war, but t l y ate TBSrflntintr aw Prevthg- thea t t:rougnont the cempelgn ho never had sufficient men, hored•s or 'uppli `n it, rover such n sant field of opens- tionn. Looking at all the clreum- ran nee*, Lord Roberta mays the crten- pnign Is unities In the nnnnln of war, rale( he pay, the highest tribute to the gallantry and worth of the tempt', de.lsring that. "No finer fore"s ever took the field ander the 8rltirh flag.' There le n general idea that the 'deipstohas hese mirrored conYlerabl' excretion nt the hind' of the War ill flee. They do not throw nny further light on the summitry retire -went (o( (lettere' Craven or many other matter. regarding !Miele tier public le anxious to liPar. 'Delti•4 Poster -VC 'PrT•enoii). rape Town, Feb, 9.-R •r. Mr. Beet - meet Moderator of 11i,, i/nteh church at Pretoria, hart peeb114h':1 it (iorint of the allegations that lite ltrltUh trowel NNW awettited women And eomalited other heetafteet. lie tes- tifies to tbo htgl► Aiswtpllne of the troop., Pro -Boer (I4►kp 1.0edo., rob.,. -#Ir !Alward Clan*, tein telegram, 1a which as .e-Iaamet Milner Anpralo. (ape Town, Feb. 8. -Today Air Ai - fend Milner make* another earnest appeal to the employers to ellow no many men ng pns.lble to enrol In the onlnnlel manatee' defence fdree. • )ft(rder o' 144. Pence Molloy,. London, Fob. U. -The latest me count of the killing of the hoer peace envoys 0 enntalne( In a- Illloemfon- lee -burgher front Kroonatad, who 111 saki to be a prominent and lu(luea- tlal wan, Is quutod as saying that Commandant 1 F0OOWau allot Mur - 'gamine' at the Instigation of lien. 1)e Wet. When (len. De Wet'i force war tauvlug wimp, Fronemab tutted Morgundaul and W'errels, the peace envoys, ted another prisoner nam- ed Muller staudtug beside u wart, which had - no mules to draw it. I. remount) nuked thew why they had not Inrpaaned. Murgandual replied that tbey had been ordered to await mules. Froneman Immediately struck Murgandaal with a sjuulbok over the head and face, and bald: "I have n good 1111nd to shout you." Oen. De Wet, who war standing by, over- heard thee` remark, and said "Why duu't you?" Fruueman thereupon shot Morgap(1aa1 through the body. The latter fell, but revived for a while, duly to die later. W'eurele wits shot eubeequently at Kllpfontelu. No details+ of tele elatoting are giveu. London, Feb. 10.-A doepatcit from Oener:tl Kitchener, dated 1'returl•u, Feb. 9, rage-"tleu. Louis Botha, with 7.000 wen, moved eastward on the British occupation of Ermelo, taking a peace delegate, wild had been een• tenced, and other prbonere with Lint, Ail reports show that the Boers are exceedingly bitter. About 800 wagons with fatalities pauw.l through Emelt, 04( their way to Amsterdam, and very large gnan- tlNes of stuck are being driven east. Fifty Roars surrendered, "Louie/ Botha, with 2,000 'len, at- tacked General Smitlt-Dorrlen'u camp at Bothwell pt 3 a. m., Feb, 6. They were repulsed after a revere tight. "(len, eprelt was killed amt Gen. i 144, 11 P . i eta y'r severely wounded. Two Bel l eurncts were Mlle.!. Twenty 'ped were 1••ft for the lirltl•h to bury. and many severely wuutule 1 were also left behind. "The British casualtien were 24 kIllel anti R3 wounded. 'Oar movement to the rest 14 re - i' -rted to have thoroughly wet all the enemy's cr.l'ulatlons, ani ...rented n regular pante In the district.' "CbrlstInn ire Wet appears to be retesting the Bne Youth-ttf J e tetn road to the west this morn ng, having fallen to effect a croeaing by the drifts eget of Bethulte. 'In Cape Colony Calvinlet ens (leen I . I►►rtktug s 11mut, Patty ut44uwueov. ...1 8lljpkllp rhe that the reeved Irulu Busse asleep In hart, and elite oa Gip`` war caved trough the routte1 80- Ilrhatas named Darts, who watt h Air tion of entitle the fireman of the hest prlsowr. train, Who roiled off tee engine upon the first abuts being Mee. ,nada u ltow Commute/legit Was Abut. detour of several maim and r.wched the lino again nearer Kimberley In Pretoria, Feb. 10-A party of Duerr time to stop the receive trent. attainted a train etauding at a sta- Thu delver of the ouptured train Ilion 0a the Deluge's Bay lieu. 'Cin tour rllghtiy w'ouuded lti the rhuulder driver .bot s Boer dead who wee tam- and the deers smut him back to War- perlpg with the vueuutn brake. The reutuyy l° cowpuuy with two wuuad• rest fleet, leaving the body of their ed ruidiers. The train hue been comrade, who peened to be Cow- brought back Isere, but only the Iron sealant Llebrandt, - , frame and the wheels were left. The --- (evils i► rontalned were ohl:•fly wheat .\ Fight With DeW'ct. i and oats, principally all of which the onrwy burned, taking very little Kart London, Cape (enemy, Fob. 1)•- away with thorn. The captured trete' Detail* have been received here of i had no escort, but tli.,ro were souse severe ligluing at Tabakrberg moue- soldiers in en armored truck 4(t the tale, 40 miler 84(441 of the rallwny' awl ('nt of the second train which come abuut midway betwueu $smaldeel and back, Bloemfontein. Major Crewe, with a Tltu Boers 4110 effected the cep - morning euwposlte colutuu truvelliug mouth- lure are said to have uulebe'r;tl only wast, righted the m�untain on the 10e, tut they were l4( heliographic morning 01 Jan. 3181. lie heard heavy comwuuleatlon with others In the firing, and knowing that Cul. Pil- kopj-es. There were 82 bullet markt cher'r column war on the other ride on the engine. . of the mountain, he cuncluaed that this officer was in action. Comm- Prwmullets* kir Bravery. quently he hurried forward, only to meet Boer,. 'streaming dome and eel- Preterit, Feb. 40.-.t:r,°y urd,r. dently retiring from Cot. Pi. cher'.+ lyd- have been honied prutnotlag twenty dine shells. immediately Major Crewe of the rank and file for dlrtingulshrd brought three 15-ponncdera and a gallantry and c•,n4pleuous bravery "porn -nom'• to bear on ,the Deere, who, however, wore found to be ►o numerous that It was lmposelble to head them. Orders were given to re- turn to camp, about two idea Brun drum the Boers and atopieel ,t rain the mountain. The column rested un- that would otherwise have Ii c,tp- til four In the afternoon, wheu the turrd by the Itnrgher.. hi L1 was march wad re.-umerl r.,uthwc.t. Ma. buserely w,yanded. jor Crewe wad just touching the ' Prirrrtee Faulkner tin 1 1(n11, white southern point of the mountain when doing patrol duty at I'ltkyl, were a terrible rifle fire opened from a .u-tdenly ceverca. by the rifles of two large force. of Beers who were, In Boers, who were in the grn44. tad • mile ) l -'C, 1 1, � t upon 1 l r vatic 1 til 11 1 ) u n the 4(r enl' . wuuntnl r r The d n The t ro 14( Y 4(t tlle,lk,urs and earl' killed his man, Inc with a sword and the other with n rifle. Faulkner was w,on tel Prl- tater 1lopklnr an 1 Speight are pro - tooted for their conduct at t'Itkyl. Set gen nt4 Stephens an l Hower t, amt Privates Collyer, Prlthett, Birk- ett. Tnlb•ut, ode Hopkin.., held a ko{:je at great oitli while the retire- ment of the remalp ler of the patrol was effected. Sergeant C'uxen nn 1 - elide Sweetie - eh et t tion 4 on the flank of the H oerr, who were within n few yaerds of them. Sergeant liowurd and Pri- Among the men prompted are ('or• petrels Sexton and Kidd, of the 18th Ilurutr., who at Ditty!, un January 23th, gulleped through et heave (Ire fight noon became general. The Buerr oat -numbered the British five to one, end were attacking then* 4(u • loth flanks nt the rear. The British "emu- ' Jemmied and becatne use - lees. Ma tr Crewe grasped the situ- ation, and by a brilliant move got the convoy Into a enfe position. Between seven ate' eight Ill the evening the Goers retarget" the noel- -' And turned both flanks. The fah nmmnnition heroine. exhausted, and Maier Crewe was °bezel t, retire :old abandon the "nd•y+poln," niter the advance party had endeavored to 01�411>1R'�salliFle tei4s=!,sus1446 Mree9Ottieesti•(•T•r•*V.f"t.tq4!4*S'ia/wiro!}i•s`�t><'•kt.*f ipai ;GING EDWARD VII. AND EI1PEROR WILHELM 11. Typifying the Friendship of Two (creat Peoples. issioss oLJo, .-!... i..smammetegmggesmeo.so.s4:...O.P.Vs ?t•hh.f.PiIt•ifetPtOSS P..O.9:4V314.1)sr)9•Preke PS 44 19114 occupied by Col. De Lisle, who en- i Have 1t, and had ' sustained severe tared February 6. the purely retiring lance. • - tun -evil Kemhnrdt. Col. 'Haig 1e art.- .t re'ar-gnard action was fought by hµ: the 111 I 0 1 commando nurtbwar-1 Mnjor Crewe Inta the damp, where tae. past Aberdeen." - magma had iteen Inngered. 118 pn'r. -- soaslic superinten ie 1 the retirement, Dm. h Near Cul ueurel. the Infer, h:.rassing low thtuughn,it. F:utreichm sits were thrown :qs dur- Pretoria, Feb: 10,-,y'nlae \.•1. /. •:1. ing the Hight. Intuarre ,eel Qurrh..l:ntli'l'a 11341 un `l'hea ve,rning ennui MTn}.r Crewe exciting brush with the enemy neer started to juin (,'o. Knox, twelve Balranrnl. The r'doulnlx, with teen- Hiles suntlln'rst. 'i'he hoer., lenne•di- tieredt 120, were under the cutmman•t .ate 1y reattneked blw, romIellfag 11110 of Mspr Tuwbrlilge, au.a they were to sight a *proud rearg(uu-,l.uctilltt. pntrolllug the railway line. ,W force for a few mIl:a, .Gln. De (Yet per•.on- te 400 Cocas attempted t, cut them ally- romrtirtn•tg.1 the Hoene, estimated off are) very nearly sum ,eee..e. at 2,500. Major ('rewe'r force was The lasuc et the . flltht_dependede_hula me. } ventuelly 18' Britlah .:1f1- upsm Who rhenld 1114,0 and 11o1.1 51!car joined /ten. Knox, an I returned to knpje which commanded b'rt?t the Bloemfontein. road and the camp. Boori and Brit- Lord Kiteleen•r 1814 highly compli- bah made a ru ih for It not arrived 'tented Mea j�r C'rcwe upou the acla'•v_e- tilers almost simultaneously. The co.- tueut, oeiel.,'however, nLtnagt1 to 'cell,., the actual hilltop, and there Pee' remained, keeping 16.1 enemy at bay until reinfeircrm: its melte 1. Ion ng In this very plucky perfnrmanc • two sten killed and ant woended. An exceptionally gallant deed WW1 perh,r,nPed by two of the refry/Sal troopere on the extreme Left flank. The enemy Bought to get round our Plegue Serr.t.1. In ('ap. Town. ('ape Town, Feb. 10. -There are now thirteen ceee* tie bubonic plague herr midi in tile .churls. Alt of white" ren be trr,eaa from Ili co:ue;l dock letter- ers who Were first ntttckeit by the Inseam,. 'Guru deaths have thus her -resulted. position on the kap:e, but they vvrr• -Tic destruction of rate, lamer completely dolled, deepitn their over. I weed the atomise, Is vlgorou,ly pro - whelming rar!. by these tw , 1-0 cording. No waiter have been :st- inted tr,opers, whet, firing .iregilt Lacked. wit F elew(hity,,•pcera.atiad--.ha_-Buerlt.__:k _- from exerutln; their flanking e • . 11ner' 1'91(.84 to 1:,111.10, meat. sates Collyer, Prlthett, Rlrkett, anti Talbot were, killed. Ail the ntove Whinged to the 1818 !learner. Light on Kltrhener'• Nute41o•8(4. The situn11011 in t.'udi Afrira ham been- very linty for several weeks owing , haaarhleh the rru- errrallipt-3,nat-bto11wy -e-tcrefatnL_In light I.r now being let in upon it by till. description (1 Lord Kltchener's dlu- po,iti,o of Ida `tureen in 1I.0 Tr:11t4- v:141111111 on both- aides -of the Orange 1(1se: ho; ; ;., , hkno•r, to obtain granter freedom' of circulation 0,t the rail- ways between l'retoria tied _leerrnsu Maranon to the mod write', noel from ,lOtlnnfliebarg to 'Torben tin' the ',out/meet, o•rgnnls'd it greet ro,(nd "IP of the hnrghcre (,(matin„ Is •- teeter' tiro twit line* of roll, with the Inteationee driving theta lltttr lwasl- la'd,'where they might ba cormlled between the eonverging forces trent the sete.tw-drd and the Portngn,'s territory end ltrltlsh Zululand. esti hast necouutr the movernei.te of the treirp;e_epgagutl In this niter.fet.tfg( olwrntl',n were in pregre•'s, but no r':uit Is yet reported. - Turning to the Orange River Col- ony, the rituntlott le exceptionally interesting- It wits nun0)1nred n few dgye Ago, eppnrent{y amnia'. III nn- ,linin,-' Dt jlluilc3latL,_4tili .-Petruteht-sr�gg had been renerepled by the ti -NT. ft was not until the news by Itinil Cape 'Town, Feb. 10.-e.Kriteinger a from Cape Town arrived that the I►elVet F'n HP(1• conmetedo of idoer "sunders has been r ignifil'nnce of 1111* pnrticglar 'neve feae_wwe______...ln •re.n lemiete jla-' 1.01111,11,1 1"igo make it rapid rd•trrnt Mu;