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VOL XiII
STILL CllASIN CRONJE.
IS IIE SUBROIINIIEO?
Butler Drives Boers Back at the
Point of the Bayonet.
LEAVE DEAD AND WOUNDED BEHIND,
The Boers Outgeneralled by General
Brabant at Dordrecht.
Fret 'titers Laving Ladysmith to Help Crone-Methuen's Force at Kim-
berley -The Canadians Trying to Catch Up With the Highlanders --
The Capture of tho Witshires--All Quiet in Zululand -Good Offer
to Reservists --Condition of Magerafontein-pretorious Handed Over
10 the Boers.
Durban, Feb. 19. -Tee Lonthard-
ment of the Boer pusltion on lila ult.
Walla Hill was continuous yesterday,
and fighting Is atilt jorooteding at 6
o'clock this evening. It is said that
the British have eaptured a hundred
Prisoners.
HULLER'; -WORK.
Moved on Enemy's F'Isnk and
Captured )ionto Chrl to.
London, Feb. 10, n.20 p.m. -Tie War
Office has reeelvod the foliowing de-
e patot' from Oen. Buller : Clt "vel:'y
Camp, Feb, 19.-1, yesterday, moved
around the enemy's flack. Th t Queens,
who bivouacked on the northern elope
of Cbngolo, cres,ed the eek and, sup-
ported by the rent of the S'cond Bri-
gade, under Hildynrd, easaulk'd and
took the 'southern end of Monte
Chrleto,
Aesaukee by heavy nrt'llery fire on
their front and flank, ami attacked
on their flank and rear, the enemy
made but slight re. l.tince, and, ale e•
laming tbetr strong pa Mon, were
driven across the Tnge.t. I Inv.
tahsn several camp,, n wagonload of
ammunition, 'leveret wngons of stores
and supplies, and n few prisoners.
HOW LT WAS DONE.
The Fourth Brigade on the left or
western elope, and the 1Velsli Fuel -
:ire, supported by the rent of the i
Sfxib Dr:gade, assaulted the eastern i
flank of the enemy's poa'ltion, while
the Second Brigade Cavalry on the
extreme teethe watched the eastern
Riopes of Monte. COerteto and drove
beck those of the enemy attempt:nit
le Nampa there from our artelery fire.
CASUALTIES FEW.
-don, Feb. 19. -The weather lino
intensely hot and tho ground
vented was exceedingly difficult.
the energy and dash of the troopr+
•^t1lRva Ilan ►levant to we. They have
OR done splendidly. The work of the
tiregislar cavalry, the Queen's., the
ROOM Fusiliers, and the Rifle Brigade,
was perhaps most noticeable, while
the excellent practice of the artillery
and natal guns, and the eteadbteeaof
the gunners, under at timet very ne.
Curets fire, was remarkable. 'Phe ae-
eatate fire of the naval guns from
efhleveley wag of great aaefatanoe,
"Oar casualties are not, I think,
sa
Clearing the Ground,
Loniten Feb. 19, -In Cape Colony
tiesaraI Brabant seems to be success.
$nt. clearing the road for the advance
Of
e only official news up to
2.4b
• Ie a despatch from Lord Roberta,
dated Jeeobadal, 11,40 p.m., Sunday,
oogfrm:ng the preen announcemetuie
ragardieg Gen, Brabant's movements.
+ YOUNG HERO HONORED.
$tlgier Dunn, the 15-y'earold mem-
ber at the First Royal Dublin Fuel'.
jeers, wko was the first to cross' the
Tegeta River, and who was shot in
the right arm while running with the
soldiers and sounding the advance,
raw the Queen at Osborne tide morn.
ing. Her Majesty presented tern with
trine silver mounted bugle,
selttabiy inscribed. The Queen gave
$b. lad a motherly welcome, and ex•
yr.sed her hope" that he would have
eveeewfal career la the army.
WHIERE IS CRONJE?
Aaetbee Neve on Ladyatnith May
toon be Made.
Feb. 19. - Practically
Is known of the progress of
Roberto' column during the
0 day or two, and speculation as
the
ultimate gala from the re -
.
movements is rather ineatle-
Flietory when based on belated tele..
Statement that a large Boer
waif massing northwards of
ones more raise. In the
some experts the question
Gen. Cronje N really with
-Aiwa retreatingt ie gtthat latter
on Bloc nr
j 'fha Fele State mate army,
Gen. Prtnsloo, supplemented
4portion of the Magerefontein
sad, while the main body of
'atter, ander Gen. CrooJe, le
to are th. 7141 bridge at
asap Mare thus beeping tete
' tO
1. dj fey measure the full
Gen. Buller's move.
manages W seise Hiang-
The way may be °leered
another remising. of the Tugela
ianothsr attempt to reach Lady.
via
the divert toad north.
Bees ILSONJlt'WHY 7
Sagfewiteb Off end Alm for
1Pret,Wa.
10.- Gen. Roberts'
an so large a scale that
do not give a
Of the whale
London correspondent
of the Tribune. "The amain tart Is
the abualonuteut by the hutch of
titer position+ at Mngere(ont•11 end
'trowel I'. ntlerley. The (Junrde Bri-
gade nth aimed front the Madder River
rump and tempo the etrongly en•
',remelt,' position wheel was euecees-
filly defended in December againet n
frontal attack, The district north-
ward to Kimberley hie been cleared,
anti the engineers are already nt work
ltE1'AIRIING THE RAILWAY,
Ja'ob+d,l remains the It' ad► vert r ct
Gee. Roberts, but Gen, Kelly_
Kenny's
MONTAG'U WHITE.
D:p:osnatic agent of the South African
Republica.
d!vlalo:t at KIM Drift has boon rein-
'
force I by the 11:ghland Brigade. These
tome; and the Seventh D.vt-lue are
follow ug (len. Cronje, nut Gm.
Fpeneh'a cavalry brgar:ot Mice eetuxl
in tho pnrantt of the retreating Dor.'
eortlward and eastward. Kimberley
has Mee seleved nlmo.t too cheaply,
'l nee the pe teteeo•oea Wive retre,tel
✓ p.l e+: t'`R`t!g th J: gune with them
mei w 11 have vtQo'be fongllt tan other
defene'vfpoeltleTia further north."
MIL?, BOERS STAND?
IS Is 1:ebeved, however, hl London
that the Boers w'II room make a stand,
awl that a b'g battle will be fought.
South Africans may that the strong -
P 31 defenteve poe1tlon in the Free
State is a high ridge between Vent-
eraburg and Senekel, north of Bloem-
fontein, and that Gen. Roberta'
main battle will ba fought there. This
positron Is connected with. Ladysmith
by the Harrismeh Railway, and
there are three strategic. reew•ays
ava!:ub:e for communica ton with the
rear and converging at Johannesburg
for Pretoria.
BY WAY OF GHleite
men. Roberta and Gen. Kitchener
have aleeady eu.rpr:aed both the Beer
commanders and the mi)!lary writers
with nn unexpected pion, they may do
t agora, They may avoid Bloemfon-
tein, turn Cha Ventereburg-Senekel
:.ns et defence and etriko for Pre-
toria."
The Herald correp.nden. Jooke for a
week of heady ffgh ung. With the two
British armies several marches apart,
'the Boers may be ennbied to throw
MISS U'UItCOMB„
Chief Nurse of the second contingent.
Mies Hurcomb was Superintendent
of the Feeley Hoppe, Ottawa.
the buck of their force agsLaat one of
their opponent's, when acting on the
defensive with a sunnier body against
the other. But every day's march that
teeig- .1•: I'r' i' f r -, ee,rer to-
gether increaeea the prospect of deow
ger to the Boer army.
LKYDt FAIiLS,
The report In current in dipp:ematic
ejro:oa ja Weshtng!on, eaye a devote!,
to the He.ra;pi, that Dr. Leyds had for
his lois purpose (in jibing to Germany
the eatableibMent of a German pro-
tectorate, alaottnting ghost to ewe-
ersb'p over the ?rsnhVas' Repels:le.
The Emperor rotneed to coilarder it
at this tine.
tb
nb
MYTH, ONTARIO. TIIURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 1:100.
London, Fob, .O, 4 a,m.-It le now
three daye mince offlc(tl hate3 was
matte puttee from Clan, Lord Robert's,
and !Melt tutotf,chtl nater ns h.te hese
received in the meantime his ben
r1.o,1eluaive and rontethues cuntr.t•
ectory.
.h r.peeeutative of the Dilly New'',
H. W Lurk, 'Toby, M. P„'• of Punch,
ascribe, to Mr. Ileo. %'ynah:tut, tear-
l.nmetttary Secretary of the War
(Mao, a11 ndinteaon that the Govern-
ment had extremely mtt!sl'netory
uewe, but he refused to divulge it,
w'hee the representative himself
eleetcd from an anonymous member
of the C.nh;uet ti's information that
the Afar One It til reeetvet a tele -
611110 wheel announced thnt ('one
manumit Croa,le was hopele.caly sur-
rounded. ,
eeverthehws, the War °free et mid•
tight announce.' that nothing lord
leen recelvnd for publication, and
none of the morning newep apers from
ite own coerce to able to enlighten
the puttee. -
One of thelia Continental Boer re.
forte which fluctuate erratically he.
tweet, the truth and wild absurd.
Ity comes from Berlin, In the shape
of an nesertlan that the Britleh on
Sunday night were compelled to
abandon their advance north of the
Redder River, partly because they
fenred an ambush, and partly be.
eauee of a heavy rain, which made
the roads Impaseable for nrtillery.
The men and horses were thbrouglt•
ly Px1i,itteted. It le hnpoeslble tothe
timate the worth of thie rumor.
It 16 noteworthy that the report's
differ as to the whereabouts of
(Nommen dent Crone) and his pur-
euore, While there seems to bo
every reason to sulIPOm that the
retreating Boers are following the
line of the Hodder River, some of the
telegrams from South Africa refer
to them am being at or approach.
ittg Koftyfonteln, on the Riot River,
many tulles south. 'Tho whole pest•
tloa is obscure.
The ('ape Town correspondent of
the Daily News cable@ that he learns
that Oen. Metlwen's division le now
at Khuborley, tutting gocie through
without any fighting.
Tho oorreepondent of the Evening
News at Madder (liver states that
(len. 1'renc11 hag surrounded a Il.,er
banger nt Dronfield, to the northward
of Kimberley, and 1a shelling It.
A despatch from Lorettro Marlines.
dated Feb. 100, seems to confirm
tide. It says; "Heavy fighting it re•
ported to -day around Klmberl -y,
where (len. Cronj,s 14 said t:, be hull-
ing him own.'
Setting a Tran.
London, lel, ate -Th situ ttlot mer
the 1•ree Kttto Border Is tantalising
to the public expectation. The ale.
u:entary (acts are that the Boers are
ttekking uaelvard toward Bloom
fuutelit with Blow moving baggage
trains, and that they are pursued by
Lord Kitchener, with Gen. Kelly -
Kenny's division. Gan:r.tl Mucdona.d,
with the Idighlanders, made a furred
march to Keodous rand ford, atelier
emitter. Imhof 30 tulles eastward.
ileum! French left Kimberley este
urdey, going out along the Modder
Riser. Lord Kitchener is trylug t.,
outluarelh end to outflank the Beers,
time Checkingg their retreat, If pos.
elble, and ole vlug them back Into the
lands of Macdonald and French.
Tho War Office message mem to
Indicate that Lord Kitchener hug
either got ahead of the Boers, or 14
about W reultse his plan, and that
the War Office walla to announce a
Ceeteive result. ---
• intended to Surrender.
Modder Rimer, Feb. 18, 9.10 p.m. -
The Baer* moved very rap:d:y from
Magerel mein to Roosd'bas'ei, from
wh :eh peace a furca was dlree.ed to
make n defence, Imo 'e: is now evacu-
ated, and the read to Kenberiey lo
cisar.'The Guards' Brigade yeo.erday
morning cau lanais advanced from the
Modder ILvsr camp. They found
MageraContelo desolate. The trenches
were peke sig -sag hedgerows, enabling
sectioaa to deliver an entelading fire
17 a neigbir. ring line of trenches wa3
oocu feed
p by ttha Br(tbvh,
Gen. Ke::y-Kenny overtook Com-
mandant ere* near Kipp drift. The
Free State commandant. were almost
unalfenomry in favor of surrender-
ing, but ween tate muening showed
that the Br:tisb cavalry had not sur-
rounded tbe!r pnager they cleared cul
feed, leaving a section c( their force
to guard the transport, whit h the Bri-
tI-'h gradualy detached, using guns
that had been poised up on the ne.gh-
bor:ng impjde. 'lite Bri tech first shee-
ed ►heir Mager at a distance at 7,300
yards.
When Jacobetlal wcvl euters;l the
correspondent visited the German
holuuteere' Ito•p'tal, which the found
ligltte.l with electricity. The senior
physician, Dr, heotner, was weenrn-
tng a difficult operation. Already
many remelar operation; had been
eurceefully performed. The rorro-
epon+tent was very eourteouely re -
meed, 113 convened with the Boer
who had had charge of a mounted
gun at Koodooaherg, and who hnd
been wow,ded in the lunge by n dump-
nel shell, He raid that 111* gun had
been dismounted by tho British fire.
He admitted that tlb3 Bo -,r loss was
Nervier thin the British, and sail that
the Poore mu,t now e4 (ren their harks,
Lord Roberts' genernl'hlp wan con-
ducted with such seerey, says n tele-
gram from Modder River, that even
to een'or officers who took the Sixth
division through the preliminaries of
the operat'on did not know what they
would finally have to do.
The Decisive Stage,
Berlin, Feb. 19. -The lateet news
from South Afrlea is regardel here
as of the greatest importance. The
Berliner Tagetdatt says that the war
le doubtloa now lit the decisive
stage, and dile view is corroboratn'
by the utterances of mol of tate
German newepapera, although the
agrar'an organs continue 'Meeting to
bel'eve that the Boers haveoermitte'
the British to penetrate Bile Free
State only to ann'hlh:te then later
on.
What the Canadians ere Doing.
Modder Rlser, Feb 10 --The 1tovnl
('nua,li.,t), are id tis nl•kst et the hard
work Invotvod in the advance of Lord
Roberts' column. We left Graepan
with the ntneteelath brigade of the 7th
tiltlrlon on Tneeday last, and that day
marched 80 nines to Wegedraal drift.
There we were enabled to render In-
valuable herviees by hauling the naval
tw"Ive-pmindere *orae the difficult
drift.
On Friday we marched on to Jacobs -
dal, and then on to Iellefonteln, where
we arrived on Saturday morning.
Atter the drift had iron captured, 04
Commandant ('runle's army had re-
tired up the Hodder River on Friday
night, the sixth division, followed by
the Highland brigade, marched uerosm
country to Kllp Kraal drift, where the
Boors crossed the river.
The ninth brigatle, with the Cana-
dians, left Inst night by forced
marches to catch opo to tho Highland
brigade and the teeth division, wbtelh
are trying to Intercept the Boer army,
After the Canadians lett Kilp Kraal,
the rear gnard with a convoy of wag-
ons of food wits attacked by a large
force of the enemy with two guns. Our
troops fought all morning, until they
were ordered to abandon the wagons
by Lord Robert.%
The ('nnndtnne had only left the
place a fete Metre when the attack
Waa glade, and so we escaped the sur-
prise.
our men are stnndiug the fatigue
and the intense heat with great pluck,
and their enthusiasm is moat conta-
gious. Our long marches are enlivened
by Canadian songs In both French and
English, nal all are eager for a bat-
tle In which they inn prove their met-
tle, The (teat and dust are dreadful,
but we are all well.
The Mugersfonteln Trencllee.
Molder River, Feb. 10. -at 9 o'clock
yeeterdny morning the Guards' Bri-
gade, under Gen, 1 ole•Carew, advanced
to Mageerefontein, and found the
trem'hee deserted.
They occupied the kopjest, and found
the petition most formi.iauly fortified,
there being long rows of great deep
trenehee, through wh'ch large bodies
of men nt'.ght march under cover, and
Vers of wire fences hung with tins, so
that the ol'ghtest toarh would warn
Item of the eppro.uch of an enemy.
The kop,le tens in Lire grento.st dty-
order, the Boers (ppnrently having heft
Itt a great hurry. A dinner was toned i
prepared, but entombed.
The kepi' chows the effect of the
British simile, Great ho'e's were form'
and the whole plsee had Men peewee!!
and was covered with splintered rock.
The Queen to itoberl@.
Lonw'on, Feb, lit. -Tho Queen hes sant
that neighborhood. The correspond-
ent of the Deily Telegraph at Bird's
River *muerte that the position hen.
Brabant toot on friday to exception-
ally strong.
The Boers were outgentenllnd fairly
and sgnarely, and wore beaten by a
nnmerieally inferior force.
Boers Leaving Culeeberg,
London, Feb. 19. -The 'medal corre-
spondent of the Deily Nail elude thie
despatch
Nnauwpoort, ('ape Colony, Friday.
-The enemy are reported to be mov-
ing back from C oleeberg."
11'lll Not (go to Rome.
'London, Feb. 19.-A Berlin news-
paper Is informed by the Legation al
Brussels that Dr. L yds, the repre-
een:ative of the South African Re-
public, has abandoned hie visit to
Rome, as fm view of t'hedecielveeven;e
now to progress at the theatre of
war be cannot leave his poet,
DULLER DOIY(1 WELL.
He Clears the Ilfha at the Bayonet's
Point -)lucre Left W'ont.ded.
London, Feb. 20, -There is little
new regarding the situation in Nate:.
There are Rome fresh tndicaticna of
what tens already fairly apparent,
that a consieierabie part of the Boer
strength had been withdrawn from
the line of the 'Tugela river before
(len. Buller made hes last assault. It
ie to be presumed that their big guns
were all stately wheh'drawn. Their
ai:ered plan of campaign cannot ns
yet be gummed at, but a to:egraut
dated Maseru, Bemire:and, Feb. 47th,
states that the Government of the
euuth Atr!,cne Repubee el sending
large forces Into the Orange Free
State under promlaent generals, while
a telegram communicated by the
Transvaal Legation at Bruasele to the
Berlin 'l.'ageblatt asserts that all the
Free State Boers have been withdrawn
front the investment of Ladysmith for
Gm purpose of reinforeing Command-
ant Cronje,
The Standard's correspondent tele
"ONE TOUCII OF, NATURE MAKES THE W' HOLT: WORLD KIN." -.1N IM-
I'ROMPTU PICNIC ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
An luvtBded soldier relates the following Incident: When lie fell lou
found himself beside a wo.laded Bier. The Boer, speaking perfect English,
opened the concertation. "Would you like something to drink 1" he old.
"Certainly," said Tommy, "what have you got ?" "A bottle of port," tree the.
answer. The bottle was pro luced, and viten had a putt at it. Then said
Tommy to his quondam toe,''W'ould you Ilke something to eat?" "To be
sure 1 would, What have you gut :" "1've got a loaf of bread," "My good -
nese!" answered the stricken Boer, '•I haven't tasted bread for a !ort -
night" And then these two lay and ate the brans► end drank the port end
fraternised until the stretcher-bearers removed time -From the Graphic.
a d!re('t reenivage to Lon) Roberts cote
gratnlating him and his trove lien,
French end Col, Kekewiclt 11310 Baru
acgnatnteel with their promotl nim.
That Load Delilah Convey.
Lamlob Feb, 19, T. latest infor-
mttt'on In regard to the British con-
voy which In reported to have been
captured by the Boge at tip 11 et
Raver Is coatniact in a de patch to
the Eve , Intel J.tc•o1;dn1,
Feb. 180, I) p.m. In the despatch
the t-0ee,:px,al,tit ,nye tete mores•
Wits nhandqued to avoid delaying the
British arta:nee, He adds, however,
tint the linos hive 110011 enable to
remove the wagmte,
The Boer Report
Lorene Marquez, Feb, 19. -It alt.
tpears from advice* received here that
he loot captured by the burghers yes-
terday near Koffyfontetn Included
over 8,000 heal of cattle and a mine
bar of wagons, eighteen of which
were loaded with pmoti,ions Intended
for the relief of Kimberley. A num-
ber of prisoners were oleo captured.
142 W'tltahires Were Captured.
Lorenzo Martinez, Feb. 19.-A 'or -
respondent who was with the Beer
forces in the attack upon Reraberg
tIhee further particulars regarding
he capture of the Wiltshiree. 11:
eaye : t
Commandant Fetter, who arrlhed
Bret, found two companies of the Wilt -
'dares, and begun attac'aing 1n the
ope1t" l(xon after the wad Joined by a
body of Free etutere, and together
they drove the Brith;lr back from tete
neighboring kop,ea, capturing all but
three,
"It Islmpoesible to say exactly how
many of the Dritio'h were killed and
wounded, but of the 200 Wiltahlres
143 were captured, and of tleea 44
were wounded.
"The sufferings of the wounded from
hent and thirst were Intense. The
burgher's did their best to alleyitto
title, and many of the wounded were
carried in blankets to Reneberg tett
Ins. At Rletfontein the British rear
guard begun shelling, thug compelling
the Federate to leave the woanded in
order to repulse the attack. A Federal
Krupp gun replied'effeetively to the
Brit .+h cannonade. The 1'oere loot twu
killed and four wounded.
"They now occupy all the Relieve,
poetiu.rs 1, roe le hx'cupled by tine
le, whoee ar guat irt-
tBrit
h
onteln, with there?eiiern�sard clone
la It
up."
Despatches from tiie British ramp
yesterday announced the return of n
number of the Wlltehiree, evidently
the remainder of the 200 referred to
above.
Baer* Were Outgeneralled.
London, Feb. 20. -The news of the
British occupation of Dordrecht and
the surrounding hula la the latent from
•
graph► from Cbleveley that. cit•
teh cleared the Mlle at -$J( pt
the bayonet, and that `ttt9,t$apr4, la
their pretreat left their dead "'al d
wounded on the field. '
.A despatch to the Dally News
from C'hlevele Indicates v u that the
' fliers did not watt for the bayonets,
hut retreated precipitately.
The correepondente Pay that the
Doers evacuated Hlanewane hill Sun-
day dight, and that the British oc•
entitled It Monday. They dwell upon
the great strategical Importance of
the position, winch enables the Brit.
1411 to dominate tote enemy's main
defence, nt (troblor'e kloot, and pre.
dirt a rolttlhlned eucctesful advance
and the recapture of the railway.
the extremely important utteraue
of Hr. Balfour and lir. Chamissrlai
an the Coutmou' to referetme to th
employment of aativee, 1'[r. Baitou
carol ully d.etingulItod eetweea Afr
can native* turf native; of India. 11
did not say whether the Guverniuca
Would employ the for'me'r, but declare
titut It tvouhl to proud to woleom
the add of the trope offered by th
native princes of Iaolt in any w
eltrr,e I on under oruhncry cundlltott
He promised, however, to 'no t ear
fully Investigate the tilcgatlon
against the Boor:.
While trot committing the Rovers
meat directly, Mr. Balfour'* xpeec
opened the distinct 1r0 sfhillty the
torero the end of the to mpnigu Sikh
and (►hoick is w 11 he ftghling along
e''le the Rrl(i h,
Mr. Chamberlaln'e deolarat'oa of ti
Government's decltton to (ncourng
end uatiet the natives In every wa
In defending their territory agates
Boar Invasion, though loudly cheer
by the Mertsterlallstl In the House
meets with adverse eritielem in var
ons quarters, eepec',ally oil the groun
of the complete nneertntnty regardtn
the elite for' which the natives wi
ckelare thomeeh'es.
Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Oovernmen
leader, denting with the same sullen
end the possibility of employing Indian
troops, sold his former statement
the effort that the, Government wind
not employ natlses in the present ten
wne torsed on the Ixti'ef that, by co
nto'1 consent, the war would bo con
fined to the two European races,
adding :
It the Poem ndopt a course Inoon
eluent with that Iden, we hold our
selves free to recona'der our decselon.
Mr. T. P. O'Connor thus describes the
steno to the Commons:'
" Mr. Cli mberinln'e Col I, penetrate
tones, with a terrible empire's under
iv'Ing an tntperturbel ie mnen^r, ictal
nit through tiro rel^ne, I'ke il note o
loan. Everyboly saw what 11 nhennt
but notole e, ke: ereroboly under
stood all It: terror and ferocity."
A London cable save: There we
no report from Lord Roberts of th
progress of the turning movement
when the War Offloe closed at mid
night, and Fleet street was wttho%
doepntobee from either Met or Mod
der River. Thisbe* of news was ex
plained, semi -officially, as probably
dee to the holt of Gen, French's eat
airy until the Infantry coati tenni
}Clip Drift by a slower march. There
was no uneasiness in any officio
quarter over Toed Roberts' silence
The delays of thle turning movement
are not underetoed by military writ
ere with precision, owing to the Im
prectb'nbillty of elentltying the drifts
n.ml vlllages mentioned In the nffleln
de'petchee with tbt fording places and
settlements shown on the male+ pf the
Intelligence Department, but there 1s
n general agreement upon the tsotlen
effeet of the whole operation.
KIMBERLEY CAN HOLD OUT.
The general impression that Kimber-
ley le near the end of its resources, and
that Lord Roberts considers it en ur-
gent duty to relieve the garrison and
town with the learst peewiblo ',Misty, le
probably ..mecurete. A high authority
let the War Office, wlon sled whether
Mr, Cecil Rhodes and Col. Kekewiclt
were eating their hordes, assured me
that no apprehension,' were entertain•
e(1 respecting the power of Kimberley
to hold out indefinitely. "I wish I
could say the sense of Ladysmith," lie
added gravely.
LORD ItOBEWI t', GOOD STRATEGY,
The eecre ' ort Roberti' 4Jloioe
of Binder River as the ventre of con
centfattou ind operation WAN neither
the desperate c ndielon of the Kim
Merles garrison nor the political prem
were. for the deliverance of Rhode.
There were peen(' military reason, r,r:
Lord Rolfe, to counts. Oen. Metinine e
army coil.l not be massed with tit
sixth and seventh dlh'Isions without
rnl+ing tits siege of Kimberle, and
:ohe railway, under, gourd from Orangt'
Maiden Rivera, vita* a conveuirut
lino of supplies from the burse for the
ethane° toward Bloemfontein, wide
Mt delay, wllieit. would have been in-
etul-
0 !table ft, Gr r
1 f theI
.w
(%olasbet
hers diatrlets had been cleared. The
Mere were anxious to have Lord Rob-
erta conduct the campaign in those
tnountainotte districts, but he has
not consulted their pi't'fel'eru'ee, ,
INTEIUIST CENTE1IE (IN ltOiJEttTt1
Une result of the sudden revolution
of un army corps of er.1 men o1 51
arms marching tiward Iciwteriey
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with retnrkaIIe mobility fwd
realer; of organization hes been the
dimtuution of public Internet in the
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THIO 1 110E'9T NEW$PAPIen
IN HURON COUNTY.
NO 28.
61.808, from which 1,808 men are
deducted for the pollee.
The Boers, It le euid, have eighteen
old gena of all kinds, 19 captured
front the British and 78 new guns,
elaeelfleel ns follows:
t'rrneot, 16-C gine, 16: 8.7 inch, 21;
7.5 inch, 82, and 4.7 teat Howiteers,
4. Against thele the Brit.
Mit hate sent out: Moue.
Win guns, 12; horse artillery,
54; field artillery, 234; five laoh How.
{teem, 88; naval gune, mostly 4.7
Inch, 88; heavy "lege train gave, 86.
The Brittek forcer prior to the war
consi,te•l of 9,000 men, 7,000 un-
mounted and 2,000 mounted. On the
date of the ultimatum, Ont. 0th,
they had Ineretteed to 12,600 me
mounted and 3,400 mounted, a total
of 10,000. On Jan. 7th they were
88,000 unmounted and 19,800 mount -
r ,tf'ffl�tl`
ed, lin Feb. 20th they will consist of
87,800 mounted sten and 142,900
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Wer Notes.
The employees In the factories of the
t North American Bent Chair sny
_ at Owen Sound have subrorlbb.4
to the Patriotic Fund. Hon. R. R.
Dobell las forwarded his cheek for
$300.
h Japanese residents of Vanoouverin
tenet to make an offer to the Inner.
1 he Government to ralae a Corp. for
terries) In South Africa.
1n army order lamed in London In.
_ rites the reservists to relit the cul:
ore for n1 year Tor home defence, and
offers t22 bounty to those who do so,
A report lino been r,:,•►ted from
Durban that the whole ..f Betlutne'a
Mounted Infantry are am* in %uiu-
land, and that other tr' it+ are pro.
eeeding there. Anklet; concerting the
invasion of that qu;uter le now patio
ed.
IOW
Mianked and Surf el ted.
('hle'.eley Canip, Feb, 10, 1080 a.
m. -Cit Huntley Gen. Lyttleton'e dl. '
therm, hosing bhoaaeked the prod
o,, night oe Cingalo hill, aniseed
tee nek between that position and r
tanto Cristo 11111 and occupied the
southeastern end of the latter elm,
hteuee. Thera wail a heavy mile.
eleiratirnhs hi other portions of the
field, A clear perspective view hue
been obtained, after a lung period ofI
Meknes., tele fug, and Natal, etornt-
berg and Iteunbnrg ore now in re-
d
ured prupurtauns, with the march of
Lord Bootees' army as the one great
in ur of the e.tuu (ion. For this rel
ova there, has been n ehrinkuge of
;ewe from all otter sources, Natal
lam fallee into the background, al•
hough the publle la reminded of Lady.
nhitlh by long, detailed account',
nebiiehe;i this morning, of the expert.
nee of the gurrieun when they wero
tvittessi;g (gen, I uller's ehamtight.
ketry fire in the scrub oft the hill-
side. The Boers aliened the summit
with tlteapnel and their Nordenfe;lt
guile, but were soon eilenced.
The irregular mounted troops ,ut•
flanked the enemy edit of the hills
to the Tugela River, nutting off the
retlrin Boors from the Jowr; drift,
end driving tem over open ';rund.
where they were expoee:l to the tiro
of the Queen's owe.
Kltuultaneoualy Gen, farted' bre
grade and tile Rifle Brle t' ,mcwp!ed
Breen hill, the Boers occupying that
pae;tion have been eh
dee out. The
enemy deserted a standing camp,
leaving behind thcnh ponies, sacks of
1'0t,1t9939 and other Pests, anti a fresh-
ly life, ox. They wife evidently NUT,
pri_ssd by the 0110 )mase of Gceetvtl
Hildyard's brigade at the top of
Monte Cristo.
The operations throughout the
whole day wore crowned with enc.
cent
A Decide- d Sueeesa.
Clecrelcy, Feb. 19. -The Beere' line
of ferteeases to broken. The British
hard achieved is decided eul'eao ht
ceeturng, the enemy's poeltton on
Monte l'r:stu.
The Beere, however, oxoeutel n re•
tee ht, reuteving their guts and con-
voy w'ngnna. The British hnd cont-
p.,rnt,,,ly f,w r=su.,Iti,M.
Died to a .)fan.
e
Yeomanry lift. -
London, Feb. 17. -The first unit of
the special corps of yeomanry called
the Duke of Cambridge's Own left Lon-
don this morning to embark at South-
ampton for South Africa. The force is
compared entirely of men of good
social position. Lord Abinger wears
corporal's stripes, while Lord Ailce-
bury's mon Is a trooper. Each man had
to pay £130 for the privilege of Join-
ing, the money going to purchase their
outfits, while their pay le donated to
the fend for the relief of the widows
and children of the killed eoldiere. 1m-
mense ',rowan osmted the ''gentlemen
rankers," as they were terme.l, on
their way to the Matey), and the
tenth started amidst remarkable
scenes of enthusiasm.
Thu Duke of Cambridge and other
titled personage' went to ttouthamp-
ton to bid the yeomanry farewell.
Casualties Light.
London, Feb. 17. -General Roberts
reports the British eaeualtlee during
th0 fie:Mier at Jncs,bsdal as b•!!'tt-
One killed, fourteen wounded, three
mewing.
Lot,don, Feb. 10-.1 (lcwpwtteth tone
Times from Nanuw Poort, describing
the retirement to Arundel, draws itt•
teotion to the devotion of twenty min
of the Victoria Mounted Rules, who
were caught in a trap and died ton t
men, fighting to the Met.
Sikhs end - Zulus.
London cable mato: Lord Rosebery'e
speech In the Lords has overshtduwed
THE RIVAL ARMIES.
ntelligence Otllce'e Estlinate of 1'be'r
Relative Strength.
London, Feb. 18. -The Rrltieh In.
elligence office estimates the num.
or of Boers liable to service in the
Transvaal at 81,311: In the Or-
nge Free State. 2::,314; disloyal
Cape Dutch, 4,000, and foreigner's
foliated 4,000; making a total of
mows
SAli P[ HTt
Famine Sufferers Walk About
Like Living Skeletons,
THE STRESS GROWING. GREATER.
N..., York, Feb. 19.--9'h' Amerkan
Peet of Mleeioue hie received elat-
e r fie nh the Rev. Edward Fntrbank,
stetbne.1 at Vadat*, which gives
some idea of the !torrent of the lam.
ih.P iu the East hellos. Mr. Falrbank
says:
'Here nt Vadale. and within 8
miles of um, here are 8,000 persons
ion the relief works. It was only two
rre.`ka age that there were less than
e,000. The 'Areal ie repWly grow.
lug extreme.
"There ie great suffering from the
cold at nightie .The people are not
only ctothetesee but almost retires.
The wretchedness le terflb*_ jet
eOlt worse la the omelettes' Id. leg
skeleton,' In attendance are la' jf-
dence on every nide. The
a f
clerk tette k l me that many child
1
d�;�
dying in the camps, too far go1
idle*
recover. Many men nnd'eromen helve
also died here, The only reaeoa given
is the lack of food. We famine h
undoutbedly tar more severe In these
parts than that of 1870 or 1896. One
of the worst features Is the lack of
water, Rivera madly flowing fall at
the' time are dry bola of sand. The
well that has wntere+l our garden
and has never failed since my father
came here -alined 43 years ago, la
dry. Government officers tell ma that
the Indian (government look' with
the greatest apprehension on the fate -
Inc. It already feel' unable to wipe
with It, so great are lie dimensions
and proportion. at the very opening
and without any doubt for eine
months more the famine must rage.
'Undoubtedly private phlinnthropy
JOLONEL HANNAY,
Who fought lila way front Orange
River into tete 1'ree State and tele
ed Ramey. He le the first Brltteh
offieer to erhptare n Boer town.
u1,10 -nppl gr.. it 1' Ip in this fam-
ine. far greater than In the first ram.
lee, if millions, in those and other
parte, of India are to be saved from
eta nation."
ANOTIIIO'it CANADIAN DEAD.
Ottawa, Feb. 17.-(Speela0. - The
Militia Department hal received a
cable frotaCape Town, stating that
Private Moore, of B Company, Lon-
don, Ont„ Canadian Contingent, died
of enteric fever. This makes five
eeatlu in the tlret contingent.