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A PAPER 18.--esseas
VOL xm
BLYTH, ONTARIO, Til THURSDAY MA Hull 1, 1u00,
GEN. CRONJE IS NOW PRISON
SURRENDERS UNCONDITIONALLY
SAYS A WAR OFFICE DESPATCH
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from tiny part ot the theatre of war.
_ .
• Commandant ('role, aceording to the
large Boer Army Concentrating of which, however, le of more recent,
latest despatchee received here, none
date than enntlay, Iw atilt holding his
Near Bloemfontein.
ROBERTS HOLDS A TIGHT GRIP,
And is fleeting All Comers Who
Hasten to Cronje's Aid.
Details of the Battle in Which the Canadians and Highlanders Suffered So
Severely -Om Buller's Slow Progress --The Gallant Dublin FP.
Iffne-Snyman Complains That Baden-Powell Break" the Sabbath
-ManIenald's Wouud Slight ---More Guns for Roberts.
LonOon, 'Feb. 27. -The War Oilier were .aftain falling bat* bat piffled to
tla'hat. received the following iNivamiligr-Waital11 01 Tutre,
trent Lord Roberti:
Paarcleberg, Feb. 27-'ti'n. (eon)
has surrendered tineotelitionelly• ;
Crinkle now a primmer In our camp.
TAMikat, 24.-e.ew more bril-
liant starker have hem written than
the .threemolumit account In the
Standard from Latlyoultb of the ter.
elfin tumult upon that camp by the
Boers, Jan. Otit. Malty of the details
told by the Standard correspondent
ars Intensely interatthig. First of an,
he ghee a lucid explanation of the
nelaWrIous way In which the Boers
Reneged to get so clog, before they
were diecovered.
DOERS MOVED IT
"At 7 o'clock un Friday night," he
writer, "500 picked Homo rode from
the eager belied iill1W0/14. Mid, ford-
ing the river, came to u kopje south
of Cat0140.1 camp. They then hivotelek•
ed antli 1 o'clock In the morning,
when they crept cautiously along the
seems and screw FOUrhON remelt.
Molding our picket/4 and 'intro''. onr
eeetlett Moral up tte! ra.the to the
emetera shoulder and climbed *ileutl1
OP the elope in the fold of the 11111.
//Another rotupany movtal along
the buulderettrewtt eremite tewert Is
the plateau on the mouth. Three
or four thousand were In referee
atnoug the kopjea nee broken groom'.
They were reolf to armlet the Keene
itig parties ant to occupy the hills
bit loylip II, IOW ON their comrade+ se-
vered it footing.
-MPTAeK ON CA E li'S C NIP.
"bit the attack upon Caesar's camp
one party of fifty Boone seeking to
Make ri their retreat, were over-
teken y the Border Atounteci fllfIeN
and escaped for the moment by de•
Marie, that they were the town
peed. Thin trick has however, be -
Wipe too stale, and every man wan
idiot down as he mate into the open.
Ilia BOON. OS I have repeatedly wild,
Klinate weapon of offence, and
to think that the white flag
le a
307 used as a cloak fur any
treachery.
MORE BOER TRE.tellERV..
"A Boer offieer with a dogma arm.
ad followers advanced up the hill
with a white flag and ehouted that
they were coining to surrender.
When Called epee to drop their
Wallowa they made it clear and
their intention wax not surrender,
but treachery.
STORM Lett*: TO Atli,
" When, after many hours of fierce
fighting, the Deere were Wilmot re-
pelled from Caesar's Camp, a storm
mune to aid In dire extremity. The
volleying musketry of hall and the
roar ol thunder added a dreadful
note to the cannonade, and sheet'.
Of MOOR rain turned tie sprulte
into raging torrents and the petite(
into Moe Team 50 yards through
this blinding shower was impossible.
SeIIIug the moment, the Boers push.
al forward another force from be.
bind Bulwana. Bet they did not get
Jayne the kettle (met of Catetere
Vamp, where Our naval gnu threw
n few Mello into their midrit.
IIANY BOERS WERE DROWNED.
" Thu storming party made a Medi
down the hillside, hoping to find
protection in the storm. Many were
eliot flight, while other. Mug
themselves Into the river anti were
swept out of Hight. Thin rush
brought the fight at Caesar's Camp
to a close, ainld a fusillade that al.
most drowned the thunder."
AT WAGON HILL.
But It was at Wagon Hill where
the most dramatic feature' of the
imeault occurred. Oi the the Stand.
art'', correspondent expo " Col. E.
wards was leading hie 111440 Into pe-
ril/ion on the east of Wagon 11111.
Whitt a bullet struck him in the
shasider.
-Though robbed of their leader at a
meat, the Light Boras
1. Creeping forward to
seemed least exposed to
ads g fire teem the front of
n' jeer fought manfully., often
and men 10 yards of their
L ON EVERY 1 LiND.
, went on for hours %oh
niantteat tottentage to tither
. It nem were failing ott every
Bowen called for 'Men -
tele a tke 00th Milos. Only half
'Teen PIPPelorerard, and with this
add of below the pliant officer
shed at a Oren position bele by
Ate alitellie, Not a man lived to tell the
Star, sir veer. Lieut. Tot with
rCh another gallant Chant
‘...4 S wavered through the
d liellicein boon of the morniug,
1100t1 the Deanna tame to the
The Clordoei, having no officer,
hen il of ti desperate charge. The enemy
left the emplacement and, rushing up
the western °micelle took cover among
the roulta. Their presettee there was
not lees( dangerotia, and another effort
tt am nth& to dislodge them
A HERO WArt KILLED.
A tubtiltern was in charge ()I it
working party of eappere, Lieut.
legby-Jones, a 3 oath of 22, who had
;already won fame by the deatruction
of tilt howitzer 011 Serprise Hill. When
tits enemy first appeared on the creat
of Wagon Hill, Lieut. Digby -Jones en-
gaged the storming party front a ante
gar on the woe. front
" Driven front that , poeition lie
hod been conspicuous Omagh the
engagement for twte of limekiln that
attracted the notice of Col. Hamilton,
who had decided to recommend hini
for the Vietorin Crony.
"Collecting a mixed company of sap-
pers. riflw nwl Highlanders, he led
them 'monist the tiew po.dtlon liel.1
by the enemy. At, they dashed up
the narrow petit, the Boers, never
imagining that men could display
such reckless courage, milled upon
them to tltrow up their Mime Bul-
let awl bayonet eotelnecil them of
their error and the position was ours.
A BULLET THROUGH lite, BREAST.
"But fate wan holding the Winos
oxer the thread of a heroic Me. An
Ittur or two afterwarie when we had
at great sacrifice reconquer& the
western limit of the hill, Lieut. Eigby
home was in the gun etnplaeenient
with Abueor Miller-Wallttutt este one or
two men. The enemy had been drii •
en back, yet maintaining a searching
fire, and having rtuelved strong
reinforCements was separating for
ainather advance. /Suddenly three or
four dark eittelowe were east over the
perapet, In which there were no
10,4..hotes, Von Wyk, leader of Barri.
smith comumndo, Field Cornet Devil.
hers and another brave Boer leader
were making their lust deeperato
+barge. Major MillerNallnutt shot
kb man and fell himself from u bullet
aimed nt the back of hie bend. A
corporal it the mappers slew &Millers,
Iwhose banloller was almost filled
with explosive bullet*. !Amt. -Digby-
Johne, running out of the emplace-
ment, Wert Commandant Voil Wyk, be-
fore he Murrell ended a short bero's
Armored (Tureen ... ... ... ... ... ... 20
Fleet -chum protect& enterer ... ... 1
&rend -eines protected cruiser,' .., 2
Third -elan. proteetel emitter 1
Teglitelranglit gunboats 2
'Pureed°
'I'orpeio-boat eeetroyer:
Th) n! yacht ..„.„...,. I
career with a Maumee bullet through
the breast. Ills young and brave
comrade, Lieut. Itennie, R. E., fell ta
minute afterward while going to
the aid of the wounded,
FI0IIT WAS NEARLY OVER.
Tue hard fought battle woe nearly
over. Our men were again on the
miamiult of the hell, awl the llotehltle
gun ef the Natal Naval Volunteerts was
no longer In ..e‘opttrsiy. But there re-
mained a Rinall and gallant baud of
Boers, who ether would not or could
not reere. They were hidden iiinoug
some rucks about thirty yards from
the ItroW td kb. Their fire was
deadly in Its Fearching nccuracy. One
mars alone ht credited with !riving
shot no fewer then flee officer:.
,t CHARGE ORDERED.
" Benetton naked Col. Cork
whether anytheig rout,' i.e done to
remove them.
" • .1. charge," buggeeted the emu -
mender of the Ilevone. The onier was
given, Dna the throe comp:inlea went
forward with a elwer sterols the mon
ehotewept ground. Veut. Field ('it
his company first, (Mei came Capt.
Luton end upon him heel( Lieut. Ales
-
tenon. The enemy dei bot wait to
rece've the colt *tee!, but threw them.
salve+ over the len In headlong flight,
truatem to speed ant the Healing
.hot of rain.
" Unit, lifueter,on, having to return
w:th a meesuge, tumbled into a winger
with ten wounds upon hi; body. Capt.
Lefoite feel Vent, Field fell victims
to a tem/erre while the Boers were
10 flight.
RAfiED FOR SIXTEEN BOERS.
The ,hattle wet. over. For sixteen
'mare It had raged, teal the very
4' 4'' h el 1t.,11 ty,th11
roar et cannon and the rattle of
mutiketry. Ladysmith had not Sallee.
The enemy had been reputed ()never)
mIcie. and the total of dead, oast, west,
south and north was heavy beyond
anytleug that they had suffered in
Natal. tight drew n satle cloak over
the Main. aOl we waited anximelY
until dawn to emelt the dead and to
esteem the wounded,"
London, Feb. 27, 4 a. m. -There has
been no deceive change reported
po.dtioli, and apparently has not lost
lame of holding it until relief an
rive+.
It is reported from Lorenzo Mar.
tote that five Hommel burghers.
have left Ladysmith for the Orange
Free ritate, and reInforeetnents are
mewing through Bloemfontein hourly,
conceutrating 110 nnlea from the Free
etato entetal. It is not doubted
here that n desperate effort is In4.
pending or nIready begun to hell)
out Commandant Leona!, the hope. '
'castles(' of whose position, it may be '
recalled, has wily been asserted by
uewspaper correspondents. General
Roberte has certainly never quitted
that the Boer leader's ewers/ delly•
(mince woe Impossible.
The correspondents, in their latest
memages, any that prisoners, who con.
Untie to arrive at the British ono*,
awert that Commandant Cronies '
force monhera 4,000 men exclusive of
the losses that have be:en sustained.
Beer* Concentrating.
London, Feb. e7, 4 a. to. --The Tinted
publishes a despatch trout Paardeberg,
(Inte) Feb. 210d, which confines the
report of the temeentration of burgh-
ers. 11 says that the investment of
Commandant ('rouje IN rapidly %Woo.
lug the Been; together Iron] etery
quarter. Set eral thoueund are now
hovel:big in the neighborhood of Pear -
&mere.
• Cutuntandeer Every Male.
London, Feb. 27.-A despatch to the
Daily News from Lorenzo Marlowe
states that President Steyn tele-
graphed to Prodeent Kruger saying
that General Hobert. 14 St It.1011 t fete
hours' march of Mocinfontelts, and urg-
ing that every mule, Irrespective of
nationality, bc commandeered. The
di/spent then adds that President
Steyrfavors peace.
'rise sono correspondent states that
the Boer general who commanded at
Coleuso sent a message to Premident
Kruger alrlOOUJICIOg that he had been
defeated, and recommending that
overtures he Made for peace.
Cronje's Biw- a Answer.
141(4 'Cowls, Feb. 211.-Reingeet !rum
Kimberley report that WWII Lord Kit-
chener gave (ten. think his option of
Airrencirrtng or fighting, the Boer
leader having asked for an armistice,
Crone, replied:
"lee got 00111e gone, some nen, and
01110 anununItioi, and I um 1111(0, Why
,hould I surrender.1"
, Boer tinho- rn ut Work.
Pattrdeberg, Feb. 1Z. --The Britisli
ettialry di% Wien went twelve tittles to
the elect on Wedneetay ttnd mattered
and destroyed 'several parties of
Boers ho were trying to escape.
There In intermittent then from
big British guile throughout the night,
while engineer. are building trenches
toward the Boer position around the
Mager.
The Boer trenches are conetrueted
111 a peculiar manner. They are nar-
row at the ti; and wide at the bot•
tone and afford men sltelter from un
artillery fire on either side of the
There was some sniping tlie river
batik flee naming.
TIt Boer reinforcements have failed
to break through the British !ince of
Investment around the Boer tenger.
The 'situation has been ownpara-
tIvely quiet.
British casualties have resulted from
the fire of Boer eitipera along the
river aide. Thereu teeperl near the
drift and Moog the bands orthe river
have not yet been dislodged,
---
Crowle Has Clung,
L01111011. Feb. 27.-.1 despatch to
the Daily Clhroulele froni Partedo.
berg, dated Friday, Feb. 28rd, @aye :
"Gen. Cronle's attempt to mount
,guous WON frostrated by our natl.(
hwy."
lioberi Ili Merciful.
London, Feb. 27. -The Daily Mull
has • the following despatch from
Paardeberg : "Oen. Cronje's wife Is
not with him, although there are
women anti children In the comp
The Boer mended now it nehmen.
elusively confined to the river bed.
The enemy are entirely at otsr
mercy. but Lord Roberti; is treat- ;
Ing them with great conelderation
from motives of humanity."
Itoblueon's Batik at Johannesburg
has been reopened and cash and se.
entitle*. which had been wised by
the Transvaal authorities have been
restored.
There is a great nisei of foreign.
ert4 towards the Tratemenal.
Prince Praises the Canallana.
London, Feb. 27, -Tho Prinee of
Wades, who yesterday (Monday) pad
a via!), to the wounded ssto had ar-
rived et Southampton on the 414
Princes, of Wales, singled out the
Canadians and told them how proud
the. Empire was of them and of their
brave rompateots Whe.) had came for-,
ward SO ;opal), and• spontaneously to
make commm cause %lib the mother
'o
Lord Reher,s hoe appointed to ICA
staff Major De 011, of the Royal
Ca n dian Regiment.
This I01 the tire Intim*ti.n Ib 1,n1
tut tatted:an contmgent have been
invaieded heme, and It is difficult to
understand the despatch. Possibly it
refer)4 le men member101:1 Nvere.-
incapecazed with, lever.
To Oppose Roberts.
tendon, Feb. 27, 4.20 men. -The Boers
are amsembeng an army near. Ilicent-
fenteln, with wheat to depute the in-
vas:ce of Lord Roberts. Tim
Settee cones from Pretoria by any of
Lorton Marques. The commandoes
aro denribed ea "hasten:es from all
(mergers it the to Republes," Nit
onions te io made uf their number, but
the es itlidrawal of the Boers from
'nest of the p:ares where they have
been in conflict wills the British, ex-
cept the dialect neer Ladyamith, may
raise tho relating force to NAN
1Thlftrer461;4t ,tb
1=1 have etveei801700ee
men in the
The gathering of MIN anus' memos
the petit of Lord Roberts gives
nifleance to Oeib Crinkle( sterelfaet
defenee. Ile hall engagethe corps of
Lord Roberts for ten days now, and
whether he la rellevel or tot, he lute
given time for the dIsperseal Boer too-
thily. 1) get together and to prepare
posItiows to receive the British al.
noon when Cronj) le overcome and
fete] Ruberte niove4 forwent.
It la difficult to conceive that tit/
Boera are strong though to take the
offenolve, and to rewire Oen. Crone!
trm) lee precarious eituation.
The movement on the veldt away
from the railway is beetanIng inerette-
1114ClY difficult for large bodiem of
troupe, 4* the gram le burned sm. (leo.
Ensuehoe to wagon forage for his
horesst, cunt area the Infantry finds the
long marches birder than before, as
forage fur the transport anima); must
he carried. Thbo requires Ow form ',-
Con of garriemleil depot,.
The ordlWlry campaigning *season lu
ver, and the /dotty .eatiosi for loth
men anti atilmale has Het in. Techni-
cal military writers take these things
Into eonsideration In forecasting
events.
The Daily Chronicle says It learna
from private letters that BrItI•11 rifles
and anuttualtion have been bolded on
the Southern coast of Cape Colony,
prestunably for the Dutch colonisti.
Lord Roberti has recently reached
72 additloaal pieces uf artillery.
Whether all have been sent, to Commie
-
berg Is not known.
Probably the e'ghtli LOAM ni will
lenve England next Monday.
A tavesatelt iron Paordeberg dan ti
Vrillay, to the Tines, says th
oral thou/land Boer' tr.‘ now hovering
In that neighborhood.
Fighting Mac's Wound.
London, Feb. !4L.-.& private telegram
to Mr. W. NI...done hi, ti brother of
Hector AD-Icarian14, states that
the general's wound le not /*Noun, and
that It..
w noon bui flt for entice
agAlit. A Maumee bullet Struck him lit
the leg below the. kneecap mid trav-
elled upward, emerging Just below the
---
Precaution, Not Pattie.
London, Feb. 20, -In a Jetta' to a
correepondent, dated Feb; 25th, Lard
itsmebery snys:
"The Government seem+ to confound
preenution with p tnie. Thus consider
that there kg danger lu overprepara-
Von. 1 hold that the danger Ilei In
underpreparat'on, but 1 her th y era
night!'
With lien, Buller.
London, Feb. 27. - Mr. Wilytion
C11%01101, in a item/etch to the Morn-
ing Poet from Free., Camp, dated Bo.
duy, says: '' The idea that the Hoene
tire rattling the t Lige ot Ladysmith 14
premature. The mitt ant* in being per-
etted In the fare of tate most etueborn
opposition and of lieu, y losses. Pres!
dent Kruger'd graniton 1. among the
Doers Red," air. Chun/it'll then pro-
ceeds to describe heavy fighting lust
Friday, in which the inniskillingi ate
meed w.thin 50J yenta of the sum
nilt of n lucky Boer pueltiou, tied then
gallantly charged in tho (Ace or o hall
of bullets. Ile soya: "After repeated
ettettlete, however, and lftvliig DIA
heavily, they r (that they
were unabl.: 1.0 pr 'evertheletts,
they receded to retreat, but laid down
on the slope belied a shelter of wall.
The Connaught./ Mud the Dublin Fut'
Mere were sent to their support, but
the l'glit faded tool the night closed
In before the male attack had devel-
oped,"
Wilkinson jrItielzes
London, Feb. 27. -Mr. Spenser tk
kinson'e article in the Morning Post
to -day IR almost wholly devoted tu
en Menu of Gen. Buller's teethe in
Pending email forces to take poeltions,
and then reinforce thee by detalle, es
revealed in the despatches from Mr.
Wheiton Churchill, Mr. Wilkinson 111-
11110', hOWeVer, that Mr. Churchill's (M-
elees are too inuomplete to enable 11
MrrL'ettbiereal: oirl°riicutenti17111:.',1ent.ili!
tlesixtelibttkfttitt
log the battle anfiniehed.
The Cetera Fenner..
P1844' (a till'
eletermarltsburg, Feb. 21 tent,
Adams, of the Telegraph Brigade,
swam the Tugela with a wire in (144
mouth on Wednesday. The littbliti Fe-
athers. have again distinguished them-
selves by voimiteering to take lirob-
lerR Klod, which they die Tidi gal-
lant battalion, which began the cam-
paign 850 Armee to -day mustered on
imemrianbederons. ly 10(1 to 2(10 of its tweeted
---
Herne Foresees (hoaxes.
ner,In, Fen. 2(3. -bit German 1(4)
C!t0.01 it 10 believed that the lettuce
raught by the Boer war w,1 make a
large inereahe neosmary in the Ger-
man cavalry, and witI MAO lead Co a
ibereugh change of cove:ry tactics,
eiiminating massed °barges, ti which
Emperor Willem showed himself so
fond at the recent Army manoeuvre+.
TIM CANAILIANS' Fli,117.
The Noble Part They 'look in the
Battle With Crinle.
Faurdeberg, Feb. 21 -The converg-
ence of the Britieb forces nt thee
point, which resulted in tee (surround-
ing of Mineral I let Croole's army, was
tos follows:
Tito sixth divisiott under tlettertil
Kelly-Kemty hastened to the north-
east, and occupied a hill to the east
ttt (tetanal Creole's longer. 4ienern1
hoer prmoucre *.t,t,
mated reinforcements under Com-
mandant Anders/1i at this point. Ile
'mistook tlte men of the sixth itiVit4011
for Andries' commando, and allowed
them to occupy the blotto of a ridge
without opposition.
But It was the ninth ditleige, ee.
modally the Canadians aril Highland
Dromtie, that had the horded fight-
ing. Thy arrived at midnight 011Feb-
ruary th, after a forced march from
outside 3ficobstial, In time to see Boer
rockets signalling the whereabouts of
Gen. Croaks's army to the expected re-
inforcements. The Britioli saw Inter.
ening rockets and knew an enemy
was neer, but couhl not decide whe-
ther It Was Boer reInforeetuentor that
were giving the nnswering Hignals.
Therefore, the ninth division metel
for a few, hone( weet of the Boer posi-
tion.
At delve the men of the ninth di•
visien advanced and their Mounted
Infantry, even encountered Boer sni14.
ers, who were sheltered in the trees
that (veered the banks of the river.
The shooting kept on Increasing
mail 8 o'clock. when the men of the
Math saw that a great battle was
raging.
Early lit the foremon the Boers
brought a flotchkise gull over the
veldt, from Kluge kop, to the moutli.
ern bank of the river, and used it
with deadly effect over this ground,
the ninth had to cram.
Gen. Hector Macdonnhl dismount-
ed 11(411 led the advance. In tbe early
part of the forenoon he was he, by
a In the (oat while deleting
the ilighlenti Brigade, which lind
atruggled through a Aorta itf bul
lets toward the busiliee. Iti this
cheese the Meoforth Highlanders hist,
heavily. Near the top of the 1110114
on the right, oppeolte the Boer
leave the reetfortim and the Duke
Cornwall's Light Infantry, be.
longing to another brigade of the
ninth division, drove the Boers from
toter around the drift and heyonet•
el Petetti) of them who hall been
ohooting from tneess. Then they
waded waist deep through the river
and held the northwest itide with
the tiortIona while the Canadiana
were held 1,1 reserve,
It was at this point, while ell, tigtitg
fearlesde, that tin Cornwolk 51ffere(1
wverely. They het titer colonel and
11111 IMO ninety eke casttlit
Vex.
The -Mounted Infantry muttered
verely wit attaeking tit Boer Mager
front (lie north, where It was supposed
to Le leant protect:el.
The sixth clivi 1,M, bolting the poti•
to on the oust, gut into nn engago.
ment before noun with a etrung force
of Boers white' WON trylitg tO
to OA) 440(1114 bank of the river. Tio,
West Riding Regiment Hite bele. (tf
Wellingtotemi repelled thb. attempt
Iit‘11at.oponwliuttvi.c,),1t.itylie bayonet, hut nut -100'
1 c
11ennwl; le 11. I trithit artillery kept
OH 141101 lig the Boer Mager, which Wag
• on fro itt
tiee. French's cavalry dashed hi
rapidly from a northern kop, In th
afterewn and began HendIng in deadly
iolleye. Crew.i. of Been( %veva driven
front the river banks, and when dark -
11833 COMO Oil (kit et011,t,i WWI 11110.
rounded. Beer preemers declare that
he loot 900 MOO III tbi tittles fIghtlits.
seventh division, under tiers.
Tucker, 1101 is navab belittle arrived
on Monday, and nhelleig of th' Boer
tenger wee resumed. There were a few I
infantry eumigentents, nni the Douro
were driven into the [lunge* and bathes
mound their laager. S Mn 1tdootltebh
Boer sniper. on the river banks fought ,
to the a ery last.
The endurance !his B.derte cone+
erleg fee %reek'," ha t) Ing of t heir ,
rear guard, and teem ramarkakee
fa4wed by the Cerce attack
en ad ellee on Sundue, its regarded!
• s'ilmiy marvel/Jon. Ifundirois 1j
nein cling to the river leink n
leelh elite cf the leaser.
What the Correspondents Say.
Lemke, Fels 26.-Tdve epee:tar tor-
exking the general praible the
cibettIS.m. at he. front mete toeley
ranadiau. at Paardettorg by 4 heir
Flpiend:(1 ben ring under he hot I est
f :Ire.
The Daly Nene' corresponde.tc say*
tihey It ere hes v:fy engaged in -1111-:
day's when ;hey gitilunt ly at -
tr.mpted to take tee KM:ivy's 1l' (:14)
lkV assalut,
The Da. Chroneeieet epeeist 04 )41
• Ilieli.and litigate ens exposed
tar an eateue fire The, Canadiatte mot-
ols, Duke of Cerneollo orosediazi
:3 48t4Jat ft;ft
lin 1116 OttO, }au tana4k14Wittett'oeittlir' peingi
ridges a t right alig:ee; to' to VOOr,!
and nvinibe 10 ties settecking fern.
One v' .1 then INientto work
(1141 tbralmet, t entany'a titre 'dark-
ened, ant tfee Cornethmen and Canal-
lms 011'11)1 clargedt the which
;they took its gallent ttyle.
'else "Critic's" Word.
London, Feb. 26. --The mietary cri-
tic of the Morning Leader says: "The
Meitia are new arriving at lite Cape,
and they w::.1 ba able to release the
men on lines of communication, who
can be pushed to Roberts', Comentet
and Gataers'e
'Iiteeer burrow's forward, but, tais
enemy around Iaidyeatith is not
yet' In a hurry to be gone.
"It is rumored that Buller and Ro-
berta are wetting to strike the fine':
bow simultaneously on Makes."
Some l'ertleulars of terldny'e Opera-
tions at Paardeberg.
Paerdeberg, Feb. 24,.-Tberu 0119 a
moat interesting aeries of fights a:eng
tile British front yesterday. One
uhousend Boer. commanded by Gen.
Dewitt, who were nown to be
orating in the immediate trent a t
ear:o dawn yesterday, determined to
attempt to break through the Ile -
teak Once end aid Gen. Crete), A
body of fivetundred Boer* moved
wird Br10.ah :eft and cantered
in the direction of a kop,0 with the
object of captarieg it. Vortunete4,
bowever, tI. kopje was he'..‘i by a
company of &Jotted] liorderers, who
opened a beery fire. The Boers gie.-
;ed43180181an,mrbace.t.itarhemimpoloorLeidt toangs,,tnithi newxafirettis.
anodise
A THIRD ATTACK.
They then made a third attempt
to capture another position, but the
Borderers were again reAdy to re-
ouelegvhelytildeim. The third repulse thor-
bed the tlte Booro,
g alloped away in a panto. Later per-
eeiving another kopje the Boers
moved quickly toward It. Thin
holi.:11 wee unocrupiod, bet the Border,
era net to tr beaten, r....ted for the
portion and won, oncupying the kope
1111(1 driving off the DOOM A portion
of the latter ultimately occupied 1'
WO flanked partially by the border -
e re and facing another kepi. iteldiy
the Yorkshires. A fueled, envn,
the British firing trul,y and enure e-
ly and eilencing the Boer fire.
SILENCED THE ENEMY.
Meanwbile the naffs were ordered
to renews the Yorkshires in ease
the Boer" should be reinforced. The
Brither attack worked around to the
right of the koph held by the York.
"hirer, where the Seventh Batter,
was stationed, the Sixtylecond Bat.
tory being placed at a farm near the
centre of the Borderers' pointers. A
throroue shailIng, aceetupanled by a
British fuelled°, completely rlieneed
the Deere. A company of Yorkahlres
were ant to clear out the BIMMI, but
the attempt failed, the Bowes
ft heavy fire and the British having
no neer. The British then again
opened e heavy rifle fire, white
ngaln silenced the Were. The Bari
0444(1. 51511-81 attempt' to run, but the
Maxim" opened upon them elhatio
tually and °beaked them, The Buffs
now worked slenderly and eauthaiely
around and got within 180 yards of
the Boers.
CATPURED BOERO.
Eighty Doerr mirrendered, but many,
It artisan, soaped, going alugly
Hist of the prisoners had inn ate
rived from Ladymnitb. They tour
plaheatl of the bad general/alp of their
loader. Nearly every emu minted ex.
plosive Wilma and many rueu were
wounded with them misers. I have
see the bullet. One Boer curried 80.
VOLY WORK.
There is no longer the elightest
doubt that the Boers are gradually
diroarding all rules of civilised war.
fare. The other day they poured the
(mutants of a Vielteralfaxim gun into
at ambulance, which happened, how-
ever. to Isa empty, Nene 300 yards
away from the nearest troops.
The war balloon la doing excellent
service. Early this morning it arose
to a great height and tilsoovered In
the bed of the river tour wagons
which contained ammunition.
THESE WERE EXPLODED
by the British "hello an hour after
wane. The balloon observer also die.
covered a number of horse' toticealed
1 nearby and these also received et
Witten from the BrItieh shrapnel
The Ger:lona are now incorporated
In the Hereford Brigade, nuking four
telt& regiments. The nigh:and 1,45111.
Infantry, who are not lintel! and are
0 11110 iiody a men. are going to PIN
0ener01 Hollth Porrteue reglinett.
Rhodes on the War.
Kimberley, Feb. 24. - (non
Rhodes, presiding at a meeting of the'
Beene Company to -day, delivered a
speech le whloh, @peaking of the war,
he said he considered it a puzzle why
it had erten. The Transvaal and the
Free State were not republics, hs de.
elated, but oligarohies, and had been
long coosmiring to wee British flouth
Aldose. iaoh Government was Amply
a small political gang who humbugged
the poor Dutchmen, appealing to their
patriotlem and dividing the spoil'
among their coteries. The Afrikandler
had been working many yeah for in-
dependeut AtrLoa. He said that former
President Reitz, of the Orange Free
State, made years and years ago a
vow that his only ambition in 111e was
to drive Britain out of Africa.
Croele Urged to surrender.
London, Feb. 24, 6 a. In. -Lord Rob -
era (antitrust silent, and, go far as is
known, the Striation at Veardeberg
Drift Female@ unelstinged. 11 treeing
airiest emulsible for Cronje to be
able to extricate himself from ble
terrible position, but apparently he is
still holding grimly mr. According to
a London News, dessiateh, he is se
rompeented by hie wife, and she hal
been nearing him to rave the lives of
hie men by surrendering to the Brit-
ish. The official Boer report of the
fighting, putilehlet the' morntag,
singular docemena, It le very otrefue
Ing, but, altirongb it iv easy to read
betweea the Urns text the burgher@
are 111 a tlght,corner, there la no eug-
gelation that they expect a °reeking
andthe Sabbath.
Loneen, Feb. 27.-A despatob to
Morning Post from Mafeking
date of Feb. letb imitates teat
is phones in the position (lee),
unless tile statement that tie,
hoe become very ye:disuse, feet 0,111-
teat are falling everywhere 1' lert-
geo teat the Situation in.
Siegel town 1. becoming 4440,, ,
tone of tee despatch ',tittle- It
ends I fraying thee , Tell.
kTnhg!
IS1111146a d'eacArtrertle".
od Feb. itth,
,/t at Male -
represent'. Comment 1 810111111 4(44
beam much shocke 4h. the manner in
etallyolittaltihli
nve trbIstis lin 0;1 •darlay tribeabb„,:et,
akh
that tee settege vet free for epode,
critket, cone. r, snit &area Com-
wacc6rIttrdlestnaglettoter,theis
obsowliqhmehe heriurmw311470ataln:coonttilito
zorsue es
eitherte, ,nri that he 0111, fire when
tie gar,- te (adage Let "suck unlYoly
Praceoxatllc Attitek Boers.
fromNinCtragtbei"' ronrene,b.ds.2tBed.-ThA
du!. Feb. 22nd, nays:
'Chief Linchwe her reported that
ix, made reprisals from the leen near
Kequarti, killing a few men and esp.
Ourlog reveral Wagons awl oxen. There
were some casualties on both lades.
"The Boers at Cr000llie.poo's nett -
Mkt Col. Penner thet, fearing the
native. would attack the wounded,
they had placed their hospital within
the Mager. (vol. Plumer replied that
the ambulance would, of eours,, be
respected, 1,11 tile Boor., he said, could
territory of the natives."
not expect good behavior from the
entives while they terse Invading the
t'aniten 11 Seaudal.
London, Feb. 24. -Prom Buller%
forward lines Bennet Burleigh writes
to the Daily Telegraph:
"Am for cannon. It le little short of
a nouidal, after the lead the Birder
gave the Woolwich people with lyd,
(lite red machine guna-although the
latter did not get to the front In the
Pendell -that the army artillery
with Buller only comprises the 1th
pounder., and one 5.1neh howiteer bat-
tery.'
Majuba Anniversars.
Bait, Ont., Feb. 27. -It le nineteen
Years to -day sluoe a horde of Beers
massacred, or nearly 00, a handful of
intrepid Brltbb. The incident
101t10i.-11 polterity ea the
Malebo. Hill butchery, and no one re-
ality it with more cleaners than
John Bord, of tied, t, for twenty-one
year'? with the Gorden Highlander*
este Mr. Boyd to your correspondent:
"Are distinctly am if the mute had
taken peed yesterday I remember ail
that occurred on that awful night,
when 121 (Jordon Highlanders brave&
thousand' of enemies to &mama I
am not exaggerating. Hundred" of
Been were concealed on the hill,
while two tiernerand lay bidden soros
the nek, and pitted against yule over.
whelming oddswere a hundred/Oslo
NO 29.
tandem and barely three hundred
(Mee traps. Of the 121 ()order) Slip -
burden aixty were killed or wooed.
ed and twenty -wenn were taken pis -
000111. There 0)00 .10041 their ground
until the last, and of the feivierho eat
raped the Duero and their bailees all
were on the hill whoa the morning
broke, I was one, with a wountiel
comrade by my Mde."
War Notes.
Mr. John Barry, of Montreal, who
voleuiteered for active sari lee 01 0051.11
Africa In place of es leather, who
SWIM killed, ham been accepted, and
will be attached to the Stratheona
Hone.
A memorial mentos for the late Pte.
J. H. Findlay wa held In the Preasy-
terlan Church at Barrie yesterday.
Rev. D. D. McLeod highly eulogised
the young man who had given up hie
Ida for him eountry.
A Cape Town deepatelt say* that a
w ound attempt to vet fire to the Ana -
trillion traneport Maori King was
made while the yeeseLwas oft Hada
-
pacer. A lamp trimmdr was so
• stetecion of knowing eom,1.hIng
about the fire.
Fifty Britlah officers sad men Ian
Nen meat to Wallach Bey, where it
reported munitions of war are Meg
Inn ded fro the Beers.
TROUBLE BEING
AT CHEF FOO,
Chinese lay Resist german
Troops Landing,
LTTIORI'8 bi8PATORI8,
They Will be field u Private for
amcIaIL
IV SHUSS FUR A lifill1t11
Eight Mouses In the Clutionefurr 1(44
Was Ilead-Grepoo, Who Died le
Philadelphia, of Hiccough., fled
a large Correopendrece-Recons-
mended for Victoria Cross in '96.
NCW York, Feb, 26.-Anionte l'er.
raro was eleutrocuted at SIM{ ettill/
Lpirami bit
lsoit ,ucldoi
to -day tlimk
mn7i,mAp
lererLirtii
4811, 1111)8.
The electric curre,1 ,.* aimed
011 at,11.20 11. le„ :opt 11 tO #1120,k,
Ltenil :carirdteoahrollida:1141:tfaannY8:611!:1:1!,',1:111:11.4'11..(oro'Hremo Prolifetiellildpatierett:
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(11d:1;171[":11uritti'M',. Atiig:11 1;1:280181.--er-1111;(1
1 at tame no, Province of
▪ rung, China, report's, accord.
4„, o." a despatch from Pekin to the
raid, flat four thoueand armed
.1440.0 twee gathered on the line of
nurvey of the new German raft
,tety to await the arrival of tierman
(m)pe. The natives. are determined
to realat the construction of the road.
el,oeutt'S DIIMPATCHESI,
ewneoititingitnorlIti colcmpoeb. if:de-Ten the oiallye,rail.41's
War Department has received Inti,
portant reports concerning the up.
oratione of the British are** Ill South
.1friva from Captaiu B. L. H. Sloctutn,
eighth cavalry, military attache
welt the British force. Oritielingg
which Captain Slocum makes hen
mewl the department to determine
that It would be improper to make
them publie and they 10440 been
1110.1 away In the ea:Asti infornie•
tion division for nee 't *gore itr
th-
wehuiirts a
justudiet the several tailitarY
MED OF HICCOUGHS.
Philadelphia, Feb, 211.-1. man 00..
5144101011 01 the Pennsylvania HON/Alai
as Idatui'dlon 31. Grepiott, died in chat
ilstitution yenterday from hi--
rettgihs. By letters; hand among 11'44
elmatelekilhee :CsasrUteepOtter antidte:(14,t,tite.h.suduxcerrei:
once in various pare of the wor:si.
Lettere to him from Ceti. Rhodes,
Co:ottel Baden-Powell, Goners!. Meer,
General Wheeler, the late General
Lawton and /Whit ant Vaetmaster-
General Allen were found.
The Baden-Powee. letter W11.14 &Atli
the (ie,J, Minubare, Afrbat, Jai/
le, 1808." ff,rbe
Ihtherl.rout treersaohenivi
vaaekne;,01t
asHenry.
commended him fur the Victoria creel
for good work done as a hove set,
5"A^,nt.les ImartlIng hootse 43 :1(11>
was kneel) of him. Gre3son con:11
speak libe languages Le engaged in
nening an Beast:, for ..n English (01,
Porte ort, and aided in Wieling a r0'
roti 1, he top of 11e .i fldeet Moan( :on*
in the same conte 1,, be having been
� civil and !nee vnical engineer.
SAM Ktr,r,i,,D IN A MINE.
Scranton, 1 , Feb. 20.--F011r ewe
wen, killel 1.11 morning in the Mount
lleanant none by the breaking of a
mine c,arriage. The tilled are eilliam
Gilbert, Thointo Willittwo, John Regan
and Frank Wooewitel.
The men were descending tet the
nein earrlage to the teeth vele. Wheit
twtoilteirielloiefirTtti.fige reached the fifth tele, the
earriage, which was going at a rapid
rate, struck no adjustable 14beir which
11)014 tO t1h11:30r°eijeli, tr 77g ;iebearirbeli kdli ri 141°.! .1Ptlie beb°:nt.
e.nd Regan were killee itetantly, while
tir ! 0, 1, ,r1 l!"..1 on!:
short
Copenhagen. Feb. 2e.-Atitseet-
lnig
al rertrt Pretlig-
'Money oT J. O. Oiadrig. President
of tle. tourt of Juetice, a resolittiou
was punned yesterdny requesting the
liersdag to tieworghly nevem the
Hubjevi, beton taking any step in
ceitrl
tiint,onesthsaamoslt notor the
eavestrantsti
koo
0111p000(t the sale of the islaaele,
though will* merchants favored the
Iden, , ,