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VOL XiII
OADWOOD'S DISASTEB
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BLYTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY APRIL 5, 1900.
said one, 'but every word she snit was Taylor and n aergeant•ma.or. The In front and eighty' yards from the gadet, commanding both drifts. By
quite distinct' %9be le the klodeet lady two cavalry regiments did not suffer bead of the convoy. The fire was that Rano their support waa not ueed-
I have ever talked to' said another, so mneh, deadly, and the -matt of the leading td, am the only ratetahoe to the nd-
II A `third was amaaed at the Quay's " A report ham just come in that troops, Roberta' Horse. were 11w01t vanes of the Beitlah Infantry came
penetration. the enemy has retired towards Lady- from their eaddlne. from guru firing ahrapnel at igreton
"'Fleet she naked RA what my name brand, leaving twelve wounded viii• -__ long a range.
•
OEBS W R CANNING Etna, sad I told her t was Wooden, sad twee and some seventy man nt the Coo (loos Recaptured, But the enemy could be sen In force
then she said, "Are /hiou as Irlebmen t" aaterworke lips are now tending nn A recce of contcsloy rol;owed, mules in a bettgvsen tthe foot of tttlu't!rletu ti
Now, haw could e have known ambulance for them." arwi oxen squrlaling and kicking. Tho g
that f" 11 w:11 be noticed that in the !ore• teams of four guns, their drivers hay. Tbaba Nchn.
---- _ __-- ' "But'Wocds was not tthe only one to going advices Lord Roberts nye tenth• Ing been dot, stampeded and carried Tiley could also be seen nmcing the
whom 'this inquiry star addressed, The !ng la regard to the Brltl>h gone Ming to gnM out cru action. Thesu and captive() convoy- to the rear.
Queen found many fresh soldiers due- recapture l• uta atihei gun vera saved. 'Che ten pts 1 Ice division bivouacked on the
log her tour of the wards, and they --- of the other guile were shot, and the river bunk Pntnrday night, uwaltiug
were all objects ot particular eofto - ARE GUNS RECAPTURRD? gziee, with tate convoy, fell tato the tate arrival of Optimal Kretteh'e me-
ted*. heilds of tee enemy. alry. t ,
"The Queen presented each moldier Meanwhile Oen. Alders n'a brigade ne o the ()Meet ot the Attack.
with ore bouquets she brought (told hack a o en
toren the melee eat'.
from 'Wlodenr, and this was proudly mated to number 7,000, with great By an English ado/ 'Serail: The
dwelt upon 4y the oxen." 1N gallantry, losing heavily end failing dlsarter to Col. BreldWienes oalnmu
recapture by h Briteh t th ba degree+r
i h Were Lucky. to Escape
Annihilation.
ENEMY HAS NOW FALLEN BACK.
ighland Brigade, Canadians, and
Other Troops to the Rescue.
Apparently Achieved Their Object and Retreated—Boers Oat-
eitmiNled the Britlnh by Eight or Ten to Ono—Men Were Eating
7'Ii f Br'eakleets When Enemy Opened Piro—Plumer Column Forced
$gCk---Boers Say That His Column Wau Compelled to Satin With
44as Military Policy Necaarltatod SiadMng the Boers to St.
Melon --Canadian Artilleryman Aeeldeataliy Wed.
Farmers in the Might.
arrears are In the 'eager
leaving the women and
upon the farms, whloh they
nt the British will not
y of thea Career's would
r their arms, but for the
that the Johannesburg pollee
attack their farms In revenge
fiibslr' so dolma,
The Bosre are known to hold
Mord In some strength-proba-
ord In some strength-proba-
a ve direct to their suPp and
oelsangt with keldlng their pool -
advance.
ry laMd
e whole action wets rather In.
Meant, regiments uses'?
their bap of fin std shelved
We have new ire•
fine a4 t si pOdtien, Awing
re Braadford.
Ipling was present
bo
ttab JoabeR(s Death.
York, •Matvh 81. -In describing
el of General Joubert, a
h to the Harald from Pretoria
"The eget P t, see he de
an address of farewell over the
wap bowed In grief. Before
funeral train left Prnldest Kru-
hn:Ike down completely, sobbing
g.m and again that Its broth•
right haat, wan gone. Why
he alone be spared to live and
id brigade of men hes broth•
aroated-rho brigade that had
for the country's liberty-
, atter another from the pee•
oobert's death," said the
`, "is an Irretrievable tom.
sad deeds, they are the him
the republic."
Preheat Kruger aald 14 had been
She g'eneral's dearest desire 40
en Gee. Urals Botha elected in his
Kop, h etlot' 8t. - The
forge, commanded b7 Colonel
copot ting of the 10th
uahhodldd Cavalry, two
{Endes std a force of mount•
lefaatry, under Col. Plicher, which
heel torn lug Thnbs N'Cltu,
was obliged., eeoneequenee of the
tlSr a • fit a large force et
iet6re(spit night. Clone'
to the Bloemfon•
th or the 11oi.
mped at 4 this
wee the camp wee *hell.
from a near ywlnt,
441 a convoy
while the rest of
to act as n rear
TA at a deep
tate Iloere were sun•
nd the entire body walked
h a71d
was captured. tee
til great. ,lt Tweto oof life
ad walked into the trnp be -
erns fired.
villein division, which left
ten early tela morning, nr•
1 bete at noon, and he le now
the B4en.
L.drbraud.
ne, March 81. -
led to have gone
stir up the burghere
resistance.
re removed from the
trliy of Platteborg and
mending position ed.
Abo surrendered their
:sand aro now suffer•
live stock.
border of Ba-
rest, of BIoem•
w is th by the cay.
Bofors to Paardeberg•
iia -Tee eorttww por tdent
Post, telegtiMiing
We, say* then tis
the ba t#..e that Kate
on ca Friday wens
ab:e.
in t
• cora, to -day made a hostile demon-
ntratlol against the British. Pro -Boer
apceohee were made, and then the sail -
env marched to the British Consulate,
where they shouted, "Down with the
1';ngesh I" There wan no violence. A
formal compialat has been lodged with
the authorities for transmission to the
Admiral.
Mateking Not Neglected.
Root London, April 1.-+ ' bo Mayor of
this city has telegraphed to General
Roberta( appealing to ten to hasten to
the relief of Mateking, where the
troops corset almost entirely of red -
dente of the colony, le eby British offi-
Imre.
General Roberta replied that he was
Owed to enure the eltitene of Eget
London that the relief of Mafeking
was engaging his moot earneat attars.
tion.
Did Not Answer Coll.
Bloemfontein, March 81,-A majority
of *0 members of the Free State
Volkeraad roused to attend a confer-
ence' which President Steyn nailed at
it.roonatad to endorse a proposition for
the continuance of rho war.
A Winter Campaign In Prospect.
London, April 1 -The prospects of
an early ending of the war in Borth
Africa ,are not so iright us they
seemed tt few days ago. The extens'on
of the campaign into the African
autemn, with the prospect of It last'
Mg until midwinter, has seriously
altered the British plans. No prepara-
tions had uses made by the War Office -
Inc tt winter campaign, and the cold
weather equipment of the troops le
only now going out. The heavy au-
tumn rains have turned the country
into a qu%elgpmmtre. The horse. are ex•
haunted and•' 'the heavy guns have
mewed seareeiy a mils daily,
It Is surd that Gen, Roberti recalled
Gen. Methuen after the attempt to
reteeve Mateking, and that Col. Baden. -
Powel has been left to work out he
Men ealvnt'oa, Nearly 100,000 men,
14 le computed will be necessary to
keep up eomenuntoatleme when the
Enroll from Bloaledentelte to Pretoria
e undertaken.
It 18 noW clear that there U plenty
of resistance lett in the Boers. They,
in fact, have been acting on the ave
greeseivo for several days past. It ti
now accepted tt e{ t, fiat principle i/y'
the British milllBlandars that their
troops, to be anoresstnl, must be over-
wheeling'?
ver
wheeming'? aspet'krr In numbers to the
enemy. It a obvtoen, therefore, that
Lord Roberta has no men to spars for
the a'oompltehment of het task, al-'
though the total British t • , in
Routh African amounts to ''',000,
wheel the Boers number only 40,000.
T1s British are stili far from mss•
ter' of the eituation, and the mat flit•
(Melt work of the war is still to ,be ,
accomplished.
Rose 'name lafluence.
London, April 2. --The Thies has
Elm following special to -day:
Cape Town, March' 8L Mr. Rose
Teres' eloquent and straightforward
utterance, advocating the Moment.
tion of the Boer republics under the
British ung, will have the greatest
of feet In Cape Colony, and ought to
influence even the extreme advocates
of Boor independence Gt England. To
tholes wua know Ponth African poll•
tem the name of Rose Innes stands
for political thoughtfulness, talr•ndnd•
einem and extreme moderation. That
he should, attar months of silence,
Dome forward now and decd for
annexation as the only pony who
ylei thought on
Dana tJia caret
tthee momentous question has oonvinoed
him that title polioy le to only one
which can were permauenb peace.
Vlelted by the Queen.
T40 Leaden Dally Hewn, received
to the 1 test 11 thus descrlbes the
is recent '`Int to the Herbert
Haspttal in Woolwich:
"la the hospital are 700 pat zeta
Including 880 avocado(' Bolder; from
South Africa. Nearly four hundred
of them, mostly CCavaleaoeat, were
nen and egoism to by the Queen no
else was w In her chair through -
the warty.
"Ae sash 404 was reached Colonel
Burke are tIM name of the patient,
he raglmsnt, the aatr,.i' his helur-
les, and the Redone
ed them. To . ;;; he
Wade a kin
" Aro you
" 1Psa IM,
sen.
re-Nv.
.,Queen
d
.aerie of the quNtlons
put by the Queen to heroes of Eblen-
e o, Fpea•Kop and Magwrsfoatoln. The
brave fellows seemed to have notllltng
bet reassuring aamwert to maks. inn
melte well, now, goer Majesty' was
ter unuai ,.antler, ufte(r belie.: by tic
brutdsged fitnb or pale faoe.
e I am vary sorry.' tog Queen
woand sty whir the Redact was
Sod to- speak of a bruited arty,
Isnot la the obest.urof bourn
d'blg co tee MttisAald. TMs
IkeWho lonlimosy 7tha plY torn
am no
lt Id A
A Rumor to That Edeel-is There u
illg Battle On?
London April Tho rumors of the
rs the n e seven
gum Mein from Col. Broadwood'e
tome, based on fe despatch to the
Chronicle from Bloemfontein, which b
said to be in all probability correct,
dr to cos rate London or
severe shock ex erieneeti from the Ms -
aster musts nee with n nfew miles
from the headquarters of the rlty
arm of ocm tion.
d nt Kruger a as have
promised to reoccupy Bloemfontein
title week,end the stubborn burghers
seem to be closing around the place
In meaaeing force. The activity of a
strong Boor torn in tho vicinity of
I'asrdoberg' erase already tatomeepted : • M'on°1 Eroadwcol, however, (elect- gives a good idea of the masterly taw,
direct communication between Lord el a force and made a gallant, etrug- Deo of the Boer commander, believed
Roberta and Kimberley VP, and fought hie way acme the to be Commandant De Wet, the wane
The nntlon a beginning to tenths If older River where he tone poseeddon who cut his way with a few hundred
from the nature of the guerilla war. of Bostnan's River,
men through the Brltla4 hen Investing
fare, that it a liable to emlmrraa According to tie $tandard'e morre- (len. ('renjea force the *coed night
the future movement of the Bethel slvo0deat, one of the Princes of Took they wets aurrounde . The objoet of
troops. _ , was In charge of the convoy, but Commandant 1)o Wet's avivement was
Deeds or Braver which ono 1e not Indicated. IIs ntkte apparently to open a way for C'oto-
1 that the Prince is sato. tnandant OM ler, who on the Friday
A special despatch from Bloemfol- Tho Pally Telegraph's co:rerponeent was reported to be with hie force a
telt. dated today, says: "Tho loss says a pante followed the terrible Boer comdderable distance south o Thabo
of the gone was attended by ince fusillade, and the brigade streamed eche, with it long convoy of wagons.
dents of splendid heroism. Tho lead- southward three eller, w getting clear That object has probabhy been gained,
Ing batteryT wan so near the o Too Daily C
Boers ambumLed lot the river bed that
MIMMeoeme
ck by at the Bloemfontein watm'teorks is
Renaming the Railways. gu The enemy, in a danga in their rear, calculated to disturb the eXpeatetion
Gape Town, April d. -Army menet pursued the Peeng guns until the ap• that the campaign le neer it chose.
p Emcee of the ninth division from The Boers corning from two dire.••
were issued to -day declaring the ab- Bloemfontein checked the pursuit. hors, north and oast, in force, reused
Wilton of the title "Free t?f:ate Rall- cep pen 1 d t tlD Maley o We correspondents ascribe Col. Broedwool to hastily evncunte
ways" and superseding this by the p U tae salvation of the remainder of Cbl. Tlaba Nehn en Saturday, where It
title "I'aternatlonal Military Rali- i I it B 'm force to free presence of was hoped ho war/ In a po ltlon to
wept." B h mind and clever handling Sergt•lfa• Intercept the rotnnmndoei retiring
Death of --
Col. Gough. y ,pr Martin had galloped back from U from the Kettle and to fall hawk "n
f test e g i Raid to 1 Battery and warned Q Bat- the waterworks, abort seventeen miles
Bloemfoateta, 4jlereh 31. -There was tory, whereupon the order was given tram Bloemfontein. The timers appear
an imprewtve m' t' t t to right about and gallop, but several to have followei eke* ou bis traeke
then and horsey even then fell. Two and attacked hes on 'three side,* et
guns and 40 tion had to be lett behind dawn on Sunday. The story of what
under the terrible tire. took place, as tole lu the despatches,
µamt al this
morning 0f !Me of the
14th Hussars. wsi breagbl
here from N this mem-
Ing. ('len, s tad steag nate
tended, • ge d, with red
heads wit
pion pestling t
The 8th Division to Ge North.
Orders have been 'received at ('ape
Town for the Eighth Division to be
rked and sent north immed-
iatey on its arrival here.
Roberts Condoles Kruger.
iBioam:oatebo,IMareb 80. -,(len. Lord
Roberts hal meet a telegram of cone
dolenee to President Kruger on the
death of Oee. Jqubert.
poem on Jouubrrt Melia( death, which ap•
pears in The Erieod of the Free State,
Cut Off Water Supply.
A special deapateh from Bloe mon'
tern this morning reported that the
water supply of tate place had been
cut off. This wee a natural sequence
of the Boer meow at the water•
works. The authorities are hopeful
that it will be promptly remedied.
It la evident from Lord Roberts'
despatch that a big engagement is
in progress.
tKimbertey, April 1. -Thom is gnat
*Minty along the Vaal, river. About
8,000 burghers have assembled at earl -
out ppoints between, ?ottrteen etreams Pretoria Prison.
and Christiana, About 100 men orf-!Lmtdou A rtl L'. -:t de atrh from
osteo ing Witrand, north of Kltpdatie P
t the enemy. ami weleentally udvnntage wan token
hronlclete correspondent of the sittuttiott*ttrdratroy 6he water
that latter avid: "Lt is useien your ° complains of the cowardice of the works and cut' ref the eapp)y of the
attempting to pdanaee. Throw down Kaffir drivere, owing to which, be town and garrlsoa of Bloemfontein.
your armee" fhb sergeant of the soya, one hundred wagons were lost.' T1s *Nonce of a large force In tis'
battery fearing the battery would These drivers bolted, leaving their direction of Brantford no doubt 017).0
misunderstand the hindrance, rushed Mame, end ran hither and thither encouraged the clashing rni t test win
through the convoy and warned his stoking cover from the tearful fire, nail X11 for increased 1igibusr „u tJmpart
comrades, enabling the rearmost bat- greatly hampering the troops. or the Briti h e,,u o s rs, Had add to
tory to earn n portion of the gone, ° - - the work e(tl,p it cavalry and mounted
IIIfn
which Cama Into action Inter, The Boar Trep. ntr, 1, ,rues, not yet recovered
"Lille Guarbemen and a gunner gal Ano,her eorreepoeetemt se>a:.•r. ie n• ,i the effect of their recent over -
a gum out under a tremendous fire. Impoestbletocoaeelvoo mor„ in{seu;- wta•k.
end four chesss were eaw+d by the men ,pus trap than .that. w',! by thr,l:,,era, R'1Mtty `tilde coop of the lla't •,!
dragging them oft after' tbetr horses- The convey orooRrt 'i he spavin nap a prove
oo by r R
onone
rime'
in the r calif
had been sect." point scheme tum ground, rose bo,
nus P
Tbesetsne o the British di/meter op- a knail, on l lie slope of welch, andthe British mmunicatlone nn t
ppeears 10 he Mealbe Sprat, where the !awing the drift, was a gtuhta cantos- posttioit has yet, to be sect• The if
Bioemtentein road crease§ a tributary- uta from which it was poeeible to that :theyp1 have intevl thou./Moe;In
of the Molder River. fire over the drift. To tees north the forte on the road between hltnh,'r
spruit made a riroular bend, while ley and Bloethfontrin le aufficfrnt 01
TWENTY D -t'e'e UNDER (*ROUN% acute was too tge(be'akmeaut of the Itaeif to explain the recall of ti,
— railway In course nt doeetruotiot. mounted column that left thr forst
Trials of ()defers Who Escaped From The emelmp were t'hue eealbleeb to tin plat* a short flap back. It WAN e( Id
into Item dome as weal ae a dou'b'ts ler Oriquitown, but thought 4) h, t,e
the a fire from' the front. Wheat the been fAT Mafeking• Then the to „0,.
convoy was first , attacked there ing of a fore° of 0,000 tl':,
was a scene of horrible cadence, Vaal at Fourteen „ (q t,,s.
mules stampeded o:td wagote were Dana to contest tl r ,.i t,h tt
river by the British '
overt...,., ,while alines time a dead -
that tritest
that there is no peeve
I f' ail latabedp b the Boers. mr•ntioa o:l
and 400 mon are Wagered at flcwtmap
114OADft'otD'S LOSS.
Doers 8,000 110,000 Strong Laid a
't'rap.for Him.
London, ptt)ril 2, -T4s War Office
has received the ftttlowtng deepeteb
from Lord Roberta, dated Blooem-
fontein, ,April let: "I received news
late yesterday afternoon, from Co:.
Broadwood, who wait at Thaba N'Chu,
thirte eight melee east or bares
that information had: reached him
that the enemy was approaching to
two toren from the north and the
east. pile stated that.If the report
proved true he wouldp retire towerds
the waterworks, 17 miles nearer
Bloemfontein, where we have had a
detachment o mounted latantry tor
the protection of the works.
"Broedwood was told in reply that
the Ninth Division, with Martyt'a
elevated Infantry, would march at
daylight today to support him, and
that if be considered' It necessary he
should retire from the waterworks.
Removed there during the nigghht and
e was
sheiled by then dawn nemy,twhoyattacked
on three sides, He immediately des-
patched two horse artillery batteries
and his baggage toward Bloemfontein,
covering some of them wtth his env-
alry.
Th'e Boer Trap,
"Homo two melee from the water
works the road crosses a deep nul-
lah or moult, in which during the
night a forge of Bocce had concealed
th , to well were they hid -
at out' leadingscouts passed
over
., the drift witout discovering
theist, said 1t was not until the wag.
OM and guns were entering the drift
that the Boers allowed themselves
fend opened firq• Many of the drivers
of the artillery hones were immedi-
ately noon down at short range, and
several of the gens were captured.
The remainder galloped away coy.
ered by Roberto' Horse, which mule
fered heavily.
"Meanwhile Lieut. Cheater Mal'
term, of Remington's Scone, found n
passage across the, epruit unoccupied
by the enemy, by which the remain.
der of Broadwood'e force ' crossed.
They retormed with great eteade
nen, notwlthetaading nil that haeJ
previously occurred,
ear000ra
Broadwood's Report.
"Bratdwood'e report, which has
just reached me, and which contains
no details stated that he had lost
seven guns and all bobs baggage, Ho
estimates all his canualties at about
880, including 200 missing.
"On hearing this morning that
Rroadwond was hard premed I imme-
diately ordered Oen. French withtwo
remaining cavalry brigades to (fol-
low In support of the ninth division.
The latter, after a magnificent march,
arrived On the scene of action shortly
after 2 p, m.
Broadwoud'n force c4hdrted of the
Royal Household Cavalry, the Tenth
Hussars, Q and U Batteries of the
Royal Horse Artillery, and Plbcher's
battalion o Mounted Infantry,
"The strength o the enemy le tete
maul at 8,000 to 10,000 with gena,
the number of which le not yet re.
ported."
A SECOND DESPATCH.
Some Missing Officers -Boers !te-
treating on Lady'brand.
Lombe, APO' 2, 4.88 p. m. -Tho
War Office has received another de
*patch from Lord Roberto, dated
I'4•eudrnteIrt, April 1st, 7.1., p,
M which, after referring to his pre -
Moue telegram, he give, n partial
et missing British officers.
Loretto" Marquez, dated today, am
nouncer the arrival there of Capt.
Haldane, of the (Jordon Highlanders,
and Lieut. Le Merurler, of the Dublin
Fusiliers, who escaped from- l'retorie
atter per:iuus adventures. It appears
that atter 11'Inetnn Churchill's escape
the sentries were (19112101, additional
i'ght was lnetallel, additional iarrl-
cades were construetod, and the offi-
cers were confine! In the Model school
after 9,80 pen. Capt. Haldane says
tent after .'vera) unseecoseful at.
tempts, they euccen,lepl In cutting off
the electric light, but even then
the ',Erect lamp preciudea ap
attempt to escape, and they de-
ckled to hide In the space beneath
the building to which a trap door
had been secretly constructed. It
had been announced that the officers
would be remored elsewhere in a
few days, when rim two men hoped
to bo able to escape. But the removal
of the prisoners was ttostponetl, and
the two men in tie damp, subterran-
ean dwelling, began to despair, and
commenced digging in dtfgereea4 dlree•
tions 1n tits hope of tinting a=.ial!dable
exit. The work was most artfttoua,
as they had only a screw driver and
a alcower with which to dig the
impprriionend, dhich was offloerm on learoh 1 tth,
heard etmlebody' above lay the of.
!leers would be removed the follow•
mg day. Aller ponds twenty lays
underground, in a cramped posltiwt,
and welding on a little food and
water supplied by some o their
fellow prisoners who were la their con-
fident* their dellght'nt the good news
was llacserlbabto. The tal:ow.ng worm
lag they heard the officers above leav-
ing, and all day long the room 'was
filled with curious vleitors looking at
the clever caricatures on the wake,
drawn by the prisoners. Then even-
ing came, the n0(00 cease.', tend Hal -
dune and Le Meeurier crept to the
trap Moor. They were no weak that
they 00uld'hardly walk, Uradnally re-
covering, they made their way to the
cuotrt yard, got over the railings, and
reached the street, (There the des-
patch ends, but more of It le expected.)
Davie Pro -Boer.
1Vnehbtgtut, April 2, -Lt un author
lend statenieet given out today Web.
der Davie rays that RN a result of els
Melt to the Transvaul, he Weill im-
pelled to tender hle rcetgnntlon ne
Attestant Secrotnry let the Interior
the et Heim
London, April 8. -'Ch^ Loudon cur -
respondents with Gen. Roberta add
little of importance to the eumman-
der-in•cldet'e account o the dlsneter
to Col. Brondwoott's column, and
neither from teen. Roberts nor ally
other source le there anything learned
of what hoe happened since the reliefs
reacted the waterworks, beyond Gen.
Roberto' report that the Boers retired
eastward, leaving a number of Brlt-
bele wounded behind them.
A11 the accounts o the fight from n
British burro concur In stating that
Col. Broadwood'e foreoofabout 1,000
HIM WAN outnumbered by the Boers 8
or 10 to 1, and the arrival of the he
Pantry *division, including tho Can-
adians, and Gen. French's revelry,
alone prevented the annihilation of
Col. Broadwood'r command.
As regards the detail' o the affair,
the stories differ eanslderably. Ac-
cording to moue, Commandant Greeter
commanded the Deere and not Com-
mandant De Wet. Ono correspondent
saye that a German-Amerlean named
Reichmann was In command.
The affair seems to testify more to
the skill of the Boers in preparing
amhxscndes than to the neglect of the
British to reconnoitre the route of
the melloyw it seems teat the
scouts of the convoy meet have passed
mere the am s who r•
entiy were ad invisitde as partridges
y"When thefirst battery appeared, the part of the Bao , Ii„
the enemy did not appear to ire de- 'fight flank unjet(et .` uI telttt
streets of continuing the slaughter. king'from that sb : ' tf'(ie
They dcaunhtled that ale in the moult landing of 13rltiab
NO i74
pia admired after hit r
poise
btfi4to MInlu.
Ottawa, Ont., rU :•-111.
Irn+y the (governor er:l
ed the following tette
Milner, Comrolealoner for Cape
dated Uovernment Home, ('ape
l'obruary 117th :
Dear Lord Minta, -T
'nay Imaglan. I hare 114110
Ito writing • I must send
on 41111 red-letter day
you nal Venda on
taken by your galhut)
tlto umdhilatlde of 0qqqq
form, It Is the fleet g
have had In the terrible Tie
tutee of Kimberley began is 1 to
sent, and uuw, with the mitten of
CronJc turd 4,000 of hes e'en, we have
wally' made n substantial advance.
1 fens your gallant ,fellows suffered
heavily, but on this oeoaelon, uallke
others, one hes at Most the malaise -
Coo of thinklag that they did not lay
down their lives In vain,
It 1e not only the Immediate vletory,,
gent en that Is, but thq drewti
lather of the 4 f ria or
limplr'e, which Ifi''ka'
inust result !rola i
, u*
Ilan„ and South. A HMIM get
side by sMe with Britons frotn Che
(bnntry, and flghtltl( each am up
bottle with equal R pantry to
torous Isms. I nut mire
people of South Attire oil
get the grand aslstatr0e
them by Canada In thin s
With warm thanks nut co
Dom to mond Canada. I a
""oars very truly,
( (slimed) A. Mile
Canadian Runner KII1e4.
Ottawa, April L' -A cable message
rewire(' at the Militia Department
today from Lleut.•Col. Drury, com-
mending the Royal Canadian Artll-
lery bit Routh Africa, announces ter
death fit (ennnrr ftols•t•t BTadlev, of
D flattery, from the melts 01 ail
r•ei111 erotvtsl oidia wntetlreg
hur rn.
It hep "wit that he died (rots
41u• eltecte of I. );. Bow */ ,sepea
•
married mai '
way.
OA n memtir
, No. 28. .r
tithes
Ilruadweod a (' tldleer.
cot. ttreadwoote a leader of the
I fleeted returnee :et ongs to the 111 -
tcers, azul was a pointed to
mat,. Warren's L ` Rome n
beget, of Jnrinary. Hails 87
0 age, awed We. one of Lard
tar's most trusted lieu
the expedition to Kea
'bleu spoken of am an
future, and a comrade
tan army deecribod him
,(s a sun sol, a'wyea'
ono eye open.
MI6NEiIC POLE fell,
.Antarctic Explorers Return to
surrender, with the result reported 1 the Porto urs P din
,il .c
yaster any , but it suss wit known :ben in
Into Rh t,„..,:p"d tech Australia.
how ga1'anfily U Battery had behaved. t reinforce C'ol p I t,: lilt u
This Eery, escaping drone the rear o ( stools, If
Nowt. cwt given n t
o[ the convoy meter
heavy tire, rnlicf teeny Duke pip;':' I"'I'" tl'pt 'Iv'
THEY LEFT OVER A YEAR AGO,
wean into action, and dt010 the en- 1 c „ eumlwrn•
tively' earl}' data 1
lywtni t htiir coni m ixijcg fire hold out tong enough, 'l'"RI hdc170115 ont f Welling st N. S. 1C., April '.-
o't the battaery ; a000sted' for flue rte Brl h Ittamoi ole ' e Ploring rieanar Pout
kU1ed ndtd nine wounded on Their want! nd the Boren are t twee. (tt! •ring Mr. C, Fe It
by Lo is to have retired .tie ervtvorr of the
side." r _ wail Cadybrand, but no emeticd le I'cdition tad alt
made o active purimit. Their tenting ""'"" `ge • pie.
Dutch Attaches Wounded. ft number of wounded ole tilts scent, of herr, to'da'y err'
that flue magnetic I
Two 'wounded Dutch military at- actors would go t0 stow 'tent they ed. Mr, N. Honsep o
tushes were lett w the kande or the opal•, moving light aid unencumbered fats who mt'hry
British by the Boers. Ono of them, by amhnlanete or otter train. Pursuit, lion, died on 0
Hamad Mx, le dangerously hurt. therefore, would be profltletl+, nod by The diet'uhgi
The reports are contirnted that If withdrawing too Inra'e a
force from Holratt, ,Pits:
the waterworks have not been (10- - the nedghborektod or Moen) fon u.'it
strops] they are in poaradon of the might tempt t•, raids from other rll• Ir'eg 'N111
Boers, but the correspondent saye rection. 404405! h.*' ,
this fact causes no anxiety. because --- noein „•,,
the reservoirs 111 Bloemfontein aro (lath Powers Against it. jt heli:
filled and there la a eutflelemt sup• Berlin, April "-Contrary to .tato• steam
y also from the ap tnp theta menta intbllshed In England, neither full „'
Beeville" the fact of i4elt, French's the roe' n t or ti cal t
nor tory other t nes s 1:
arrival at Bwhmae s trop qday' Cabinet hue been weed by (bast
nothttig to known of he muniments,
or whether hie horse* are fresh
enough to enable him tet-poreue the
retreating Boers, who, it IN ataced,
have a large number' of gum. Nat'l.
Mg yet received indicates that the
Boer retreat was other than order-
ly and strategic.
The Boer Report.
Kroonettui, March 81, vin Lorenzo
Marquee, -A report has reached here
that a revere engagement took glare
yeeterdny east of Bloemfontein, near
Satinetspoet. The Free State Boers
maintained their position. They cap-
tured six cannon, many prleonera,
and 200 wagons.
tktrtnldhing continues mouth of
Bre.ndtord. _--
Boers Fell !lack.
Lonon, April 8, -Tho Times pub -
Polies the following this moraing from
its special correspondent, describing
the operat'one on liturday, In which
the Royal Canadians took pstrt:
Bloemfontein, April 1. -Oen. Colville
arrived to reinforce Col. Broadwood
wall the ninth divldon. Although he
was almost destitute of mounted men,
and had marched eighteen miles, he
determined to tomtits Boere, crowing
the river at some point lower down
than tint occup:e.l by the enemy.
Airordingly, he evtendel Oen. Mae,
dotaid'a brigade, the Argyll and Suth•
attend Iltghlanders, .rn1 the Black
Watch lending, and the Sneftwth High -
handers supporting. In this order the
brigade ndvanced against the main
drift loadlug to the watorworks.
Col, Martyr's mountol infantry, *ho
had been engaged all day on the left,
pushed forward dm the front to cleat
the way for (ten. eimtth•Dorrien'e I''
gale, whi:'lt was extendel eimlklrlt t'
Oen. Maodonald's.
Atbvaneing over the rolling *eke
leading down the enlle; ot the 31"1.
der River, Gen. Smith -Derriere. (''1O(( 1' ,ni 1, April 1. -'Cannonading was
attempted another drift, nee li uproot again hoard in the dMreretiom of fired -
the enemy's orlgtnal pontiff:' ford Saturday, end , it le repented
In the advance the Gordon High- the' very heavy 1 hting recurred
Ianders and the Cornwell Regiment Saturday around Mateking.
led, with the lehropsl,l ea' (""'1- - It is added 'that Col. P:umer'e relief
Mani supporting. column was compel -het s0 retire with
For moms reason, 1.1,,nt .1',41 1'Ihtt's boepe, ;No d'ptntis hews been received.
lluravclff, the Rumian ForeigeMinls•
ter, to present a Joint Intervention
note, although it le correct that Ger-
many has been sounding Auatro'Hun-
gary and Italy, her partners ih the
triple alliance, with 1'efereploe to te.
Intervention queatlum The res
In each Instance has bemo **Waver:, ie.
aelMaIM IOW
Must G0 to St. Helene.
London, April 2. -In the lb nee of
Commons today, answering ,pots.
tion on the anbjeet, the tip, 'rnnient
leader, Mr. A. J. Balfour, mllrmed
ten statement that Prem, t,ehret-
ner had expressed an cid 1011 to the
1'entoal of 4110 Boer Pr' tiers to the
Island of St. fledonn.
The Government, lir .
oomddered the obfectt
able to alter Ito p•
oertsin number of
Belene. iieexpleie ,l that this policy
wet specially ,l t (teat by mllltnry
0Aneelerittoiie.
dee, had fully'
11, but was uu-
( of sending a
e l rleoners to et.
Loyal Mee, •s. Rebel Dutch.
Cape Ten„p, rel 2. -The speech at
Diaremona e e lflon. J. Rose -Innes,
the rift
au;k L mih is the Cate
tool,
Cape
Perlin, ti .'In favor pot the annexa-
tion rt rise Boer Republica, Ina die -
came e".I the member& of the Afri-
1. The Dutch papere, eel h-
oof ten, ronc4elmm tutee speech,
arRu 1 that nnnexatthn meatal per-
m: a LI Wrest, ,
(t1 1 o'.ber Banti( the English re-
F;,, n a unanimously approve the gen-
tile e e expressed by 1.1ir. Rove -Innen,
A r,e0.nrkabfe fact !that fa at.ract-
,,; ;r,iention to ithafe the majority
0110 affidavits, made againet the
notch whsle in (be eubduc,d ocSbnhal
,: ntri^'s were made Ihy Ihttchment
tat. ,1re 1Pry hitter again•sit the repel
Mush.
fleury Fighting Around Dhtfeklng.
artillery were defacer I et. tee o'clock _-_•
to the right, where fir;, renminel for Advance et Intoner's Force.
ttcen'iderahlrpr:l,:,.a,dlh1ttntr,,('B(1 L.aS:n,.A til 3,-•A:hsr
yards three of ter (1ts t s auto plat. G f L w tin
ed !n ter open in tl,r lirL'ity tnt Col. 0e'beerro ors, March 2$1h esys that q
1 lot the t ing 8r1 lel til to ti lou hers h Brotnhtwood'sen^nn,prei'"b, March 10th news was received War
Of Q $artery, four ofticere werept, death e loris' tnrce of ere Id the south etut aort:h that Co:, Purr
wottatDd two o whom ars miedn 11) court,• t , emy acre t'.'bIr on the far side was etdvnotrin and daily shelling
i' The correspondent of the morningof dleer Rilrr en t.en, tinction- g
Ouse ganef wee killed and forty Writ poet, In dseer ,At the time the desps-'e
terpmtleloMd oftloeee and tea n laid the world 0 alta c:+i'r'e punishment, and '•
the trap, stye that tbo aafvoy had fell bask t+lon'I) es the Bruise lntan• treat everything was even in the
reminded or to thole scg Jy primed *00 ytitrd+ and Oe tl an rpL r I guererd' town.
Lard Roberto thole can t} Ie 17 ee*n wee still at g braaktast. when FINE 'I, ten go„a took a yomttkta a
These two eieapNte4ert eo
Patter/ an an mkslug, elodjlt Major the enemy opened ow ben a SAMS gronn'1 between the tiro bN• 1 frit Ia imteloe thee Cal,
p
b
thaw went , two F1AIand
to look atter *0 Wild rtltdlls ( ►*
plies were lake In. The attprditba
carried 800 Colon jacks,. which Mr.
Boreltgrevluk intended to ,plant at
frequent Intervale in the new reglone
he hoped to discover. fie took alma
largo Union Jack, which he intended
to run up on landing, This was given
to trim by the Duke of York. On
heard there was it cinematograph,
with welch he hoped to get interest.
Ing pictures of sights little dreamed
of by people in the civilized parte of
the world. '
Apart from discovery and solution
of
unsettled ob
ted r isms explorer
, the to
exrte'eteti that the expedition woulr
;Mehl en Immediate remelt of prat
cal valor. Hls th(it,ry WAN 41404-
ther 1'orecttste for the whole
trate*** could be made f
arctic region. As good
In the Anetrnllan
aant
0fBrit4110in wrarothordope, 1114
eehca have taken
eat It the outcome,
had nlwaye contends
work of anticipating
eotulitiens In that par
e-oeltl not be comple
from We Antarctic
made prarttcai.
ilnby 1 oder a Sider
Windsor, Atoll 1, -Pro
tertive (%am1Mn retur
sex yesterday, where
seetigating the di
body of a new leer
ahiewalk there e
clue his been"
the officcre o'
en* .
lat3'
bout*'
malt r'
stole'