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VOLUME I \\\\11——43. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BOERS AGAIN LINE UP TO RESIST THE ADVANCE OF LORD ROBERTS Seven Thousand of the Repubhean Troops Wfll Attempt to Hold the Invaders of the Free State in Check Until Joubert Has United All the Forees Under H1s Command. O +4 44044604 ¢i06oiest e TRy » . + A Typical Crowd at the War Office on:the Morrow of a 4 + * Great Battle. ps : ¥rom Sphere. Z & . N AN EAG CROWD : GATHERS IN THE + . ) MALL, LONDON, TO HEAR ¢ @ : CASUALTY LISTS: SOME FIND 4 ? AT VICTORY, WHILE OTHERS WEEP @ ? ¥ N SR SEE AGAIN. LITTLE. ¢ * ND, WATCH IN W ad P § OUTSIDE A TROOP OF MERRY ¢ ¢ s BOYS PLAY LEAPFROG AND HOP ® 49 H 2 TIME. [ e il T e S e i e e e e i e e e Tt Y ) BOERS WILL MAKE VERY GOOD USE OF THE DELAY Advance of Roberts to Be Retarded Until Concentration Under Joubert Has Been @Accomplished. arch 3, 4:15 the a. m.—Lord Roberts. at Osfontein. six :or.eight reformed Boer army, from five to six ot observation, ready to t eceiving tions from the and from other points, Whatever the force with it. As a heavy rain is s will be a good thing tem- Ladysmith ample troops to ‘cope e grass is improving urprised observers by the excellence of his transport dur- e and he is lkely to do so.again, although military men ome days before going much farther. y, will use this delay for all it is’ worth puiling their gives out the opinion that the British:entry of d, as Commandants De Wett and Delarey had been dvance of Lord Roberts only until-the concentration accomplished. jon is vet made of the 50.000 reinforcements’ that’ are erts. Such explanations advanced tentatively e Cape Dutch have ive or that the im- s a hint of forelgn suggestions as to -the futurs 'status d has telegraphed to the Cape commander an expression nks on the part of thée lords of the Admiralty to the engaged in the war for the “splendid manner.in which e traditions of the service and ‘have added to its reputation , courage and devotion.” lieved to be under the joint command of Botha, Delarey and De Wett. They are expecting reinforcements from Natal. The guns that were captired at Paarde- burg havé been brought hére. - The rifies captured have in many cases scriptural texts engraved upon them, for example, “Lord, strengthen.this arm.” It is sald that just prior to General Cronje's sur- render there was almost & mutiny in camp. REDINGTON'S HORSE | SHOT UNDER HIM | Orange -~ Free - State, skirmish accurred sev- east, in which Colonel a horse shot under him. rces on our front are be- | ngton Red The Boer FYEEN ! ‘WEAKENED STATE OF + ® | ¢ > | 0\ Qe+ oo e e s v e ¢ b e VeV eHeBe b LADYSMITH GARRISON N, March 3.—The Standard pub- foliowing = from Ladysmith, March ashfng cavalry brigade. has ceased to exist. At the begin- yvear 'we had 5500 horses and Before the end of: January we 100 horses: the othérs had verted- inip joints;Soups 2d bieen left to forage for e poor;. emaciated ani-| antong Of -horses--were mm( painful sights ‘of ‘the ay. [-ning “of the 4500 Tulés either among sieg “Had we posse of heavy guns and ammunition we might ave made the position bearable; Although.| not a shot was fired except in direct’ ne- ty, there were on February -1 only | y-rounds teft Yor each naval gun, while | e supply for the field artillery would | ve been exhausted in a couple of mlnor‘ engagements. Fortunately - the Bfltl’l‘ were ignorant-of the true -state of :af- fairs. Had they known our real -weak- ness they ‘might have displayed greater faring, Wwith- results—how -that we .are —we can venture to.contemplate. We were ‘victorio olely because’ of terly inactivi mas-| { he bombardment was heavy; but ‘on |, the whole ineffective. ‘It is estimated. that | during the: siege 12,000 shells were thrown | into the town, an average of three tons . of ‘explosives daily. Yet we. had only 35! men killed and’ 188 wounded.: Our largest | | losses were from: disease.” 1 iy VERY SAD JOURNEY, OF CRONJE’S :PARTY CAPE TOWN, March 2.—General’ Cronje and his party arrived at Simonstown to- day. General Cronje was received by General | Sir Frederick Forestier-Walker and a. rep- | resentative-of Sir Alfred Milner, the Goy- ernor of Cape Colony. General ' Cronje. was immediately -es- corted on board the British second-class cruiser” Doris. ~There was,no demonstra- tion; | 'ORANGE RIVER, March 1'’~General | Cronje and his wife passed here last night |'en route to Cape Town. Elaboraté pre- | cautions had been taken to prevent’ the |:public from seeing him.. Even the officers were- ordered off the station and the re- freshment room was kept closed betore his larrival, to the discomfart of ‘the Kimberley | passengers, whe were obliged to go food- less. General Cronje looks affected and -miis- erable and Is much grayer. He entérsd the refreshment room accompanied by his wife, son-and interpreter ‘and General Prettyman and his staff. Taking his: sezt | at a table General Cronje covered his.face {'with his bands for a few momernts-as he engaged in prayer. | ROBERTS PROUD OF ‘HIS: SOLDIERS OSFONTEIN, Orange Free State, March | 3.~The British canmp has been moved here. A heavy rain is falling; the veldt is im- proving: supplies are rapidly arriving and | the men are in-good health, despite the fact that they hdve been ‘6n half rations for a.fortnight: Cecil Rhodes ‘has sent a: quantity -of champagne -from Kimbeérley to bé drunk to.the health of Lord Roberts.. Lord Rob- erts has published an order .thanking the troops for their courage and .for the zeal and endurance they have displayed amid the hardships of a forced marclt. He says that thelr fortitude and general conduct 1 have been worthy of the Queen's solders. | report STERKSTROOMy p General Gatacre made -'a récon= noissance in force Stormberg . to=tay. The Eovers opposed him with two guns and the British artilicry pitchéd some skells into the Bo:r lassers. NEW YORK, March 2.—A Boer has beenr raised. The news: is | uacenfirmed, but. is probably | true I_Roberts scored, then Buller, and now- Roberts is about to begin oper:lli:)n; again. He has already moved his camp to Os- fontein, six miles to the eastward, and renewed fighting can .be ex- pected-any day, as' 'some 7000 Boers have been located in the vicinity.. It is not thought these burghers intend to_offer serious | resistance to the British advance, but rather will-seek to retard and -haniper the march on. Bloemfon- tein. The main Boer army from Na- tal 1s-said to be concentrating at Windburg; seventy miles north- east of Bloemfontein. @ Here the ground is favorable to defen- | sive tactics. If the: Boers make no. determined stand. south' of this | place they thually abandon half {of the Free Stage to the British, | |and also: allow the railway which runs from Blocmfontcm to -Port ! Elizabeéth to fall into. Lord Rob- | erts! hands, giving him _another Lvaluable line of. communication: They. will also leave: scattered | forces at Stormberg’ and: at La-| t buschagnes Nek:isolated. Theé Boers at -Colesberg have | already. crossed:: the River, moving north to assist in the -attempt to oppose Roberts. Generals' ‘Buller - and “*White | | have shaken hands: The emaciat- | smith has been made happy by| the sight of seventy wagons with provisions :and hospital supplies | which the - energetic transporta-| tion officers have rushed 'up . to “the war-stricken, disease-infest- ed hole among the hills,”” as one | writer describes it. Great need of hospital supplies is-apparent from the- fact that none ‘have: beer available since {about - the. middle of - January, though: two -thirds of the. entire population, ‘military. and civilian, have passed through the hospi- tals. ing "any of his fighting troops into-the . infected "area. supplied with water from the contaminat- ed Klip River. The Boers apparently were able ‘to secure . sufficient ‘start in removing all of their big guns and -heavy-stores. north, so._that pursuit is considered hopeless: The main body of burghers ap- pear. to ‘have gone westward. There is. much grave surmise in the clubs and military circles as to the reasons which are responsible for Chamberlain asking the: Aus- tralian and‘Canadian Premiers as to ‘what number. of " colonial troops are procurable for policing in South: Africa’in case imperial troops are required elsewhere. There ‘is a .very" uneasy. feeling prevailing, and many alarming fumors are afloat. : Two incidents of yesterday in- dicated that it is clearly possible that, despite' the"threats of for- eign intervention, the bulk of the British public will not be satisfied | until the two South African re- pubhcs shall become part of the] cmplre. : March 2. —| toward | 4 is' publishcd from Bru.-| sels that t:c sicge of Mafeking | ONDON , March- 3.—First | General Buller is not mov- |’ 1 [e |4 ® b | B B e e i e o 2 o 0@%*0«9«& “STOP-THE-WA_H’-’ MEETING: " INVADED BY. RUFFIANS LONDON, March 2.—A large erowd forc- ied the doors of Exeter - Hall, Igndon, !whero & “stop-the-war” meeting was be- ing held this evening. -The invaders were resisted by the audience and after a free ‘fight. the disturbers: weré -expetled. - Un- |'detérred, ‘they broke through the rear.en- | trance; fighting” with walking sticks' and umbréllas. . : The: police ‘were summoned |'and _the’" crowd . finally ~quietod down, |"marching. off :toward the War Office and singing.''God:Save. the Queen.” affer Torty: policemen had- cleared the bujlding.of the invaders many marks of . the confjict were noticeable, bruised faces, [ torn clothing and-other sigis of a sharp affray. Silas ‘Kitto-Hocking, the ‘novélist, said Urange he wotild .not Insult -the Boers’by - com- | | | paring them. with such rowdies as. had | been ejected. | . ‘Franeis Allston Channing, Liberal Mem- | ber ‘of Parliament for Northampstonshire, sald: it: was disgraceful that a lawful pub- | | lic_meeting,. convened -in the very' center | of -civilization - should :be menaced: by d an unlimitéd amount | ed; half-starved garrison of Lady-| ‘r drunken ruffians. Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Liberal Member af | | Parliament for the Cockgrmouth Divis- sfon of Cumberland, in the course of -an | | indignaint protest,: sald: ‘“Any ome who [ dares:to Speak a.word of truth and justice | at the present .moment ‘must undertake | the .service in actual danger tor life and limb."" Peace resolutions were adopted by the meeting. |BULLER REPORTS THE TAKING OF MANY STORES LONDON, March 3, 2:30 4. m:—The War Office has received the following dispatch | from General Buller: “LADYSMITH, . Friday, March -2, 6:3) | p. :m.—T find the defeat of the Boers mors compliete: than 1 daréd to. anticipate. This | | whole district is.complétely. clear of them, and except at .the top of Van Reeénans Pass, ‘where several wagons are visible, I can find no trace of them. +“Their last train left Modderspruit sta- tion -about 1 o'clock. yesterday and then they: blew up .the bridge.”. They packed their wagons six days ago, moving them to the north of Ladysmith, 0 that we had fio chance of. iritercepting them; but they have left vast:quantities of ammunition of all sorts, herds, grass, camp and indi- vidual necessaries. . They have got away with-all their guns except two.” LADYSMITH, ~Thursday, March 1— | General: Buller, accompanied by. ‘his staff, arrived -at -11:40 a. ‘m. to-day. He -~ entered . the - town: . unnoticed,: as more - cavalry was coming in - dur- ing - the morning. - The . news .of his| arrival soon spread, however, and Gen- | eral White and his staff at once went to receive him. The two generals met amid scénes -of ‘tremendous - enthusiasm, and General Buller had an immense reception. It is understood that the Boers are in full column of Ladysmith troops is in pursuit of them. The Boérs left many wagons, guns and quantities “of ‘provisions and ammunition behind them. - FIERCE FIGHTING BEFORE COLENSO CAMP, Feb. 2%8.—The Boers lost -heayily .during yesterday's fighting. “The lyddite -wrought fearful havoc in the trenches.. Many of the wounded were quite yellow from the effects of the fumes. Over a hundred prisoners were taken. Many. of thém were Hallanders and a few. were. genuine Boers., Considerable ammaunition for rifies. fell into the hands of .the British, as well as - a_damaged Maxim gun. - Boers' of 16 years of age were among the wounded. The prisongrs had not heard ‘of the surrender of Gen- eral Cronje -and discredited it. The ma- Jority ‘seemed glad to. be captured. They admit heavy losses.. The women remained with the Boers in the trenches until three hours before the British charged. Two women were found, one dead, thie other fatally wounded. Before she died | the latter sald her husband would not let fight toward the Free State, and a flying | LADYSMITH WAS RELIEVED| .H—O-&HM®+®+O-0—@—0—@Q—‘ PP I 94@—7(»0@,‘*@-90-.-@0@‘00 - B R R S Lord ' Dundonald, Made the Dash NO OFFIC & TION the Gallant Cavalry Leader, From Black and White. R CONNECTED WITH GENERAL BULLER'S ARMY HAS HAD MORE FREQUENT AND FAVORABLE MENTION DUNDONALD, COMMANDING THE REGULAR AND ALRY FORCE. THE BATTLES OF WILLOW THE SEIZURE OF POTGIETERS DRIFT, THE FIGHTS HOMES AND MUNGUS FORD, WINDING UP WITH HIS FINAL DASH INTO LADYSMITH. ON THE NIGHT OF THE TH ULT., HAVE WON LOUD PRAISE, THE MORE SO AS THERE WAS SOME SERIOUS QUES- AT THE OUTSET AS TO THE & HIM WITH SUCH AN IMPORTANT C( Who Into ' Ladysmith. N EARL COLONIAL CAV- GRANGE AND COLENSO, AT ACTON ADVISABILITY OF INTRUSTING IMAND. B e B R g R I T B R 2 S S ST S T (@049 0004640600000 0sebsdedededeiesel® [COMMUNICATIONS OF ROBERTS ARE CUT OFF Reipreser)tative of the Boers Ciaims They Have Defenses Arranged for Holding Out Indefinitely. | | | | EW YORK, March 2.—George W. Van Siclen, local representative of the Boers in.the United States, received a cipher cablegram to-day from a European correspondent whose identity he declined to reveal, in which it ‘was stated that the Boers have cut off the communication of. Lord Roberts. Mr. Van Siclen was seen as he was leaving his office late yesterday after- noon. “The cablegram is authentic,” he said, and taking the original and a trans- lation from his pocket, he read the latter. It follows: ‘‘Are cutting: rallway that starving Roberts and Buller.” ““There is more in the cablegram than I can make public,” Siclen. supplies, blowing up bridges. May result in sald’ Mr. Van ““For-obvious reasons 1 cannot tell you the name of the pe-<on who sent it,-but I will say that I am in constant communication with Dr. Le 1s at Brus- Sells and Dr. Muller of the Orange Free State republic at the Hagu.e, and they are in communication with President Kruger." Of the general situation in South Africa he said: ““In the Boers' original plan they did not count on.a British force being left in Ladysmith. That was a mere accident and when the city was relleved the Boers simply carried ouf their original intention and fell back to their first line of defense. They did not anticipate so much successful fighting—for the British—in British territory. and they attacked Ladysmith and Kimberley when the opportunity was unexpectedly offered to them. *‘Cronje’s: capture, while unfortunate, is a mere ripple. The British have lost more than 12,00 men so far and they will lose 25,000 more before they get over the Boers' first line of entrenchments and there are three lines-of defenses. And when ‘they are driven from their last ditch they have mountains behind. them.” her go, as she was such a good shot. The woman was only 19 years old. An idea of the intensity of the shell fire can be gathered from the fact that of the ninety-five guns in action. the Nineteenth Battery alone fired 974 rounds, firing every ten-seconds. The British casualties were about 200 men. - _COLONEL O’LEARY KILLED. LONDON, March - 3.—General Buller's casualties among his officers during the fighting of. February 27 were: £ Killed—Colonel O’Leary of the Lanca- shires, Major Lewis, Captain Sykes and Lieutenant Simpson ‘of the- Scots Fusi- lers, . Lieutenant Morilyean of the War- wickshires and Lieutenant Daly of the Irish Fusillers. ounded—oanenl Bmm;. Colonel Clrr of the Scots Fusiliers - 86 e and twenty-three —— SUPPLIES FOR LADYSMITH. LONDON, March 2—A. dispatch from General Buller was received at the War Office this morning announcing that sev- enty-three wagonloads of supplies are now entering Ladysmith, the first eleven wag- ons containing hosp al comlnnlt Ammum RENBBERG Thursday‘ March L—The greater part of the Dutch residents at Colesberg. have. been arrested as rebels. ‘The Boers yesterday were in full retreat northward, with a British force following them.

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