The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVII-N 0, SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CAPTURE OF MEN AND GUNS BY DARING BOERS CAUSES UNEASINESS IN ENGLAND —_— Although Colonel Broadwood’s Column Fought Gamely, Seven Cannon and 350 Men Were : Lost in the Encounter. D ONDON, April 3, 12:10 a. m.—Queen Victoria left Windsor af half-past 9 last evening en ronte’ for Ireland. Her Majesty was accompanied . 97 2 Princess Christian and Prince Hen- 3 g P d h A h l f ry of Battenburg and s attended by the Irrival of heiniorcements rrevente € ANNINLATION O6 & 2 0 aikim. on. Harriet Phipps: Sir Arthur Biggs, privat = F S Queen: Sir Fleetwood Bdwards, k. e rl ].S OrCe a, a/ een O her ) sty's private purse, and Captaln Ponsonby Cleverl Tra ed The Queen had driven out to Frogmore y pp 2 ‘.0;"0@0@0 PG SO PP PN R S p¢ M 1 Cable to The Csll and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1900, by the New York Herald Company. ¥ 3 PRETORIA, Seturday, March 31.—There has been heavy fighting between Brandfort and Bloemfon- | o and Ermelo commandos attacked 7000 British and drove them back with heavy P osses the reports of the wounded who have arrived here fighting occurred all along the line. | ¢ e Federal held positions on the side and top of the mountain, while the Brititsh -positions were | ¢ he opposite side of the hill. The British charged repeatedly, but were repuls:d. The latest reports say | 3 at the F als were more than holding their own, but the final result of the fighting is not known. The Fed- Ps 1 e killed and wounded. R m Brandfort received later state that 2000 Federals attacked 3000 British successfully, j s arrived and the Federals were compelled to after punishing the . eccording to these reports, was slight. & 1in the direction of ¥ and it is s 3 4 " B & 1t Colonel & to retire with + ave been recefved. @ i ¢ s HOW BROADWOOD ? . < FELL INTOTHE 6 eberg —-on . ve s TRAP OF BOERS ! v Surprised in a Spruit, the b y K : Briti:h Gamely Saved . s a I i Some cf the Guns ¥ - The War Office has | ¢ dispatch from | ntein, April 1 Ir i at rday evening | ¢ & . r he | ¢ F rd waterworks, | ¢ ; T 2} er Bloemfonteln, | ¢ w ¢ re w bad a detachment of | 4 i - a the Boers, which carries witl for the proteation of |7 ROYAL YACHT AT Boer force at K of taking the ¢ Smalde Th sixty mile: good evi- d bold- ivanced t of Kroonstad Boe those which had been perfected when he Majesty started northward to-night g : These officials, who have superintended r to Holyhead begu the transportation of Czars, Kalsers and o T e the Princes of all nations in and out of : Windsor, have exerted themselves beyo < precedent to insure the safety of the royal and track in- train between Windsor and Holyhead station along the route, e e = : [ tufed. The remainder galloped. away, | | covered by Roberts' Horse, which suffer- o ed heavi | “Meanwhile Lieutenant Chesterma ng b of Remington’s Scouts found a pass X | across the spruit unoccupied by the the ot by which the remainder of Broad- : s force crossed. They reformed with n A great steadiness, notwithstanding all that enabling 11 . | had previously occurred tery porti ‘ “Broadwood’s report, which has just came into action late ; m : reached me and which contains no detafls, | and a gunner got a gun out under a tre. : | stated that he had lost seven guns and | mendous fire and four othe ere ‘gaved : all his baggage. He estimates all his by the men dr them off after thelr casualties at about 350, Including 200 miss- | horses had i E SHAMA ing. 3 : “On hearing this morning that Broad- | The Boers wh wood was hard pressed, 1 immediately | When the Brit guns. were i : ordered General French, with two remain- | were tl'flmm:v"d. d by Reichman,a German- g ; 5 o follow in suppart | American ing cavalry brigades, to follow In support | Amerlean. = . oL Ll of the Ninth Division. The latter, after a e S : ! i discovered the British scouts, les magnificent march, arrived on the e e e 36 of action shortly after 2 p. m. Broad- N L e ‘ wood's force consisted the Royal i i e R gl Household Cavalry, the Tenth Hussars, . B v . | the Q and U Batteries of the Royal Horss e T et ey . Artillery and Pllcher's Battalion of | pEVery ong did handling of his ¢ mounted infantry. The strength of the e o s vosa enemy Is estimated at from SM0 to 10.000. | o ccaped. The Boers are still hold- with guns, the number of which Is not |z tpe waterworks and the line of hilis : . o | behind them. . The War Office received a second dis- . b ! : patch from Lord Roberts, dated Bloem- | The foregoing dispatch settles the dis- fontein, Sunday, April 1, 8:15 p. m., in | puted point. arising from the discrepancy ! Which, after referring to his previous fele- | in the dispateh from Bushman's Kop of - gram, he gives a partial list of the miss- Saturday and Lord Roberts’ dispatch of | ing British officers. Of Q Battery four | yesterday, referring to the {ime the en : | officers were wounded, two of whom are | gagement between the British and Bo | missing. One gunner was killed and forty | occurred, which is now shown Lo be Satur- : 3 | non-commissioned officers ‘and men are | day and not Sunday, as might have BeEh : iti il! » 7 | wounded or missing. Lord Roberts then | inferred from the message o . British Artillery Column Under Escort of Cavalry on the March Near Bloemfontein. $ |continues: " 1% | mander-in-chie e b “In U Battery all are missing except | i : e e : 3 | Maror Tasior and & sergeant major. Two| BAD MANAGEMENT * The above picture was drawn from a photegraph made of Colonel Broadwood’s column of cavalry and artillery as it moved toward Bloem- & | cavalry regiments id not suffer so much. BRITISH TROOPS * fontein. It was a like column that was waylaid and captured by the Boers on Saturday last within sight of Bloemfon: ® | A Teport has just come In that the enemy AMONG p | has retired toward Ladybrand, leaving = >-0-4-0-90- 00 0o bW - e e S o Ca SCyr > twelve wounded officers and some seventy 2 o I 2 The Bloemfontein . ESGHD AeE et s s, e B I T e ey | TONDOKT AT 2o Skeemfanaty on gt s shelled by the |t tions before hetacked on three sid He immediately | were they hidden that our leading scouts sending ambulances for them.” fiastrapandent ol Tl 2 antare af his position from |} completed preparations and re- | dispatched two ho riillery batteries | passed over the drift without discovering | It will be noticed that in the foregoing | Sunday \,':;. ) adwood at onte | horsed ar ed his troops and bis baggage toward Bloemfontein, | them, and it was not until the wagons and | advices, Lord Roberts says nothing in | RS CORVOV, SINR a0y intendea r baggage toward It w that the Boers intend to | covering some of them with his cavalry | Buns were entering the drift that the regard to the British guns being recap- frighten Free Staters who were desir- g the retreat witd | force t They have gathered| “Some two miles from the waterworks | Boers showed themselves and opened fire. | tured. o et renderhiy’ to Lord Roberts. together rmy. reorganized it and | the road crosses a deep nullah or spruit, | Many of the drivers of the artillery horses | A special dispatch from Bloemfontein, | 0% ©Of SUrrencCh e hough ; : | % s When General Colville arrived. althoug! placed it and on both flanks of | In which during the night a force of | were immediately shot down at short | dated to-day says: | R U e e Je petus army. The force in | Boers had concealed themselves. So well | range and several of the guns were cap-| *“The loss of the guns was attended by s was slgst Jestiine Bt oo ont of r to the no a P - - 2 e 1o e e el i | @40+ HD IBIOID OO FOIOIDIOI0 LD HOO HTHDAT HOD 01 0100+ GHOHCH CHOOIOHOHO+@ | termined to turn the river, crossing i - i : I ha | some point lower down than cu- rekomea with 4 nce. Tora Meihuen 15 1 3 | Dled by the enemy. Accordingly, General refoned with at once. Lord Methuen in | 4 | Smith-Dorrien’s brigade. including the : el e g1 4 o paarachers, e | Canadians, attempted another drift, which reach 350, including | the Y"élr g?rr d ai Paardeberg, be- | Canadians. attempted another drie. v ’ +Gnk effect of the Briti retremen ‘§ | “For some reason Lieutenant Colonel Colville b the Ninth Divi- | OBAefECh of ¢ ‘"r‘_‘_" ish retirement from | q . & | Flint's artillery was detached at 2 o’clock 3 s : fol- | Southustern part of the Trce State open | | to the right. where it remained for a con- . two e i he. | 10 raiy O (e republicun torees, | stderable period, “shelling at, 5000 yards < rexumed 1 2o | e hgen report concerning 3 range three of the enemy’s guns that were N e e s Etn Baden-Powell has bess told = placed in the open in the vicinity of Col- | report from Lord Roberts, the Boers were | that C nelhnmlcn-r-uw»n has been told | @ e Dlaced in the open In the vids | fore this was done it was i ,';:,”',“'{,‘;'";fi;',’ sl Tt ] WASHINGTON, April 2.—The surgeon general of the Marine Hospital service has received a “Consequently a large force of Boers | « . Nf“f:« ;:.4,;;,;‘.,,:,.(;,' It is doulful whether there is any ,".fm;I report from the surgeon in charge at San Francisco to the effect that he has completed an examination 3 \'lslb(lie ennilihhemreflnrl sfl; orf"llt;:dllso;l::; e:s T t in L . in this report and still more doubtful | of the three suspected plague cases and that the said examination does not show the presence of bu- 2:;:»1“'2:"4‘_ o e e el S ca st gune had :‘,':':f'."f,‘,vf ~:x~:;n qufidv mfl;} that { @ bonic plague. 3 took up -a position on rising ground be- . states thit 'g.,t[.,g‘n}",uf,ed"g,"“sa;;‘,',‘,'_:; '3 Surgeon General Wyman of the Marine Hospital service said to-night when asked about his offi- tween the two brigades, thus commanding o e quranhfpp;.'nt;;;fi around the §wn and that Colonel Plumer | cial report concerning the bubonic plague at San Francisco: “I can say nothing except that I am highly mn: ::g:x:;):,.;eez:;edlh: :;'l‘:eorll:lye‘;e:::‘:- r resistance at the water- | 1ad to retirdwith loss. | § gratified by the report given out to-day. The facts therein contained speak for themselves and I have no R o i sitihas of The: Boltieh Tatan. = 4 — evented any pursuit by French's | FIGHTING UND MAFEKING. 1 g opinion to express and am able t> give no further details.” try came from guns firing shrapnel at far | too long range. PRETORIA, undl);. April L—Cannon- moved there during th dawn to-day emy, who at- e by the - @i was told in reply that the | ¢ ¥ with Martyr's Mounted | @-o-0-0+0+690-4040 0540 march at daylight to-day | ¢ . fm and that if he con: SRR ey Ao Vo e e s b sh retire u 1 LRy * G QUEEN VICTORIA STARTS ON HER JOURNEY TO IRELAND "KiNGSTOWN PIER. D T e e SRR Y ] during . the afterncon amid considerable enthusiasm on the part of the town ple-and her departure from the was compa ¢ quiet, althoug! a crowd had assembled to cheer the going train. Not in the history of the Great Weste and London 1 railr have greater pre ver been ob- served to protect train than Travel. ‘Railway Managers Take Most Extraordinary Precautions to Prevent Accident During the Slow Night des et edbedebeieie® - ve o ve v e R R R g siei e *ie e was pu siy's f her Maje: 1 La board to her s sgether. R night. but adverse to eleven hours covered in six. me when trafic is isualily a might run. trip had been and the train I “We could. however. see the enemy In ‘. n Daily £ her walks ™ steps of . : : : . R ], ) matter how small, were imperatively be luty half an hour be- the royal train wawx due to examine signals and switches and e in proper working or- required named “Prince of run a quarter of an hour oval train and its tracks were kept absolutely he royal train was dr with expert ra tives way April 2 Ireland ming. Crowds ng in | points. and it is _that the normal population of 60,000, will by Wednesd and Thabu them move General ¢ the % the arrival river TERRIBLE TALE 0 SURPRISE AND CARNAGE KOP. n to the s witnessed ¢ Sunday, April 1.— French's wing the cavalry div e ¢ Horses lay ned in th ttitudes of sud- den death, and m! among them were ghastly human bodies with wagons and food and fora; ed wide. Everything told of a terrible tals surprise and carnage. :ld be impossible to concelve any- thing mere ingenious than the Boer trap, and the only wonder Is that a single man escaped On crossing the spruft, where the ground rises immediately toward a grassy knoll, with stony slopes’ facing the drift one came upon an inclosure from which it was possible to fire over the drift. At this point the spruit makes a circular bend. while the south embankment, which is protected by the partiaily constructed railway embankment. enabled the enemv to pour in a galling fire on three sides, as well as a double tier of fire in front. When the convoy was first attacked a scene of frightful confusion followed. The mules stampeded and the wagons were overturned. while the concealed enemy | poured in a deadly fire When the first battery appeared the Boers seemed undesirous of continuing the slaughter and called upon the British to surrender. At that moment, however, B Battery, which was escaping from the rear of the convoy under heavy fire, | wheeled into action and began shelling the Boers with the four remaining gun: The Boers confess that this battery a counted for five killed and nine wounded of their losses. Early In the afiernoon the Boers eol- lected about the convoy began removing the guns and wagons and permitted the collection of the British dead and wound- ed. Our actual casualties were less than had been expected. Despite this regrettable incident, it is | impessible not to admire the gallant man- | ner in which the little force was able to extricate itself from an almost hopeless position. SOME PRISONZRS MUST BE SENT TO ST. HELENA | LONDON, Aprii 2—In the House of Commons to-day, answering a question on ject. the Government leader, Mr. . confirmed the statement that Premier Schreiner had expressed an ob- jection to the removal of the Boer pris- oners to the island of St. Helena. The Government, he added, had fullg consid- ered the objection, but was unable to ai- | ter its policy of sending a certain number "l’lvna_u% ex- was part die- ated by military considerations. | of the prisoners to § | plained that this policy t