The evening world. Newspaper, February 23, 1900, Page 2

STORY OF BATTLE ‘TOLD DAY BY DAY. othe to Surrender—-Details of His Fight. A consecutive story of the battle between Gen. Cronje's army of f,000 and Roberts's army of 35,000 is herewith given day by day since Bunday, when p Boers were surrounded at Paardeberg Drift ; No greater story of heroiam has ever been written, The Boers show them- worthy of thelr Holland forefathers, On Sunday they lost #0 men and the h lorses reached the same figure. Surrounded, hopelessly outnumbered and ) pembarded by fifty Rowitzers and field guns, Cronje refuses to surrender and saye hhe'will fight to the death. Here is the story: SUNDAY’S BATTLE. PAARDEBERG DRIFT, Orange Free State, Feb. 9.—The action of Sunday “was one of the most fearfully contested of the war. The Boers were grimly fight- |” ing for their lives, while the British determinedly hirassed them Agnight fell after the terrible fighting, which lasted all day, there was Gen cessation of fire, as both sid ‘ere thoroughly tired and gtad to rest. The work of collecting the dead and wounded proceeded and the men slept they had fought in the eariler hours. try did good work in the fighting and the Highland Brigade n. Cronje's forces occupy tae river bed. The British troops marched splen- to overtake the retreating Boer forces after Cronje had made his escape Magerstonteln. Sixth Division and mounted Infantry reinforced the Ninth Division Satur- ay and marched from Klip's Drift to Paardeberg, where they camped. “Wanday morning the march was resumed in the direction of Koodoosrand. ‘The British had only gone five miles when they discovered the Boers. Cronies fm lined both banks of the river at a point where it makes a sharp bend. The langer was at the easterly end of the bend opponite a drift. The kopjes on 4 outh side overlooking the drift were occupied tn force. = | Phe Highland Brigade, consisting of the Beaforths, the Black Watch and the weylis, advanced from the south bank, and the Eesex, Welsh and Yorkshires ‘a long line on the left, which rested on the river, tho extreme right being p Welsh. The whole line ordered to envelop the Boers. _The entire British forces attacked, while the ertfilery poured im a hall of Fhe Hoers held a splendid position and covered the left of the Highland Brig- which advanced partly up the river bed and partly tn the open. The other and the rest of the brigade swung aroun? the front of the Highland Brigade on the level, coveriess ground, They were exposed to @ terrible fire, which He compelied the men to lle upon the ground. ‘They had to remain so the rest of © the day. ‘Through the dreadful heat and a terrible thunderstorm the British clung to the peation, answering the Boer fire and shooting steadily ).. A large body of men, including the Canadians under Gen, Smith-Dorien, Nehonsed the river at Paardeberg Drift and made a gallant attempt to charge into Vee Boer laager. The charge failed, the force being driven back. ‘Cronje’s Laager a Shambles, but He Re-|veits of the Sisters Cov. ered the Shell Holes in the Convent — How Christmas Was Cele brated by the Besieged with Rifles at Hand to Hand Fight. How the Hoers celebrate vietory or hamble themselves im defeat Gaily event in the cnmpn and are very Impressive. POT mae = THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 2%, 1900. a eae ea ad ‘ or a NUNS’ MASS AT MAFEKING — |MAGERSFONTEIN __ BEFORE A BIG BATTLE, SLAUGHTER PEN. After Were Game Tree Fort—Went Out Gayly to Fight and Terrible Losses. By religioun service in their langers. Prayers and preaching are @ Few British Came Back|Boers Were Ready to Bolt, Ont Says, When the Defeat at British Troops Were Calleé Back. (Correspondence of the Acsocisied Prem) Girections. When the Boers had the dig Gib ‘aid’ up it the English spy- @lasees, and 4 few seconds later a shell crashed on the Boer cannon, rendering %t useless. Of the thirteen Boer guns which were in action several were 60 damaged as to be unworkabic, “My fleid cornet told me that a tre, mendous number were killed, and there Were eo many wounded that the hospi- tals at Jacobsdal, Boshof and Bloemfon- tein were quite full. 1 estimate the; mumber of horses killed and renderedy unserviceable at 2,00, { “I firmly believe that the ides in tho Boer camp after the battle was over was that if the British bad kept on for another hour it would have been « great) Actory for them, the Hoers were es the nota of clearing Shen the y stares Sui Me kei on, te beavery of the men seemed so ave CG thing effect 01 Boers, fact of havi a0. many dead auch that with their ‘pie taene suk reauscs to terms of pence with the 2 Repulsed with trenchments end sconces. All 1 could see after the bursting of these shells drowsy, while several succumbed, gether the battle was a perfeet hell upon ui earth and fairly put the fear of God in must Aight ve best, as we ave figh me. “T had always been told that ¢! BULLER STILL ADVANCES; SMALL PARTY REPULSED. COLBN®O, Natel, Wednesday, Feb. 21 fre trom the trenches. Chieveley, Pet. %).—The British have crosaed the Tugela over a pontoon| Th? Boer guns are still shelling the northward of Hlangwana, and now oc- | Televing force from the hills south of Ladysmith, but the ‘mpression ts spread- cupy Fort Wyile. ing that they are merely covering the While the Naval Brigade was) vircat of the entire Boer fore, |pombarding Greblerekicef, the (Correspondence of the Associated Prem.) pmatically, and to the right the ar-! sattrptsttetetutalalalatetalatalafutntalelatufulololainieteinfelafaetaiajlaiofetafelq| Creuset replying, 7e8 | 2, nnd Wednesday, Feb. 2, wore: Killed, 1 MOND Y Bee Crea b. The first detatlet| mored tra rept * saa ed a , evening after the evcupa- | Capt. os geri? Metth-Fal. A jescription of | na er the plain toward its’ emali party of | °cner Parry, of the Somersstshire j e fom Mafening De é nT ile neeny come | BRITISH LOSSES T0 | Cee: ot Coreese. & the | Light Infantry, and nine men; wounded, 7 Reuter correspondent! tn | me fold \tself Ike a photo | Thorneverett's Morse oressed six offleere and ninety-ceven men; miss PAARDERERG DRIFT, Tuesday. Feb. 29.—Monday morning broke finding the | pressed {iitle tows, wo prota ‘oh ts being developed | river, bat were driven bask by | ing aye men, tn the name place, they having during the night constructed Intrenchmenta| eourt ith the doingy of Chretmas| The outlines grew sharper and we | 1 | 1 ind the laager, which was still threatened by Gen. Smith-Dorlen, ‘The infantry | Day. J could see the Union Jack floating proud > 9 e z= ——— Fested after the terrible hard day's fighting on Bunday The Christmas of 18% ir feking has|!¥ over the ling truck of the tealp it F — = 7] ‘The mounted infantry and a battery of horse artillery started to observe the | been indped an ful one. Sunday | The rat of aketry broke on oor “ Rainy, who wes holdings kopje, but while riding around the southern ide of the| we observed as a truce, and it.was not [cate nnd we knew that oue mon ha LONDON, Feb, 23. The War Office has given ont the Collowins F< kopie they received a heavy funillade and were obliged to move further out. They | omly @ truce, but a real day of pleanure | OPeHed fire and been sighted by Lhe a report of the Hritish losses im South Sfrtes up to Feb, 17, but not | guacained no casualty, a strong proof of bad Boer marksmanship. at Riesles, A Chriatinay dinner which ene). After that tip, atiack da lope tf Icluding thé Fusiliers Yost ut Meholsen's Nek, | 5 . Pushing on, the detachment found that the kopje eate ded @ considerable dis- |'m'ght Mave vied with nv the of | WIth matvellous'raphiity to the east of | 0 188 1,512, weat, sloping gradually to the plain. | couniry was served, and unk bn |euie Tree (the fort whieh we were at-| alae vada dag A ‘They seited @ good defensive position, whieh was aarrinaned, They continued | champagne the tors! of “oa arth ne), and Verona and Fite-Clarence { Woanded—Otticers, X0T; men, 6,084, movement and completely turned the Bours, whose icft was heidsirengly by a -house, which.was vigorously shelled. i | ‘The detgchment returned to camp at nightfall, jenving a garrison on the ridge. | ea x" » Ss, river, About midday the ery that Gen. French had arrived was passed down the Pabks, but his division operated out of sight of our force, tren When Lord Roberts arrived he addressed several regiments and was vigorously Early in ‘he day Gen. Cronje sakod for a twenty-four hours’ armistice in order | to bury his dead. Lord Kitchener refused, and a little later came another mes * @enger with word to the effect that if the British were inhuman enough to refuse ‘Meanwhile a deeuktory Lombardmen: of the Boer position was Kept up. and a good | mas tree had @e6! Of rife fire concentrated where the Essex were attempting to rush up the | children by | committer | brought up for the day Missing Officers, 171; mem, S44e, rood wit tm belwarverod Mae) Wook up Ulein pgslions prepiratory to a ‘fina! ruse } Dicd from dixcase-Offeers, 13) pen, 563, For the afternoon of Sunday a Christ-|_Avay to the right flank Capt Cowan 1 Aveidentally Killed—OMcer, 1 men, 18, wen promisag. for the |Win seventy men pf ihe Bechuanaland + ’ , 5 4y Baran Wilkon and a) Rifles was disposed tercent re Invalided home Officers, 54; men, 1,628, and the poor iittle things! forcements or the e y's retreat. The Totul, 11,964. frou the dark train under Ca Vililama, ot Pat s titi tutehatetatetottetalicubababs pe (a of the wo achine gu chktes ran Sthttlbtitiviteicieiebickicttireilictlebinet anger ¢ e emrelves with aU) a8 fast ae the \ atate of the ete nto jate! direwa! of the duoger which line would allow, The wh le af the right 2 si 4 1 nun e¥e | MANk Wag commanded by Major Godley: it CHRONOLOGY OF * ced th the Englia yureh (9 the left of ug ant west were the |% a 7 ae : ‘hristmas (en@my, ‘The gune, umi-r Major Pansera, 4 CRONJE’S DEFENSE. gleamed wpon the altar, | Were escorted by @ aqua «| KRUGER {$ ALARMED, Crouje—Free State Capital ‘MURDERER. Anti-Imperialist Stephens Flercely Denounces the President. teisetttnitini-lojmtog. opunesments. For this week we have some unwenlly male thay edge der yd Six Thonsand Reers sent Ye Ald |) Gm armisiice for the purpose of burying (he dead, Gen. Crooje saw no other course | carols Cavite n under Lard |p PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 2.—The seo-! I Git to surrender. whicn war decorated with flowers ar a Fay to k; the whole ¢ fed E gunpav.—€ njetn forces __ Being Moved. ‘ond days’ session of the “astern, Coa- . Upon receipt of this message Lord Kitchener proceeded to the oer laager in| everares lhe More ware Boliverir “ie remeh eherg Drift af- LORENZO MARQUES, Delagoa Bay, |forence” of anti-Impsrtaliste was char-! order to arrange the capitulation, but he was met by u messenger who announced CHRISTMAS CAROLS. ” a“ rehing 33 miles with | Thursday, Feb. 22.—~The Tranavaa! Gov- | aciarized by the adoption of @ strong Ghat Gen. Cronje sald that the whole thing was a mistake; that Gen. Crcnje had , , | READY 70 RUSH. . rest, Surrounded by £ foment fe repcried to be sertously | mentutien): comiomming ihe expansion, BOL the slightest jotestion of surrendering, but would fight until be died The congregation, ocspie the great) The fort had ; q Hritteh after a Merce T)*!\"ed at the defeat of the Boots at) i oioy of he Administration, Gen. Kitchener returned anc ordered a bombardment of the Boer position, | hole in the sanctuary bohind the dose). Te FORk hud bs Ramen ee soo | Kimberley and the retreat of their mowt ‘During the ditcussion President Me- Be lds y \Phree field batteries and a howitzer battery took position directly in front of the | and othe ane oni caport ed Niacin redior ola ot ace, SOO, famous General, Cronje ” ely criticise’ and held : sa, of | Earate, "ou I t ‘ ‘ i heils wething of the epirit, (he east tw N been posal 7 “(Mt le wise said that ooo Kinley wag severely ‘fits, Galan, Belewer faager and began a terribly sccurate fire. the howitzers using iyddite shells freely. | %5¢ ‘i aturming. ‘4 shell bari persopilly rerporsiple tér the “criminal | JOre, Bal orth ‘The Boers were seen retiring from che trenches to the river bed in order to, of : i! Se = | vores oak © reation'® of the country. {pevectas, pecial, Geek cover, but no cover could protect them from wuch accurate and deadly fire, | R¥MIne and wane the carol wiley gov] Wome tie , rei" Beveral of the Delegates objected to y tend eatioers, 29 Aaliy, dropped Iyddite snetie with marvelious preciaton into | Eng!'rs ss Bie ane va Fale Walaase aes? Ay pe The newspapers are reticent, but the| the we 0° Preridext McKinley's name very of the river. and the trenenes were soon filled with terrible fumes | Wit!) "i ° zs ‘il Biandard and Dt YN wise to tathol! a4 arr b 19 | portion and to the hdraw egere’ News claims that on the ground thet it was un green smoke, bu’ again the & ny held grimly on ‘The Roman Catholics had arranged {7 ev them wit re Gen. Cron: mi oe dens during the night deserte: arnved, ‘They were terribiy fightened and | follow . CRAB] As ENN SUR 206) We: 00:2 O6 it, Terrible bembardment It “increas be motitity y ie elie ae enh @haken by thelr awful experience. @They reported itiat they had’ water In abun |" 4! - telaneat’ sahiiG ah whih Iyddite ob works 4 army, enabling it to Conduct more effec-| The reasiution when first & dance, but were only able to draw scanty supplies from tholr iaager during the {hour when | ve ay wey Sarace Hs havoc in linger. bod operations on a carefully prepared! placed the reeponsiblilty for the war! conv 1 v TUBSDAY Third day of plan,” Prt with ‘the Repubti¢an 4 | veloped tn Btyginn durknens, and 1 ewel In the Philippines 2 throughout, See cute We yf he aid 0 Urense’ nets> fi Thete are persistent reports that the| party, oder che lead of President Me | Ebcin I UESDAY iahas .T tt peru howiteces and ume | oe Sate Government ta! Kinley,” but on motion of Mr. Magre- | iment s ha aileaiiiae | ate sandbax fort, ant some one concentrate on his position, 4.) to Wynburg, field Btorey, of usetts, the GENUINE PAARDEBERG DRIFT. Tuesday. Feb 2.—'To-day wna the thitd day of Gen.| Tre convert has wuffered tr ; SPIES OF COD A Nip saeco: te be: ne | FIGHTING AT Ms — aaa fa ster! silver, 3-02. Cronje's iinprisonment and grim reekstance y thie morning the infantry en-/phell fire of . As if 7 at oi " . lonees a ere bis men LADYSMITH pee “ring the objections of those whe eases, carried by railroad men thro: \ « o ne er, «lt n neck | re A enticed martian ehat. jenn je ie ine Was con Hh - jritieh gunners cane hep bs ae econ in o La paged Mach Meat dlale eo capnstg RarOREN 6 4 shall ruriously. and we walled for tt te 6 . |e en eit favored siriking out the name of Mr. |] Ost the _— $10. 00 The morning sun dirciored thy Boer’ toliing jike ents on intrenchmente around | ; 1 the pty va Slee Ngee aa age at 1000 yarda ure n MoKinley, Frank Stephens, of this city, hi the Inager. A few helix were fred to preven: thera from continuing the work Jusen paces | ee . ~ ay wou fumes from the tpddite ¥ eport Four Daye’ Rattle tA ney, — _ ©) but most of the day was a ae eee eee 1 Xo ahetls hover ever the Locr m Mack on | “te mas whe Gen. French's.artilicry was heard off to the east, presumably engaging the 3 ent be hag cael pa Inager, which now a " Samet maréeves, Need me Boers’ reinforcements pe ” a gfe |" - ‘ t . sean | BOER HEAD LAAGER, Ladysmith, is ohtefy te Blame ohame Every opportunity was given the Boer to surrender, but when toward afte oy va Ragan VERY FEW CAME SACK. olny eat ~tibekde wegas 4) Wednesday, Feb tt —There was Reavy | (Bet reste avon tht: country, and floem there was no sign of any Kuch inention, Lord Roberts determined to cruah | 2! ri De cae . |% Weamesen rate vee EH MMIME aT Mondoy amd Tuesday ang | Ble sam 2a not be removed.” ert. ome Crone sestetance NUNS’ VEILS AS BLINDS. |» iy. the men tell back, thore cha: |g, MOINS beta, Bathe {te Ml continues since carly this morn-| Semaior Hoar aime th for er:ttelem. |] folid 44 and 18 kt. Gok! Seanitens On the south bank Ver, Bt a range of about 2 yards, threes fleld bat were lef! of them, 18 ve in dew: | | 48. Our officers nope ‘0 divcdge the| Several of the delegates declared that Wedding Rines our specbl'y. All shapes terles and two naval 12-pounders wore positioned orth bank, and ent. | ‘T niows had heen coveret with] te ‘ Ay Lien from thelr postion, iktUe asdletance could be expected from] } at very prices, No extra ee the whee river, one howitzer, three ited batterier and three paval 47 guns)!" Ve une leet the S08 Jovomy's works We coull hear th | me aurrender, | Lawt night @ body of British troops| him, owing to his staunch support of the |} charge for bi bay oni j en meat wonderful eoene it was ever my lot to witness Once | Arot hte red Meures | tne troops under caver of a nollow Hie wagons are .tj san with pros! Mh Our loss was ———— Mail Orders Receiv® Prompt Attention, Retox. ‘ WO gu action, but never such a number of | Of the we MT APON rhe pron Then there was a pause J. Slight. Our positions are being bom. p powerful cure meet ing their fire UPON A ope about a amile square jetrandely shiwen fo seeme! very lew in the Httle| oo Lager ® | ! from Ladyrmith, where the Klip MAYOR SCORES WURLEY fe, The exploding lyddiie shells raised clouds of green smoke pletely Ailing | ments of the pr mpany whioh we could ese geiderias | ert, bet Be of | River parses through the hills, Our , Whe bed of the river | War a motely grout yom canter, : ‘ holds the fort. | Long Tom is replying with good effect. be gmap ‘The shrapac! the + of each bank ept for a short space where | of ed and spurred, An aidede-camp came gatloping op Vatronje fg on —_—— Van Wrek Feare We Will Seon Be Proximity of British infantry made it dang one had looked into the pasage “Capt. Vernon, sir British guns powr im thelr ROBERTS'S l Our shells searches every bust and every Favine of the river bed. The enfitad. | the chapel he mizhi have f a. “The post hail of death. ,'7 a =. “gegen mere de a ern The roar was deafening, yet wi the w npregnabie to infan : ? - desperate madness now and again the Roe: would attempt to snipe the y for . ltry and Ma ¥ does not think bith W ) maval guns, which were firing at n ranged of mires me penced Adeste] worth while «again ‘ P Paid ants "3 ‘The long line of three ba « belched forth death, while on each side iay Fitele : and - f a moment the Colonel hesitated compeearg _0¢ p vp eaghee BR 4 in 8 Gwe Battalions of Infantry whore Maxims sounded potty beside the roaring tig | Yn rooend t he ruth =] and we could ce that the question ay to | eee ee ae ee and theme, be- Cone ye National Government heepe 4 World. vent. At the ch ’ » ofl whether he should or khould not agatn | t F LONDON, Feb. 8—An official yo “and does { er time yor material per- report ” , “aed not What tons the Boers ruftered is pot known yet * painered jatiempt to carry the enemy's po rita tar were 0 | given 146 men killed at Paardsberg Dritt | bag Beostog BUT Dam writing in the middie of a sleeping camp. Not a sound aisturbs the heavy | !2€ understanding what 4 being welebe! in his mind Then he] que. whapped tn white calico. At the] TWesday, Including sixty-three High- Paid v of the tired © own the river bed not a fife ts seen, not a cry |!t al Hashes of lightning) turned to the C. 8. O. aad sald: “Let! erge of the trench stood the escort. it | !* Help ee om Two, jtere the ambularive go out woukt Nave been unwise to fire volleys, |. Zhe the 13Other New Yorks There is something tragic in the niers resimance which Gen. Cronje Is hope- | M& of t wa, halintones ratcie’ | ‘That was all. ‘The battle of Game Tree] }, we might have drawn the return fire | °F" Pagers Combined. . on the roof, and gusts of wind, r eg ‘te fe G4 the GHlering. It is impossible not to admire his pluck, but all condemn the wick- Of urelessly sacrificing the liver of his brave followers. WEDNESDAY. DEBERG, Feb. 21.-Commandant Botha’s attempt to relieve Gea. Cronje rn Bhttish capture his kopje and scatier his forces, taking fifty prisoners, they bed come from Ladysmith in two days. patill belde out and is fiercely sholied from all wides. Many of bis wagons i. THURSDAY. Creaje’s position is unchanged. He has net yet sur- * = gate made cated ¥ through Micker fll ened. A few who had the opp. confession and were communi- Diessing and we Went out into the early morning of Christmas Day ATTACK ON BOERS. ‘The day after ( attack upon the loot lings. Our s¢ven-| wepe Killed and four have since pounders under Major Pagrera had teen emplaced during the night on our left As dawn broke @ flash and a) @@ht Me to-day im Reepital-@ity-| vate. has ween found in the Tancarville i} was over, How daring, how derperate,| o¢ ine enemy. the passages, made the tapers] how gallant the attack had been wel p. we th mal carkness was threa-| were only (0 learn | English recvor, Mr. Weeken, read the | ron when the tale] sorvice over the dead. of the two with tie eword nilt dent by a ortunity |or dead and wounded came to be tol Out of the si officers who had led their | bullet | OF the etatty men whe termes nay & © men so well three Were dead, one wound: ed, and only, tWo returned undurt, one the storming party twenty-one ow Canal, Sear vee. Then the pries gave us his ristmas we made an extended to | atea ot their wounds. Twenty. 1. Ath front cloud of white smoke showed they were | three eut.ef eighty. Canal bere. in action. Shot after shot fell rapidly ‘The remains have been identified as/ Vincent. round the enemy's position. As tt grew, BURIED THE DEAD. those of & marine of the U. 8. 8. Prairie, Lighted te Maxim jo.ned in capping In the ‘wvening ‘we gathered in the} who had been missing since Dec. ‘trom Leetom, ‘Telegraph Remte to South Afrien Vie Madeira and %. Vincent A notice was sent out by the vartor cable companies to-day that the cab laid from Cape Town to Bt. Helena HAVRE. Feb, 2—The body of Thomas|iaid between Mt. Vincent and ¢! in a badly Gecompored | of Ascension and is now Completed. Ascension Island, ts