| Show t BOERS AWAY FROM I r Oen Cronje is in Pull Full Retreat for Bloem on one e tein feia with Gen Gel Kelly Ken lenny Y I anti and Harassing Him I II jug ing I II t I l by the Boers British Secure Secured Captured Con Convoy 10 d e Determined M Prisoners I goer Boer the thc and Madder dodder River I Stand Taken b by points Entirely Abandoned by the Roberts Carn Cana I in Advance at in full Eighty British English Rey Re Report l port Two Companies of Wiltshire Troops t I Buller moving Moring 1 tt Early rh a Feb 16 via Ia Modder b dAI a l Ine with 1000 men ment mena I t rv retreat t ards t e I n a 1 rear Is fighting a Kelly Kenny I orison and the retreat y r J Pd to bo be lea leaving Ing oer are p northwesterly ing In a f g IP t f SUPPLIES d a largo large convy ns S SI ft Been tight JI t lay a Thursday I The casual tiler d I Mt slight In view sere ere rd bombardment br th ru but wounded and ta men wre w re was ent J The Thed 1 he mad at III a Id h d trl el dined lit at th e dub club lat last evening oC Ih Into 1 are W u the the the troops who I t ln Feb 1 The Chronicles seo il r this thin morning has hal the tal fol I II a ig dispatch Crom Irv m Drift FebrUary 16 morning t sixth and 1 d Roberta with the and the C alry dl n tn M ut act and th then n i ed the Free Slate fl tr ru a the JUet Blet river lit fit l Drift and marched along the tho thel t bank The Th showed fight and l n tad s several erat casualties The dl di dito to lII mar hed on to Jacoh dal captured c browns Drift on I fang bill of the Boers main x 1 Z h columns are now marching It W with each tach other nt AND e British man many prison out their were ere slight h ale has the following flab from undated via Ia J IR River Feb 16 sural with the n tta has entered The LeT made a feeble attempt to hold ridges but Were tre outflanked Of mounted Infantry and retired Mare few Cew British casualties n T i then evacuated Jacobs tit north In the track of oC ofas as n caral cavalry which crossed the ther r river and engaged en aged the enemy III with hla heavy losses the oC K and and drove droe the J them mal Tucker Is II now on Col Kelly Jell right and probablY will effect nisi Ith hll hie force torce The enemy enem Is r rg north ninth division under General t e II h In the rear ot of the sixth dl di dia a The enemy thus far has hal madet madea made t a stand Tt Rr captured thousands ot of oft r t tinning Leader expert thinks i a have abandoned p Y r and the M elder river points palate j 1 11 u II rarely likely that the Boers f a sate Ule r 11 tren b by further p gg g and We Ie g think th thy II hoel un on Ion long In I ul art of CApe CoD I B 1 ThAt hat 1 b the effect un Lady t Will 11 the he Free Frel State mep hang Os re a hUe lr wn land hind and tam faro CUlen or lIr are about to tall tali tit the care of oC the advancing Brit RO JE I FULL RETREAT Ora frith a start of 01 Q a day or I II h in n full tull retreat from froma a moving mOI g northward Gen nil Ih aUlry simply stayed l hied II 4 on lI to to III in let In urh with with and the the then thena re r my A Ang Bar DOr wagon train a erring ring t Lard tol Col t n bt 1 y b a large Coree force or of wr a In their hut hasty do dl doa n Ih 1 Lars 1111 last a P I quantities of oC oCi i sus an and 1 tuy r hir Is that Lord I I t tar far after aCler thea the a to of oC transport aria aM rt 11 nd nr d of oC rest for tOr the thet r II Be h iris to 11 feed fd t tF a a e d th hD whole hole Kimberley r 4 tn fl D II n the Iho rail n r riser tIr town to Kim c r rd Ard d tI r r ua the latter la s Ic p r e n h 11 1 t a few t men only In InI Ink I k t e at t tr d 11 marches land and eat Ld I a many III Num I i 1 n mUrt I I ba provided h li bin wrought 1 4 genuine genuine hit cur Sk and aM the hll the hi bra Impression inns E for Cor the theLt MUSh enough t n rt I r to tk for tor la lar Lt lI tk prepare r wee Er Lf i I t h there hu has A put jO In every eor rr U around the thet t ha eta ItA b 9 cad ond In the streets Iota lons of glad giRd glads l the news nes The ff t r Il s t 1 rally 1 A rejoicing CAtS S F r cIZ I news 1 t ioa k In the Cape ape f Bot A tr 11 it 18 pr ure r e f r lr t far rd nob line I JI p tr m Aar Rr whIch was Ut t an lr r tant than Hum noW TI The te I tt t bitran Deno ar nuking persistent rl I sent t ct rat L t ory t 1 L A Uh i 1 the p Gen railway t al r IIrI he have out outflanked 1 miles or orT T Dt m h of the central h I s Roberts Robert has hili hilin Peal n bap a along the linet line Ili t nr re It if necessary t s t o 0 I k ass night the WAI tat war I t 1 It I t h b t I Ih J fob 18 16 I on nn t AIT here 4 Ito p m tuch b rl to t f tA a h ra t g meats made b by the i lors cut s under Dra Di a t I air ha who r the greatest C I iel to tr Ur J i all ome h of hour Some oC i I i bale Esre here 1 Ur UrIt Decem It ee were brought ug In Yeller r FAIR r GF F nt S TIIE DOERS the following I dispatch from dated Thursday at midnight news nel hu has been received here that aen French arrived l laL at aL Kimberley today and dined at the club this Spencer Wilkinson discussing the military In the Evening Poat says It may be necessary to a aday aday day or two In order to till fill In the details of oC the tact fact ot of Lord operations Interest now centers In the attempt of oC the floors to r retreat or fall falling Ing In that the attempt to them Gen Cronje has probably chosen to retire which It if successful Cul would take him across the Vaal aal river pur purpose olle ot of Lard strat strater strategy er egy undoubtedly was to surround Oen force torce and to cut ore oft his re retreat retreat treat A few Cow days will clear clar UP the tho tate fate of oC the Doer commander DOER DOEH VICTORY AT The Dall Dally Graphic has haa the following dispatch from dated Feb Jeb February rua ISIh and delayed In slon Severe Secre fighting occurred on both our flanks near Hersberg The enemy greatly outnumbered our troops being behig about In number They nt at attacked tacked the Worcester regiment on their lull hili and made a desperate lion home to experience a heavy antI and rifle re from Crom our men so that the death roll of oC the assail ants antiL must have been considerable A patrol of oC the l i dragoons was surrounded b by some hoers Doers and gallantly gallant cut It its I way through them thim without losing a man but a 11 company of oC Now South Wales mounted infantry was unfortunately annihilated most moat of oC the mens bayo bao bayonets nets however bearing the Impress of oC their foes cor Col Conyngham was shot through uch the heart beart at the ot of the engagement engage ment The enemy enem chose the time of oC the moons for tor their onslaught Oaf of oC five fhe colonial only one returned to camp campA A strategic and concentrative tIC move mOe back to Arundel has ben been decider decided upon The guns run from Kales Ioles kopJe have been patel safely removed one Maxim being tIe de destroyed to prevent Its failing Into the hands of the enemy Nine wounded officers and men nen were brought Into held hospital Our death roll Is rot known TROOPS MISSING The Times hu has the following dispatch from Arundel doted dated Wednesday Two companies ot of the that were ere on outpost dut duty failed to join the force before beCore the retirement from und and theIr absence not being noticed on the parade the they were even event eventually cut CUI ort ortA of ofA A dispatch to the Dally tall Mall from dated Thursday says sas nothing of oC the return of oC the Wilt Wiltshire shires shire A dispatch from Pretoria dated February Feb February says lIas The Transvaal goy go has made public the following official dispatch nt at n Mende nde val drift In the of oC Ja the r troops were In en engaged In n a severe with 2000 Ieh bh who were trying to rt reach ch ley Commandant Delare continued the engagement until this morn morning ing the federal casualties be beIng belag lag Ing five fIe wounded After ACter another two hours fighting It Is reported the Ish retired leaving Col Henry dan dangerously dangerously wounded wound d Cot Col lIen henry 11 with his servant was taken to al alA A smart rl rifle e und and artillery duel took place at Mafeking on l February mh There was no Doer loss The British attacked Fort I 1 lott lorr south ot of Ga berone at daybreak February but the Johannesburg mm men under Von Tony forced the British to retire leaving six dead and tour four wounded on the field Copt CAp Friend was among the killed The Doers Boers suffered nu no casual casualties casualties ties LOSE IOSE MEN MENAn An dl dispatch patch from says pas fighting Will was resumed on Tuesday February and that thai the british halt hau sixty killed and wounded and lost eighty eight captured fhe federal forces had no casualties during the tight A correspondent of the Dall Daily Mall at al hing Wednesday and describing the evacuation of C Rena nena berg berli says Two companies of the regIment In withdrawing from Cram camp lost wa way and andare atc are missing Their whereabouts how however ever eer la is pretty prett well known and they will probably bl be relieved tonight The Hoer Boer losers around Coh on Mon Ion Monday day are reported extremely heavy mm DULI DULLER H IS Feb the he lobbies of oC the house lat last night It was waa rumored that thai hen Oen Duller had again crossed the tho Tugela A special dispatch dated two da days back and just transmitted from says StIS that nn an Important move noo was then proceeding there thurl although contrary indications are found In the fact that ambulances bear Ir era have hac been temporarily disbanded l and the further fact that traction en engines gines are arriving nt at Durban from the front to be sent to Lord More artillery Is being sent to Roberts Hobert Crom rein Capetown The parliamentary correspondence of oC the Standard says this morning It III expected that Mr Ir Chamberlain next Tuesday will give gle lion dl disposing or of the sug eug r that the colonial was In at wo way accessory to the Jameson raid The house of oC commons 1411 passed the tho supplementary ann army estimates by m against 3 32 A dispatch atch to the Dilly Hall from Crom Marquez dated SIS says Hea Heavy hRS has occurred oc occurred at In the l Free ree State not far from capetown I Cape Colony lolon The lk Boers U say they held all their positions the British retiring The correspondent or of the Dal Dally Mall under date dale ot of February Feb 11 say There are Indica Indications ot of n a decisive more moe at o I hear that the Doers reI rely on their In and barbed wre ments along the roads to check Lord ION Robertas to In the tho i Free Oreo State The roads to Ladysmith i art are studded with these formidable bar barriers A 1 British scouting column blow up the contents of oC the tho at Zululand to prevent It fall fallIng lag Ing Into the hands bands of o the Doers The magazine contained a large supply or of dynamite antI and ammunition CONDITIONS AT A special from dated F b Uth says sas That Thal except for tor two slight ht attacks of oC fever which never noer In Incapacitated capacitated him Sir George White the I British commander In Ladysmith has I been In excellent throughout the I siege lilee The rhe total number of people within I the tho British lines Including camp la Is all of oC them troops ex except except civilians and blacks hand including 1000 The live Ie stock on I horses OO mules and cattle and the l garrison carrlson had no fear teRr that this the i ties of at Ute life would bo be exhausted for tor SI some i time to come The dispatch referring to the condo condl of oC Ladysmith Is regarded 1 us as teas reas suring tread head Laager near Ladysmith Fob Feb It 11 British at Chloe II have haf been bombarding the hoer forces at Blaauw Kranz east cast Of Colen Colenso so since yesterday afternoon the born bom bombardment continuInG throughout the tho I night The Doer Boers t responded with rifle lire fire Particulars are rc lacking All Is Quiet around Ladysmith om MUTTONS OPINION OPINIO Ne ew York Park Feb 17 General GeneralE E P 1 Button who nho recently resigned his past os as general the tho mill i tin In Canada CanAlla and ond who Is en route to I South Africa for Cor special service arrived I In this elt city last nIght and ond will sail Mil for tor England today When qu questioned con conc c corning the news from Kimberley he said It dOf does not amount to much much You cannot hold a 11 town with a tel few mount mounted ed d men |
