| Show WAS A BRILLIANT SKIRMISH British Defeat the Boers and ami f sot Rescue of Prisoners London Jan L Interest in the war wu today centers c on ou the Hie comparatively unimportant skirmishing near Dord ford Dordrecht recht re ht apt D sortie with ith men of ot the and his retreat reat Dec DecSO Deco SO 30 o were ere ere followed the next day by byl a successful l engagement and the tile ther r cue ue of a small mall party supposed to be bemen bemen men mea Captain CatalD left behind him bini Under Captain Go d a force with mefi with ft four ur guns guM gui accompanied led by Captain scouts outu 9 noo out ot of ot Dordrecht ht during urine the morn of Dec 31 to relieve Lieuten Lieutenant Lieutenant ant aut Turner and men mi left leftover over i fW at Lab The Boors Boers were verc iriv n ck and Lieutenant ant Tur Fur Turner TUrner Furner ner party V Vas raS rescued Eight BOors Boers and thirteen horses a are known to nave have been b d The Tithes Times to Jb h its second edition pub a p m from St dated Dec 31 1 which says ay Captain scouts outs were cut off oft ow i to 1 to leave a wounded und officer Warren of Bra BrahaMs haMs flares These men unAn ur Lieu u Lieutenants ut tenants t and Turner of ot the roB free frontier tier mounted rifles rines defended themselves tb mo most no gallantly the repeated ted at of some eO Boors Boers The enemy resorted to tb t aping during the night bOt were ere with hiss k kAt At S 15 this morning Captain Ca aln Gold Golds Goldsworthy GoldWorthy worthy with th the die Cape mounted rUle rifles arrived and the enemy emy f y fled to o the Mile hiKe party whose e horses hoea b had near ir nearly Iy ly best killed were rescued re They di played splendid luck and aDd the tile brilliant manner mannEl in whiCh Captain n effected their relief on his own to deserving of the t hIbe t praise Our KM loss 1 was wu wa two men mea wound wounded wounded wounded ed The Doers Boers teat bat about bout thirty men including Ung eight men Another AMther account says aye The uThe success of this r little party porty will arrest ane the pro progress proof gr gress of the enemy el ia in that tbt vicinity A dispatch from the Modder river say says Dec Dee XI 21 the naval val gun giu a few Mla without reply The ott oe the left toft ie In ap apparently considerably co weakened we But Bat neither Mer river nor DOC the Frere send end any ury new newe tending to show abow an impending change eb in hi the existing c cI I nor eo the Impression pron created by yesterdays day dispatches tiet nt General Butler Buller But meditated an aD immediate forward Count of or the Grenadier Guard Guar and aDd a distant of Queen Victoria who was we wounded at t the bat battle battle battIe tle tIe of der river mer has baa red vered ered from his wound and lid lies kas left Gap Cape Town for forthe the too front frontA ont ontA A C Cape ae Town dispatch di atch dated Sunday flea Dae 31 31 hed in the e second edi edition edition tion tiem of the tre Times says FOr Ifor the mo moment inset ment there to A l t general g lull lotI in active military operations W ions pending the art arri am amor 74 of or 0 Roberts Robert It is Je generally ly hoped that t t he be WAH 11 for tor some ome time ti at 1 attea tea t direct oper ti M Irom Om here The absence bI ence of ot General Duller Boiler however unavoidable has hz left the colony c lO Y with oat that t c central and a vig n control at headquarters es en en Ual to the Ji f nf f a Campaign alOng so vast ast a frontier The same ame says ys In i iview view of the fact that Dr Pr Leyde Leydo and aDd other Boer Hoer agents seem eem able abe to cable 11 freely tree to Pretoria the British will wi be he even stricter henceforth I Ii i A De Dr Aar Ai dispatch patch di dated Dec 31 31 I saya ays ys a mounted patrol patr has bu gone fUle J from I liere bere and aDd that other oilier nave baYS been made mad to prevent looting in that neighborhood by Email Boer forces Aed Boer Boor spies Ies It has ban been dis di discovered d covered have enlisted in lit the yeomanry A report of Lord Cb who to kt in command of ot the tile f say sas 1 that fhe officiate of this arm 11 of the I service are being by of Dr Leyda L the t i European Europen Uary of oC the South uth African g He adds a that tIt two of ot w w nr actu ari actually actually ally T but ut that they were weis After Afterward afterward ward ard discovered dr He d the same ume thing occurred in Thorny crofts I HONe Home Guard Seven Sewn eee king die covered in that body bedy He sty We have given word wOld 4 all aU our com oem commanding manding to keep a 8 a sharp look ook lookout lookout out for traitors No have been taken thus far to puD the alleged spies piea |
