Show CHURCHILLS STORY His View of Retreat of Gen Dickson London May 3The morning Post has the following from Winston Churchill dated Thaba NChu April 29th When General Dickson retired In the circumstances related In my last telegram his own mess cart and the brigade water carts fell into the hands of the enemy and his rear guard was heavily fired on This retreat compromised com-promised Gen Hamilton who therefore collected his forces and fell back warily wari-ly Into Thaba NChu after sharply checking the advancing enemy with musketry and artillery nix Although much ammunition was ammuniton exploded ex-ploded on both sides the losses were Insignificant the fighting being at great ranges The result is that the Boers were willing to retreat but It Is not In the power of the present force to Interfere with them or with their wagons The Bloemfonteln correspondent of tho Morning Post wiring Tuesday says We have received two interesting inter-esting letters The llrst which Is from I Steyn to Botha complains of the neg lect of the defense of Kronstad by 1 I commandos there ho are described as occupied in looting the grail districts dis-tricts which causes an Increase of ill 1 feeling among the Free State burghers burgh-ers Sleyne concludes by declining to be responsible 1 for the loyal of the Free Staters unless a guarantee la given of the Transvaals intention to protect Kroonstad The second is a letter from Kruger to the Commandant at Fourteen Streams Kruger declares that it is impossible to send reinforcements the Commandant asked for since all the Federal forces are required at their present posts but ho declares that the Federals are gaining great victories and that European Intervention Is only a question of days |