| Show j JE fl TO THE DEATH Dei tish A C t s of the It eT 1 ii B Battle n it Ie Roberts Big ArmY Meets b ts Desperate Resistance the iA B farl I r o f F B r debera J w b r k rb they h hJ haV haVi J rs UI en th i ng ht 1 f u wi at I lid th the lanier W II I Q h l b Smith Ie IJ I h after arter the theJa ther 11 j r f fj jig on SundaY Ja J 1 battery amI a 1 nil r 1 1 to obserVe c th the thet e eft ft t wh ill IHS ding t A kopJe kopie b but butr u t to o C side the southern r II ind V h ea U n j U 1 e A r to move fur tur furI 1 C I I no 1 J Jr tW Doer e r T t lf i the thC bad f Ie detachment t found cun d dI n t I A kj Ij t th I t graduallY i seized a good do de tbt p Ia Th flY was garrisoned posit Jf and the moVement I 1 left lett turn 1 the Doers Boere whose ed Y by b II a farm tarm houpe t shelled The lie c cen I h IVaS Ta en r 4 to camp cump at night al II a garrison on the ridge RODEnTS a bombardment was kept up and a d t BeT r deal f rifle Ore lire concentrated its tIC the E X 8 were attempting to tor UP tD the fI girer er r t tile tI cr cry that General Ti bad v I was passed do n Ile rukI buT bur hi division operated out outI I i gt ot Dt LUF torce fr P Li Id H berts arrived he ad Ir regiments and was Ig Ily cherrI Wit Ear In in th day CronJe l iI tor a armis 1 tin a rd r tt ti bury his dead Lord X refused and II a little 11 rne me another messenger h 1 Md rd to t the effect that It the te Irti F rih h were Inhuman r l to rf r sP p an armistice for tor the of turIng the dead General Liv w no other reso e but to tort rt I of this meso mes mesag ag 1 h Td J K i h rier ner prec ed to the theS S tn f irr der to arrange the ati tut ut he met by II a meso mes yr h that General holt the tho pole thIng was that iLat General CronJe had not ot of surrenderIng I mId light un until III ho he died StI Ir returned and anil nt ot of the Doer Boer po batteries batt and a howitzer Jolt 4 dIrectly In front fronti i ard began a 11 terribly Jt fp e the howitzers using rj s ly The rhe Doers were seen lIeen reo re ct 1 tram the trenches to the river kt k rt order t seek cover but no cover coer i rJ true t them from such accurate uI Ii idly Ore re The howitzers especial I ti shells shell with marvel ei 11 Into lot the wry very bed of at the rt Ind he trenches were soon filled 1 lumps fumes and green smoke i ti eterny h I grimly on the night deserters at They fore terribly frightened r ithen baken by awful tt that the they had water In InIn In ate e bul LrI re only able to draw T r II their hanger duro dur C I FD ro 10 r 0 V p S Tuesday r p T Ly wai all the thIrd day ot of otI I r r Jj j and grim Uan Fn rl rc tills this morning the In j rb th Ih In the bed rim riving him book II a short shortT t e T 1 pun un dIsclosed the floers 1 on entrenchments r I d r t la few shells were vere I t I rr h hin m from Crom continuing rk but t most of the day was wasI I j F r vas heard ort off orta a pro pr mabl engaging the tho I 1 Ito m ints t y N ry given Jhen the tho theis is t but towards i Of If uch auth s t L I determined ed to I h Tle an av I C I all Gen reo re a p I n I II south bank banle of at the 9 nt I a f about 2000 yards 1 Ill I rips s am two IWo nn al lZ 12 b I lInn On the north tl I Ii I the whole rIver One onea l 1 I t Ih I d j batteries and three t a 11 4 t I gut gi II rt rl placed vI NI SCENE t t 1 I thi Ih most t wonderful on d er t ul ulm r m lot to witness b re em n h air I had seen one I i U I n guns In actIon but buta p a r ot of guns rB r fire u upon on a spot a mi tie The Thc ft r I tI clouds of j 1 OIling fillIng the te bed bel burst on the therL rL e c t k for IL a short L if r t ot of the tho BrIt 1 4 It dangerous Our Ours s WI I f r I lib try bush and every r r I r bl The enfiladIng Ut r terrible r V q et With a ani t ni k h ate li madness now e HIt rl l 4 would come to snipe U Cf r Mch were Wert at n n a nb aP P b Li I t rt rip line of oft ofIL l IL hi hed forth Corth death r n I lay two battalions c d pet ot Ing ng biG guns r p b S j suffered Is not r Ir In the middle ot of a 11 4 tal t Not D a Sound disturbs Ib r 1 tr er ot of tired soldiers rs r i bed not Q fi fie C La II seen rD t bin tragic In the Hf b bleh CronJe IL Iv a f ring it t Ibl is Im the It hi I pluck uC but lit allcon L tha 1 II of uselessly sari a II IS brave brae Pi Tv r F 4 II i m men Cronje It t hll lat lut stand lie Jle In 1 r r I tl from sixty 5 tt h tJ 4 k LL a of tha 0 ht th h hoer I b r un to oe bury T f ill to tl 11 finish ish A or cr lur ur urI lonII was iU Lord Lordt I P r Iv t t It thu h sent lent back backi l i rt for rl a truce Co hlll hail It tt o ow that il is tie de to t 11 IS Leore ift Ight t batUt t en on Tb was the situation of G Gun n even tM as a In the telegrams have from the semI silence of South Africa IN R A DD DAD PLIGHT trying to reconcile the scanty materials at hand It leens plaIn that Gen Gon Cronje Is In a bail and eol COI a 11 situation and that the BritIsh are aro pressing their t tans While the tho attack on Gen Oen CronJe pro ceede there Is b a race for tor concentration between the floors nd the Vhs The with Ion Oon UDO to men l Is likely to become an In 1 a battle between tile the muses masses The factious ot of the floor Door power rapidly drawing tO together to attack Lord Lon Will Oon Gon CronJe be able to hold out until the liner es or ol it i he does will they then be able to tt Uc or him The lint are aro facing the Hoers floors on ground where the arms tactics and training ot of tM the are expected to give gho theta them the advantage The Capetown correspondent ent ot of the Dali Telegraph says as Gin Gen request tor foi all an armistice WI was a mare lre dodge to rain time to make mae trenches Lord lArd hitchener refused but gave gac him halt half an hour to consider he would or fight to a finish The Doers Boers having said ald that their Intention had been ml stood and that they would fight to the tho end the tho battle was resumed M MF N The Dally Daily News Nowa haS hils the following dIspatch from Modder river dated Wednesday afternoon The Doer Boor forces Corcell under Gen Den Cronje ore are estimated at men At 12 oclo k khe he asked art an armistice ot of hours which was ed Later ho he sent ent II a messenger to SIL say that Ie would surrender The general sent IL a reply him to come coats Into camp Cronje refused there had been a mill nii understanding and that he would tight fight tu to the tho death The Tho bombardment was the tue re reopened reopened opened and our shells set fire to the tho liner Boer wagons Wo We continued the through the night and In the morning we wc with Maxims and rules principally the north side On Cn Sunday there wa much waste of hits In attacking and the same result will be achieved without It During monday seven Doer Beers made nn an to break through our but Lut they were and th their lr leader was waK killed Four were carryIng lettel It l ir believed there theN on other who ho Rot got through WHAT DOERS bEllS ATTEMPTED TTE Other prisoners say that hen Oen CronJe marched from without out n a distance of thirty three relies miles Had lie he succeeded In escaping It would have been on one ot of the finest performances In the annuls annals ot of war warThe The Tho Canadians made a gallant charge at the hanger but were drIven back with lose Gen aen Macdonald arid and Gen Oen lire are wounded A dispatch from Drift Orange Free State Tuesday February vIII via Modder rIver Wednesday says Gen Oen magnIficent night march from now ap appears appears pears likely to end In disaster The main bod body ot of the Doers Beers is II In Inn Ina n a terrible death trap The enem enemy are hidinG In the bed of the Modder corn com by the British artillery and on the east and west b by the BrItish Infantry FORCE EN EM ENGAGED Sunday wItnessed 4 1 stand on the part ot of the retreatIng toe foe Tired harassed they still maintained a bold front It Is somewhat difficult to ex the Sunda Sunday action In which nit all the British forces Corces were ere engaged In which Gen CronJe under difficult con managed to hold his own On Saturday night th the British mounted Infantry came caine In touch with rear guard driving them back upon the main bod body On Sunda Sunday morn mornIng Ing the action was renewed but the liners who ho had the river riverbed bed during the night prevented IL a fur Cur th r of be mounted Infantry in thIs direction Meanwhile the brigade consisting of oC the the Watch und and the Argyll advanced from the south bank and the Welsh and formed IL a long line on th the left lett which reste rested on the river the extreme right being the Wel h The thole line was ordered to envelop the fibers Honl lined both banks of the river The Tho firing soon became heavy The ben holding a 11 splendid position co coy ored the tho left ot of the highland brigade ade whIch advanced partly up th the river riverbed bed and partly In the open while hiie the ret rest ot of the tho brigade with the other othor r regi gl swung around the front of the HIghland brigade on the level 1001 cover celer ground d to II a fire firo which obliged the tho loon to lie upon the tho ground nil as the they dId for tor the remainder ot of the day this being at In the CLOSED I IM i O OM DOERS Through tile the dreadful heat and anel n a terrible thunder storm torm our m men n hung to the position answerIng the Doer fire and shooting steadIly In the the rest ot Cit the infantry completed the enveloping movement the Welsh regiment having succeeded In seizing the drift thus closing In the Doers Who ho had throughout with splendid courage Gen Oen Crones I hanger all cr full of carts ammunition and stores could be plain I seen near the north bank Gen Oen collected n a largo large body ot of men including the Cana cro crossed sed the river by berg drift advancing toward the hanger which was being vigorously This force Coree made modo a gallant attempt to charge Into the laager but failed Before seizing tM the western tern drifts the Doer Boors occupied n a on the south bAnk running down don the river There Therefore fore tOrf their force Coree is III cut In two The liners held beld the kopJe and ond had one ick N anti and probably one or two Iwo other ther guns evening the battery on the side opened cooperatIng with lIb the battery on the north side A won sight Ight followed The he hells fell Cell with Ith amazing along the river riverbed b bed lI opposite the leager whIch Will was thoroughly gallIng everything It contained Ono One shell et on fire a am email all nm am wagon which burned nt nanny arly all do day Nan other were set on an fire and the III was tu visible nt at a aMMI rable distance far fan Into the The infantry also m maintained n a terrible fire wu was answered vigorously The scene Icene toa 1 nightfall was ter er picturesque with the blazing wagons the rooting roaring artillery and tue crackling rIfle tire lire Spencer reviewIng the thEr mil mu Itry situation In the lie Post says sas Lold Loid who ho WAS once an will take care that the artillery fire is 1 lo Prolonged shelling will compel the Doers either tu to hurl themselves at the British infantry In the ho hope ot of forcing their way out or to surrender The best beet chance for Cor Cell Oen CronJe would be to a night attack but the will serve cne the at night as well vell as ae by tIa day There are of course In war lilt all sorts of chances chalKe A party of Doers rs from Crom the north or the south Bouth conceivably tall by sur aur on some me point ot of the investing ring and thus give ghe a chance chane to escape for Cor the tho beleaguered liners but the probabilities abilities are that ion Gen CronJe wll wiil bt be compelled to and thus at will b be the Ion ot of the first ot of the Doer army At this morning the war office issued the following from Lord l Feb to re reports ports from Kimberley that supplies s ot of food and forage Corage are being pushed on lIS as fast tast as possible There will WIlh be enough coal to start the De Beers In ten days dars Dy By this means great gren t misery miser will willbe he be allevIated Hospital arrangements there reported perfect lie He hopes and the adjoining country will 11 soon be seWed settled NOSE NOE WILL London l leb eb Times says sas edt tonally The fact hint the Doers started to reInforce Gen Gon Crone from Natal days das ago Is II an additional reason why Lord should finish with him 11 as promptly ns its possible Lord at present ent has hils the advantage ot of beinG nearer his ba base e than the floors Doors to theirs but that advantage will willbe b be reduced In proportion to hits east enst eastward ward progress nd It la is important that lint of the enem enemy hould not hover on his hll right flank Commenting upon Lord reply to Lord question se reo the assertion that Great Brit ala alII vas bound b by n a secret treaty With German which would CUre some measure ot of In independence e tor tho ho Doers the Times says san There would lo be no precedent for tor an any interference unless uness the Doers were crushed even en If anybody felt Celt bold enough or strong stron enough to tr try to rob the ho victors under pretexts of humanity and mercy merey to the vanquIshed hed Nobody we imagine d dee 5 feel teel strong or bold enough to try who Ii at the same time hostile enough to England to wish to try S WAR WAlt The Tue Times then proceeds to argue that the British naY navy wAS never neer tr er than It Is at present adding This war var has hils given Iven an Immense experience which will wili tend to make Britain stronger than ever before belore In a 11 1111 mIlitary II tul while the Indian troops and the colonists have C evidenced theIr In a 11 time ot of adversIty which gives ad strength What German Jermany has achieved In the WI we shall shail llah In the Doer republics It ItIs Itis Is not enough for Cor us to the tho Hoers Wo shall not rest until the they tire are loyal loal and citizens The Times has bas the horn dated I fist lat Wo We luhe tOO OO Doers from an kopje about a mile southeast of Gen Den Tile Capetown correspondent ot of the ChronIcle says It Is 1 that the bund s will not he held unless the military ties guarantee the safety laMy ot of the dele delegates gates 8 Three thousand fresh tresh troops will em embark bark for tor South Africa toda today The relative position of the corn com I I Is likened to chess players on ont one If t whom from time to time adds add pieces to the board while any alty loss to the adversary la is irreparable LOSSES TO RY 11 London Feb war office for Cor Corthe forthe the first time has haa given ghen out an official compilation ot of the British losses The Tho Is O to February This does not Include therefore therdore Lord Rob Bob recent bases louel nor the tho Wiltshire prisoners The Press learns that th British losses at Rand were JOG |
