| Show C J S COURAGE IS MAGNIFICENT Praise ills Determined BritonS mors mOlS of British Reports of Progress e eF l Bat Dal Dalon I n a F Feb I b Uw on 0 f the houe 1 In t t un morning thAt h hs a t 12 h b s st at Gen CronJe tt lather news new 1 I by t the e t 5 r war f office d u rl ng the W t at t 1 ent asserted that not 11 I ng ngI s he be and a I hand there t g mr me to I I ea roW tb o other construction tho da rJ three III one ho plated Yet no one t s d iron from irone If Wi I e JudgIng IS a humanlY 0 of his tuns n e for to rests ay mtr f ln does not nott Jos with nl for t r I n for villor of a such odds r itt t COURAGE 11 I a os 01 oa a foe g like t e ee eves cn ate e n In n n a position aI hews l hemmed In on all led chain of lire fire iron from del and er played on 01 Maxim In Its owl on onU U I his hie light of inn n leas leall c bya by a stream of nt the from the tho north down Crone CronJe still elects to fight n cx urn courage coura e eIe l I a wife Is described by Ua tho thoI Ie Ga I r e him to surrender In Ii urging cr to sere u IJ the fives Iles of his men but N not t u tr Wilkinson In t the h e Morn orn br Spencer Doer a From orom says Ir Oen Dewet pitted a con force of scat r about at Both with a o os of t ran tf of rell Oen CronJe s 1 r f 11 IS probable a a Is inC Is no ID An ny for lor alarm It Is quite possible 1 u It t 11 rcpt alter after the In fight Lord tile the tb t b would take him away from line II a big tight fight Is proceeding I ng from r d 1 Roberts ma may be fighting Im to Doers This ce nc for the I ng as all ull ex has proved that the are ex some days das The Doers ri In cover and CronJe J at digging may hAte rIsked a sor k bb the night BOERS ARE AnE IN DOUBT DOUDT Tte ne Marques correspondent It gae the DaU Daily New telegraphing al UI We are In a state of doubt ct regarding events In the the II Slate We hear that the tole tele tarts Ires between Gen Oen CronJe and have been severed and deans etl from the front Is conflicting k It II h a e of the present trend dentate that that storekeepers In the Yee ree reefe fe baTe bare WIred here stopping the for of goods good I leArn that the government has Ini In i Uon Uen at t Pretoria and Is coining I a month The DIU Dally Telegraphs correspondent u In a dispatch dated says an I have had a chat rah Cecil Rhodes who declares that tUt not col half enough has been made it f gallantry of the mount tS tr I mostly local men In the nu nur r raga t 1 engagements fought during the thel l Many Ian of the men he het t 1 u ne me had ad never neer used the tho bayonet and did not know how to fix me ne let il In storming the Doer Boer re reC reo C November and they charged up the ridges ridge hold u CI Ue the cilia In one hand and nd th this bayo tit In 11 the be uther ther SWI SAYE A The Dally Chr has the Lau from Kimberley dated Feb Jeb Cavalry patrols thAt went t nh to Q capture the Doer apart bat the weapon has been taken station drawn by oxen The British cavalry ny that they saw lIaw Boer artles but they did not go beyond for III fray of being cut ort off They learned the were concentrated led on on the he border to tho t A of Boen the th c thousand pounds of t was a captured at Magers t Cecil Rhodes will leave for England Itly w t i Chapman with thirty men bt out for tor weeks ol against the a mine until relieved from DOERS REPORT FlOUTING The war bulletin rat d ut of Pretoria on Wednesday w i received this morning of c nOli noa Cr west leat of At rul Iburg annun firing commenced n t n In th the t big tight fight wee Vai expected expect d today P tel t lc esterdAY that all was Will quiet quiet except shota 1 Ett the h the th I federal positions ns as far as but were driven back hat frum Cronje Is to the it itee tta ee that hi lus lops lope four fourt dead d and wounded t raJ Wl lore t F manser arc 14 almost b l 1 th to bb ebat as almost surrounded by the s t the Madder river when with a Li titer flU bet er of men he broke through there was n heavy E 2 r 11 Ush prepared to lay liege siege tog to tho ho rue tre tJ tt I Surrounded f une by by 00 British five fiver Oe We te r rut from the thief chief laager At night our way through with the loss n tr yes Iou t a Band was wounded we Wo t e Will heavy heay Yea De Dee e tilt cut our way through to tl who was In the neighbor lea It II bane r e ht Jeen forwarded prisoner formerly t t fh ruin attack that ng the were y el ee ath Y ern e back ant back but 12 Methuen arrived at Kimberley lit T Ile e will act of as j district extending remain 0 nIn command Col lieke t In of the te Th The y blue 0 siege There ner r Ib Us there There are WHAT DULLER BULLEn JS Is DOING A 4 4 patch Dath from from C dated February to the tho Dally Chronicle says nys At dawn on Tuesday we found that the Doers Doel hall had d dall all their positions south of the and were In positions among the he high hills midway between n and nd the river And making a determined stand Two creusot guns uns were In Inaction Inaction action All tho British and naval guns gun ond all other heat hea guns were brought to bear UpOn the new positions We be t that this sho show of Doer noer strength was on only Intended ed to cover a 11 retreat Yesterday Wednesday the Doers were all da day Gen Oen DUller continued to harass haran Ih theft m compelling then them to give glo gloway way Ladysmith had not been relieved when the latest news left Natal two days ago The Boere had then retired half way between and Cot Col onto If Ie only went vent to the Free State Stale as both loth the hoer Doer and the British accounts assert the who are left the and mil may purpose to 10 maintain siege to resist Gen flutter Duller within contracted lines although the Impression at Gen Oen headquarters le Ie that the Hoer are merely merel covering a retreat A dispatch to the Dally Daily Telegraph from dated Thurs Thure Thursday day says Fighting Is proceeding In Inthe inthe the vicinity of this morning Gen Oen Duller Bullers Is b opposed lIy by both big bl Guns nM and rifle tire fire W WATCHING A FOR FOn RELIEF The Dally Chronicle has the tho follow followIng following Ing dl dispatch from Ladysmith dated Saturday February All day daymen daymen men gather on the convent bill and tr try to see Gen o n shells burst burstIng Ing In the distance The siege hu has been tedious for the last laal fort fortnight fortnight night Boer camps b have o entirety entirely appeared from the old positions within the lost last few days and large lare parties with wagons are aro trekking westward It Itis is III assumed that the Free Freo are going to resist the advance e of Lord Jord Roberta We that about have gone Near the foot of the have hae been constructing a work near the river po a dAm We can see n a figure like an old lady In II a ared red petticoat directing operations The Dally Daily Telegraph has the follow olow followIng Ing from Chleele dated Wednesday February It Is s re reported rev ported that Gen Oen from Ladysmith yesterday and captured II a number of D Doer r wagons There Is heavy firing In the direction smith either on the part of Sir George White or of the Doers Boers OJ OF SUCCESS Durban Feb ru rumor rumor mor gains credence that has hILS been relieved It Is also reported that t Gen Oen CronJe has surrendered men and that Oen Kitchener ho has been sliGhtly wounded In the tho I left ft arm Seventeen hundred Doers r hAve been lieen killed or wounded the latter It W Is re reported reported ported Including Gen Crone Crowds throng the streets singing ringing and ch cheering bt because of supposed suppose victories I |
