Show W i iOhl lJ Ohl THE OF 1 I Iv v u b from froni Boer Sources and Probably Pro Comes Collies 2 R t ably Gone front from Lady Ladya i ir a Stand Uncertain 1 d AA Doer report March T Tot ork k CIr I thAt the 1 Ir ell from h been raised 1 he nned but Is Ii probably Nth I J tt ci r rt JOBERTS FACING FACINO DOERS 3 15 a m Lori It cn et At sll elx or eiGht 1 faces the ret re 1 t cost Doer t of army from five e to els elsa their left resting on a I d strong rat kopje and their on the 1 U Y be Ine merely ly n a corps ot J i t ready reldy to on prepared It Is 1 receiving ac II late besiegers of the end and tram other f may b Lord Rob lit e hot t troop to capo with It hiJ J 1 failing on the Is rain f heavY this will Ia II c l the rte gra fan thing temporarily for tor the theLa III k s I La oaf fl Roberti betts wires to the tho war i ic ra c under date dato ot of March I IUS as AI follows I It US p m III returned from paying t dare Tt J just Jt I much a hurried hunted visit was waa st at the enthusiasm awed t the Kimberley people regarding of the sick elek and woUnded All It tI had been converted Into CI JJ ao and the men had been made yn tm comfortable ire truck with the friendly man In h the wounded Doers Boers and andr anda Jf clotted together upon the a r t It delighted m and to see our soaring their rations rat lone and b le 11 Ib the Doer prisoners before r commenced their starch for Iod Some soma of the poor fellows ten ter hungry after having been i In the lancer ten Robert tot erle has surprised the l of his transport 1 tr j tl t fret d puce lis h Is likely although military men he mutt mut watt alt for some somo days much farther AT b ere presumably will use uee title this HI r all It Is worth pulling th their lr Dr Leyds ghe I it the entry ot U expected lIa and had been Instruct the adanee anee ot of Lord R b n tilT the concentration un unIt unto to It GeD Ces Joubert had been 1 I explanation le Is yet made tie e 6 M reinforcements that are pe J r for Lord Roberts Such ex si II are advanced mist either that the Cope Cape Dutch 11 restive or that the has a I hInt of for foreign II as to the future status of tt Ot republics The court circular last evening slid EAr morning the queen joy thankfulness the news Den of the relief of by the troops troop under com w nul of Sir Duller Buller tier lIer uJ telegraphed her aJ to and to Sir George White 11 wu accidentally omitted from court circular its f Is the text ot of her ma to I f thank the nel news yoU have telegraphed phed me at sal I con congratulate you and all un unto to Ctt 1111 with th all my heart The to Sir George White cad Luc thua I thank God that you and anda a thou acre With you ou are safe after your l L siege Iler borne with such t I 1 congratulate you and all friOu you from th the bottom of m my heart henrt I trust you ClU are all 1111 not very much ox cx haunted hausted Sir George sent ent the following replY Your Tour most gracious meso mee sage has been received by me with the deepest gratitude and with b by the troops Any hardships and rations are n a hundred times compensated sated for by the sympathy and anon of our queen and your message will do more to restore both bolt officers and men than Ihan anything else CO DEFEAT DEIEN OF The war office has received the tho fol foh following lowing dispatch from Gen aen Duller Friday March 2nd p mI m I find the defeat ot of the more complete than I dared to pate This whole district l is completely clear of them and except at the top of V Van n eenan pass where several wagons are oro visible I cnn can find no trace of them Their last train left lett station about 1 yesterday and then the bridge They packed their wagons six alx da days ago ngo moving them to the tho north ot of so that we had no chance of Intercepting them but they the have hao left vast allt I ties of ot of all sorts herds herd grass camp amp and individual necessaries They rhey have got away with all their guns excel u ept two A dispatch from Ladysmith dated i Thursday says Gen Duller I I Im 11 by his staff arrived nt 1140 a 11 am m today Ile He the town unno tired ns as more c cavalry was coming In during the morning The news nes of his arrival soon spread however hOlever and Gen Oen White and his hi daft nt at once went to rev re him The two IQ generals met amid scenes ot of tremendous enthusiasm and Gen Raiser had immense an reception It Ie expected the Doers uro In full Might flight toward the Free State and n a fly ing column of troops is III In fn pursuit of them The Boer left lett many wagons guns and of pro provisions visions Ions and ammunition behind them COULD TAKEN The Tho Standard publishes the following dispatch from Ladysmith dated Thurs Thursday da day March lit let The Thc once dashing cavalry brigade has practically censed ceased to exIst At the be beginning ginning of the year we had horses and mules mule Before Detore the end ot of Jenu Janu January ury ary we ire could only teed feed 1100 horses the tho others bad either been blen converted Into SOUPS and or had been le l ft rt lQ for he These poor P c emaciated ca Coo van toms t at horse among ng tho i a painful sIghts eights o of tf sIege Had d We oa an n unlimited amount of f bep heavy scent scent and we fe might have m mae the rite pm p position more be a Although gh not oil lash t a shot h n flA d except In dire necessity there lit ere were on n February Fe let 1st only forty erty rounds loft left ft for tor each it gun un while the lie supply for forthe r the field artillery would have hae ha peen been ex exhausted hausted in n a 11 couple ot of minor m engage meats menta Fortunately the Doc Boer were Ignorant ot the true rue slat of affairs had th t Y known our r riot weakness w ss they might have displayed greater creater daring with results that we are can venture to contemplate We were victorious solely because use of masterly inactivity The bombardment hae as heavy heay but on the whole ineffective It Is estimated that during the Investment about 1000 shells shell were thrown throw Into the town an average of three tons of explosives dally Yet we had only men killed and wounded Our largest lo losses s s were mm disease e eMr Mr Winston ton Churchill who paled panle 1 tM the relief column telegraphing his experiences says During the afternoon ot of February We cavalry brigade pressed forward under Col Durn toward Dul Bul ann hill and under tinder Lord Dundonald In inho tho ho direction ot of Ladysmith The Thc Doers AA fired on both with artillery from Dul anwa DOE DOERS ALL GONE About 4 Maj laj ment which was In the advance found the ridges surrounding and concealing Ladysmith apparently Jle He reported the tho fact to Lord Dundonald who determined to ride the gap with the light and carbin tere The test rest ot of the tho brigade was sent back to Gen Duller picket line It was evening when we started About an hour of daylight dalIght We galloped on sWiftly In spite of the tho rough ground up and down hill hili through 11 scrub and rocks and donne until we could see seo seethe the British guns flashing from Wagon hill but on we 0 went fn faster ter until sod sud sudden den denty y there thero came camo n a challenge from the scrub Who goes there The Lady Ladysmith Ladysmith smith relieving armY army we and then the tottered tattered and almost bootless men crowded around very feebly In III the tho gloom we could see aee how thin and pale they looked but how glad they were A dispatch from Ladysmith says flays Surrounded by cheering soldiers and coolies celebrating cele the relief ot of the tho town Sir George White While at atthe atthe the addressed add reseed the throng lIe He saId People of oC Ladysmith I thank you ou for the heroic and patient manner during the In which you OU assisted me sIege It hurt me terribly to cut down the tho ration but thank God we kept the flag firing hying Then profoundly moed Oen While led the assembly In singing God Sac the Qu n KEPT CONTROl OF AR lY lYThe The Times pUblishes the from dated Wednesday It will always remain a puzzle ho how Gen CIen Cronje although an undisputed ut d military genius kept control of hl re and undisciplined the other Doer leaders were unable to bring more than half their from Ladysmith Indy to nurn Durn ham h m the American scout after atter creeping horny a night around the larger luger reports that ern CO fe few Boers escaped perhaps not more than twenty The correspondents express Non lion for Cor the Canadians of whom one is III entirely of Frenchmen unable to English |