| Show TilE THE ATTACK ON FORT ITALIA hAIR I Was a Far Bigger Engagement Than at First Reported WAS SURPRISED JI Joer a n or of IM Dh covered b Treason Trial TUli London Oct 4 A dispatch from Crom Dundee to the tile Times says that the hoc Doc s a attack k on Fort l ort Italia proves to havo been a n fat far bigger engagement than could be Le withered gathered from tram the first reports The casualties on both stiles Bides indicate ato tho tile fierceness of ot the th Tho Tilo casualties are now noli limited to Over cr Tho The British prisoners say CO Gd CI hurried on farms anti and assisted In carrying olt brt rt 75 wounded The Boera Informed the prisoners that they ex ox expected expected to find the tho Fort Italia Halla garrison eully enly strong The Tho burghers lout lost lo moro men Inca than In any previous action this year There seems no doubt says nays tile the Tunes Times TIm correspondent that the tho Doers Boers Intend a n combined Invasion Inn lon of ot Natal east and west welt eU It Is stated that Gen Dewet or ordered dered 11 tho tile burghers ur hers In the northeastern precinct of ot Orange river colony to concentrate at but up ull to now tho the only result of ot the th movement has hns been the Invasion of ot If Natal of ot a small command which can easily be driven back British h officers omeera who were say cry El that Gen men nuCh m n and horses are nrc In tn good condition Tho rho h prisoners have ho been robbed of oC almost everything they tiley J tile The main body of this the floors Boers ts Is still near the tIle frontier tron tI cr WAS VS 8 New Nets Ne York tork Oct 4 I th tile n a South Africa the lila London rondon I of at the Tribune says IS ISCol Col Coi force torce was vas surprised b by Commandant De Lary lar ns as 0 was vae sua p men inca when the tire eat cst bulletins bearing the tho marl marks l of close clo o revision by b the war onice were published d While this engagement supplies fresh proof scouting Is 18 either a lost art cr at else Ineffectual against the thc stealth approach of at mobile anti nn crafty craft foes Coes like the Doer 1 r tho tile are satisfied tin with the tho hue lino lighting fighting form displayed by Col Coi command They assort assert that tho tito British army oral had grown stale while shile only half halt employed In watching railways and und moving of ot empty country where tho the Boers eluded pursuit and would not notI stand but that It Is now again on Its II met mettle tic when there Is III real lighting Col C i I Is regarded by South Afi Ic Icons sos fins as a vigilant with a It narrow mind mint and auril lack of flexibility he ire defended Kimberly successfully U I Iwas Iwas was Cecil who recruited the tho volunteer force Coree of at colonials and Im hn Imparted imparted parted courage to the tho people of ot tile the town Col Cui I did not get on out outwell well with Mr i who was WIlS the tue thereal thereal real defender of oC There Is a astory astory astory story that lInt when Con French entered Col Coi asked him hula to put hut cs under arrest but hut was laughed at lIe He line has been one em of ot LOld Loil trusted lieutenants as ns an nh experienced Who wiro thoroughly understands Doer Boer tacticS SEDITION EnS IN SOUTH SOUli PIUCA A London Oct 4 The correspondent correo on lent ot of tho tim Times at Pretoria says tile the treason trials Intro have ha e revealed tho lila presence of large numbers ot Of who havo ha not only taken the oath of oC al aI allegiance aIl l ce to tIre the th British crown but ht In many mony cases cass have hae been receiving ic sc lIet lief from tho the British authorities In n SPite of this they th communicated with their friends In the tile commandoes In the tile reId icid feeling confident conOd nt that they would be treated leniently If It caught There Therl Is hi no doubt according to the tile cor correspondent correspondent respondent I that lint ten tea of ot the tile men nien could be proved l guilty Shot Stint willi Air Ir nun Gun Victoria B D C Oct 4 While return returning returnIng returnIng ing froth tram a n hunting hUl trip rIp last evening John was struck lit ruck In the tile head by b a 11 bullet from tram a n boys air nil gun pun gunthe gunthe the missile piercing his lila skull mid It Is feared the wound will result fatally Tho The boy says sao ho iio fired tired at fit a n bird and the tho bullet hull t must have struck n a tree and glancing hit flaxen frats Tho The latter who Is still conscious says the tile boy ho fired tIred point blank at him after aCter a quarrel over Or the boys bos pranks With London Oct 4 A dispatch from tram Paris to tile the Times says sas that M 1 Mer Inels tile the author of oC the tile of ot Felix Faure printed In the Figaro ro has now no published l 1 them In book form torm formIn In a 11 preface M lit M discusses ell the Improbable hypothesis that President Faure I nure was poisoned Hetty 1101 Husband III Ill Bellows Falls Vt Oct H U Green husband of ot Hetty Green Is reported very er III at nt the tile Green home homestead stead stend litre He lie has ilas been be n In iii falling failing health for tor months but of ot late lato hats has been blell better botter and on Monday Mrs Green Oreen re returned returned turned tum d to Now No York after spending the tho summer h re On Wednesday Mr 11 Greens Gr Is condition took a decided change for tor the tile worse complications setting In inand and Mrs Irs Green Oreen was hastily summoned from New Now York The rhe only son l H n Green of at Texas Is on his Ills 11 home and Is III i expected to reach here today Mr Green Oreen was W one of ot the pioneers pl In Inthe Inthe the India trade and nd accumulated a I fortune In the tea tell business |
