| Show OF THE TH BRITISH CONVOYS a Result of Falling Failing to In Intercept Intercept Gen OlivIer us A a dr t fin i I II d PIll Ii or of 1 t E Early I oDdon adA April rill 3 4 iC a latt from th t t to tM the T r 1 of the Y dIM to N No credence Ia 1 given r ht h bt I I tD men Jle I L H IC could net ot 1118 been I I t that nu but the f een ev en so O many lia aM half halft halff f d so 10 near neer had hd t r III t the of the 1 much m L i I ill III a dIrect I ot of Gen French I ot of Cin an anIh Cine j Ih e other lither im m the c wn dispatch dated L hi than Ihan the Daily I l Ing bOut the tho be ber r The tory therefore I r I 1138 arrived from other r 1 A nl was WU vs re 1 1 y The that th the J t e Ing In the vicinIty ot of otT ofT T T 1 1 ram am t Is confirmed M i R 8 are all allI I ing He hll has hoer Doer t II Ula band on th thI thriS I I 1 h he will b be obliged to his r nt tn ot of r l Sunday g lh Ii lose loti of the convoy t j ned with Uh a The I II f the convoy ran away J I tAme and It was men to lilt bit the hidden bIdden b rell 11 taught fought gun but our people Were L I i I b the Ka III r who I t I nd thither looking for tor cover Ik c Irful lire firs that poured tn in on oni J i the enemy were vero t i 8 11 Col Drood rood I f J 1 tT tr PI were completely cur curI ur urI urh I be h T r sh h magnificent J Were ere Quite cool cooly dy y directed ted operations mt rl arrival ot of M I Ci 1 CoY from an ant t supply ros as out and the thea I g a L l lr AS well ac 8 the I One hundred wagons wagon t the cowardice of the thel l ier cre 3 that two guns hare re t The whole force torce Is isI I 1 ig g rn In correspondent I telegraphing Sun with tb reference t to the cup t r OIl be convoy says The whole WI a nash Intended to frighten t Staten who ho were desIrous of oft t r to Lord Roberts Robert In Gen arrIved ci al t E Igl igi ho he was almost destitute of L Id men awn and had marched t 1 h he determined l to turn the crossing At some point lower lain IMa that occupIed by the enemy gly len Gen I brie briet rl t the Canadians ot I nother drift which turned t orIginal I f f came ome reason reaton Cot Col FlInts I WI detached at 2 to top 6 p where It remained for a 11 ble period shelling at atee lie ee three ot of tit the guns gun f placed In tile open lii III the I I L COt CoL encamp r atly e large lam o ot of Boe Boehe he be far ot of the Mod tier C C 3 and retired slowly I entry Finally our ourI c I up p a position on rising r the two brigade thus both ith drifts I but ut by that 4 Ir support was wall hot needed a as I iy to the advance of at I lUsh Infantry came from guns r g Shrapnel at far too n a range I F t could however see flee the enemy In InI I 1 a luger langar at the toot foot ot of some someI I 1 If g between the Modder and aThi andI I bu and WB wa could also see seer r oft ot our Guy convoy to the rear rearM M I division bivouacked on lk t ik Saturday night awaIt II a i 1 of Oen Frenchs car a J t from Bushman Kop Iop F A lit tay e s The Boers r 1 i In the when the r g tere ere captured were tre com a German t J Doers retired this thle morn morny y v discovered the British C r rg two Dutch military at ot of them dangerously iI the he hand a ot of th the British A d are doing well wellI I g that but for tor Cl ClIl 1 n Il handling of hl I r j ember or of the force I 1 I The Boers flOers art are still sUIi hold and the tho line IIno ot of hills hillsT T rg settles thc S a t i arising from rom the t from II I lay ny and Lord n 1 y referring to th the w v gement between the Brit t r 4 I I O ocCurred which is II now Saturday and not Sunday It ai I 1 It tt been botn Interred inferred from the tho h Torn the r g the ROuts outa Of f Gen French I to the scene ot of battle I 11 one of till th J I r I of the lie war I 1 jore lay In the Vart r 1 r lId Ides ot oi sudden wilden death and andr andI r I I Or them were ghastly hu With th the wrecks ot of wagons S a t I P j 1 l all and forego scattered wide p f Id ot o It a terrible tale of r carnage 1 j tc lc to conceive l than the hoer Doer r I I wonder Is that a r Ir the where the t g I toward a t th stony elopes facing ms me UDOn an 1111 u se to fire over thu point the 1 it HC bend while the tho south louth I t III i b by the tho I railway embank t r J the my to pour nour In a 11 Ii j 0 three skies as 18 well as a r of at are In front When the I t W al lint grit a scene Icene of ML ul followed fallowed The mules lId Ld the wagn aron over while the concealed enemy I l I n t lire fire f rat fIt app appeared ored the I M ot of continuing t 1 abt t a u upon uvon the Brit 1 p At that t we fa moment n II battery battet which was nl I T t iii lag Ing front the reu of th Ih un heavy tire Iro II h It l San gan III t Ii kr Hr o it i the four gins n The Th nu conf that hl battery for killed and nine of their Erly In the afternoon the hoer Doer collected about thi convoy began blan removing the guns and wag an and permitted the of British dead de and 1114 wounded hI lot a lee tiel w were l us e than hii bei l this Ihl Incident nt It Is II impossible not to admire the gallant mallner tal In which the little force torce wu was able to extricate It itself from an almost position was U 1 ln Ird In the ot of and It ItIs Is II stated that thet OC tUf da day around It It Is that tol was 1111 forced to r retire lre with PUb loss No detail baY The Lb correspondent of th tb lava va tb the Prince of Deck Wv U ift t ut of tb the tran transport on but It Is safe r |
