The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-26
SAW TIE FIGHTING.
Newark Man Who Was
Present When Jameson's
Raid Ended.
THE CALL TO ARMS
How The Leader Massed His
Forces -PIunderiDg the
Raiders.

Fred Holzner, an energetic and capable
young man, who is now employed as an
electrician, roved from here to the east
ern coast of Africa as well as all over
Europe, in the last four years, a the
Newark Sunday CALI
Young Holzner, although scarcely Is
years of age, has worked at his calling
IN many of the best-known cities in the
world, from st. Petersburg to Rio de
Janeiro. He says he has had enough
Of wandering, however, and even though
his parents live in Carlsbad, Germany,
where his father is a glass manufacturer,
the son prefers this country, n this
city of all the cities of this country. He
is a naturalized American and a much
better citizen than many who have never
been from beneath the shadow of the
Stars and Stripes. He has been under
all the great governments of the earth,
and at one time was in the British vol
unteer naval reserve in South Africa.
One of the p~leasantest sights he ever
saw, however, was when a KafHr mail
carrier brought him a catalogue of the
firm for which he is now employed. He
was away in the interior, and the Kafir
/ VINO DEOQSIl Ike iiidli Aeto tAAA1PC0 q
| long distance with it. After Holzner had
looked through the catalogue and enjoy
ed it he turned it over to his KafHr sefv-
ants. They were greatly interested in
the pictures, and thought the cuts OF the
tailor-made ladies with their Impossible
| faces and their doll-like eyes the most
| beautiful things their eyes had ever
lighted upon.
It was Holzner's fortune to be near
Johannesburg at the time of the cefe-
brated Jameson raid, and he has kindly
| consented to give the Cali his recol-
| ~lections Of it. What fighting there was
| occurred at a place, Dunknorp, a Few
miles from Johannesburg.
"Fhe first I knew Of the affair" says
Holzner. was when I was awakened by
| the ringing Of the alarm bell in the mar
| lset square. The people came streaming
from their houses at the sound. in great
excitement, their faces showing plainly
| the great anxiety under which they were
| laborjng. We rushed on our clothes IN
| feyerish haste and ran out into the street.
| 71her was a Babel of voices, people calling
| ard hallooing to each other that the town
was attacked. The confusion was lnde7
scriable. AS fast as the people appeafea
| ThAE mace IEGlT Way IL Liz : '<~-~
rifles were being distributed: Scores We're
armed in q few moments. Ii there was eA-
citeaent on the streets there was FRENZY
at the station. There they toid US lndt
| aholIt e.O00 Kafars were marching to IN
| vest the city. / took my place IN iHS
| crowd. and when my turn, came stalea
that I wanted a rife 70 help 70 Inc n re-
| over. and finally said the rifles were Tor
| the older Inhabitants. They tnought |
was too young. | suppose, or were alIaao
OF my loyalty, knowing L was d eoiipai@
aAa this had happened before dawn.
| and when daylight appeared ana W1th =
= ene.aies. / went back to bed. None OF
| the outposts had got a sight Of an enemy.
| and / came to the conclusion that It was
q Ialse darn. / had lost part OF my
| niguts s1eep. and that was all. a gay
| OF so later we were thrown into another
| furore when a mounted Boef came gar
Looping down the street, mis- CONES aho
his horse covered with dust ane ms laoe az
dripping with perspiration. He ealled out
| as he dashed by that the troops OF Ihe
Charter Company were coming to take the
| city. and were only five miles aWay. y
| was Jameson's raiders, but We dldnt
| know ii then. Ono more the people came
| docking into the market square, the men
who had been fortunate enough 70 get
rifles carrying them on their shoulders,
| with their belts filed with cartridges
| strapped about their waists. The crowd
| was furious at the reported coming OF the
troopers. and when, on the heels or the
| man who gave the alarm came another
on foot, who said he had been capture
| by the raiders, the crowd became WIG.
the second man said the raiders TOOK ms
| horse and his rifle, and told MIN 10 GO
| back to the town and tell the people that
| they. the raiders, did not want TO harm
| any one, but that they proposed TO go on
| norp would not modest them there would
| be no trouble; they were going to 10
hannesburg, however, no matter what the
conseuuenCes might be. This announce
ment added greatly to the uproar. BY this
time the Beers were mustered. They
were about 1.SGG strong, and they marched
| out TO intercept the roopers
81 followed after. and had not gone far
| when I was startled to hear the sharp re-
port OF a Maxim gun. By the time
| reached q kopje the rifles were popping
now well under way. The Beers were fir
ing as rapidly as they could. and the mus
kerry firing sounded across hills IN a
| continuous roll. The main body of troop
| ers was banked by Maxim guns. 1t had a
| twelve FOUNDER cannon a short distance IL
front of the centre and some distance in
front, on either wing, were the Beehua-
| raland border police on one wins and the
Matabele and mounted police on the other.
The COP advanced steadily for some
time in the formation | just outlined. The
beers kept close about them and kept up
a brisk fire all the time. AT last. the
| troopers came into a rough n billy
up with trenches left by prospeetors.
| Then came the mine buildings and next
the Queens battery. These positions
| were held by the Beers, who poured a de-
| structive fire into the raiders as fast as
they came on. The troopers turned their
Maxims on the trenches 4 the mine
| houses and did much damage in their
turn. It was now moonlight, and the fir
ing gradually ceased. | went home to
! bed, but was out at peep Of dawn. I
picked up a rife and went off to the scene
Cf the fighting with several Beers. When
| we got out among the hills we soon sew
the raiders were pretty closely hemmed
| the hills in the night and had the range
of the English from almost every point.
The raiders horses were thoroughly ex-
hausted and the men were worn out from
| tWenty-four hours of uninterrupted fight
| ing without food or water. The battle
was waging f~uriously, just the same. when
we got there, and we could see the men
~Nt.Suddenly a black flag was run up from
the raiders position, l expected the Beers
| would cease firing, but they did not seem
to know the meaning of the flag. am
| kept right on firing and loading. 1t was
| several minutes or SO it seemed to me. be-
fore the firing ceased and hostilities were
at an end.
the Beers went to plundering the troop
| ers. Even now there are horses, saddles,
knives and other private belongings of
the Inflated band in nearly every Boer
home In Donknorp. The raiders lost from
eighteen to twenty-four killed and fifty
eight wounded, while the Beers have
never given a satisfactory accounting.
"Lawlessness was on the rampage after
the battle. We did not dare open our
| mouths, scarcely, for fear of being run
| in. The police had the strictest sort of
orders. was walking along the street