The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-24

patrol, lust TO prevent me from looking like
pirate but the little change meant much. !"
II Is n curious incident that, with whatever
object or pretsxt. thirty or forty young fell
lows out OF that column got separated from
dawn i ana sr.gSlea S into
Beers, who scattered. IL then moved through G
yond the railway, until II came TO .yaikfontein
Farm. Here there was an outbuildinR and
SesS Of cattle sr.a which, eth o Gss sS; ,hi
Thanked. and was at once occupied by one troop.
As the morning gre into day this outbuild-
on their side took Advantage of a wall. and
yenturing to nearer quarters made their rifle
most pss as regards ths nua eea iSs 6s
killed and wounded. Men and horses dropped
on all sides, In the column the feeling grew
lines at this point II was done for. Tho Max
Inns were fired till they grew too hot. and.
jammed and won't out Of action. The seven
FOUNDER was fred till only half an hours am
n,nnisioS was eft to Are With: One last rush
tillery came np on the left flank. and the
Rame was up"
The fact is that by mischance. or misied by the
volunteer guides who were now found to have
slipped away. the column was at the mouth Of cui
ng '' s,opp must vim sns, stop or .aioS .s At %
ground with cover. Doornkop. which has chris.
con,picuous for mile or two round; but IL va. not
actually reached. 10 sa thousand yards further on
strongly held. and warm indeed would have b~en
the RECEPTION OF the iucsicss ttie force II had
mischief was nank king ridge. on tho right (south.
ernl nank. an abrupt low ciir as seen by the col.
Ing plan; which also EXHIBITS the direo.on in which
the state Artillery on the Left tnorthern) nank came
OF actual combatants at this time the Beers say
they mad only 700 o. 500. Indeed, the Boer legend
ports. were but nifty we'll placed mon while those
who VIII, stopped the ,ast charge were eI.oty seysni
Lon
Inquiry at tho hospital that all Jamesons wounded
when there est y ali told in she hands 81
burghers. Here. however. the records of the 81.
Cape Town and evolved order from chaos At Ksu.
grrsdorp, are available to explode tho myth. They
Martini Henry. IL was these seven champions, the
Beers add. rather than the other nifty or tho 700
800 engaged all along the line, who commanded the
lutte zap attempted by the las. change. and saving
their nre It'll the troopers were Close, killed six OF
other troopers sought shelter again on the farm.
and shortly afterward. while the stats Artillery
and O'Clock THURSDAY. the I'd Of January. 1870,
whit. nag was seen ~1.ins oyyT Farmer Brink:
an end.
fact. Not even In It's surrender was this raid fsted
to TIC romantic The white nag used this occa
nn rra% m.a,v paen. OF sc,, Urn VT, sh,r
apron Of an old Hottcntvt "tanta" who was stand.
from her To DC GU waved as emblem
peace.
With the white flag which he sent forward Sir
John Willoughby offered to surrender, on con-
conduct out OF the country. Tho note which
came from the Boer commander declared thnt
The answer IL that II you will undertake to
pay the expenses which YOU have caused tho
souta African Republic and that you will lay
down your arms, then / shall spare the livos of
you and YOURS. Please send me the reply to
lhis within thirty minutes" IL didn't take
Sir John thirty minutes or fifteen to accept
such is the military part OF tho story. "a
now retoid. The Cane Town Times supple.
ments II with an account or what tho III an
nesbu-g party did or rather failed to do. Into
this part OF the affair IL 10 not necessary 10
10. Nor Is IL needf full TO show more fully than
the combat itself tells how the Beers rallied TO
the defence of their country against the mon
strous and mad attack. As an expedition.
Looking back on Il now. there seems to have
been a possibility that had II been a greater sur
prise and had Il fnnked krugersdorp. endeav-
oring 10 avoid conflict until reaching johann
nesburS. II might at least have got nearer that
place. But that might only have made the
disaster still greater. AZ 1t turned ous surren-
der was inevitable. As the Cape Town Times
savs: On when they gave in they wsre minus
20 casualiti"s. There were 30 men hurt or
sick IN Tho wagons. There we-e % killed on
the SPOT or mortally wounded. They had
been engaged continuously for twenty. one
no lIe-down sleep since they started"
On the Boer side the most remarkable result
was their small loss. The official total is only
four killed and two of those said TO DO shot by
accident on their own side. Even with tho
wounded added. so little result from many
rifles and the Maxlms Ia astonishing. IL re-
calls some OF the British fights With natives OF
Africa and Asia. In which they have done the
slauRhtering with few losses .: their own.
The return OF Cedil Rhodes to ENGLAND
makes the revival OF this story timely.