The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-23
Young Winston Churchill Cats
Into Portuguese Territory.
Cables His safe Ars1val-EnsAu-
iissna for veluatssring Is spssaA-
las, ana ths asuss ~ Lords WIN
VI
Ne Depleted II All enc Pssrs a.
to AFRICA wAs have laaas AD,Ii-
catien TO Ne EnrolleG-Ths Len-
Asn Nswspapsrs FiIlsA wstA
Harsh Criticisns Of ths Gsnsrazs
ln Csmnaaa ana AIss ths Pslasy.

LONDON. Dsa =. - = m-Bslated
South African dispatches throw no light
on the present situation 1T the seat Of
war. There II no confirmation Of the re-
port that LAdysmith could hold out sew.
eral weeks longer. ana It II feared that
this was circulated BY the Doors for thstt
own purposes
Il IL hoped that winston Churchill, hav-
ing arrived safely at Dslagos bay. VIII
soon be heard from regarding conditions
In the Transvaal. a. he must have import
ant information.
A Cape Town dispatch, dated Sunday.
December II, reports that Commandaut
Diedrichs. OF the Boer forces was killed
in = reconnoitering engagement but no
details are given
Advices from Naauwpoort describe every
thing az quiet there and the only Trash
news from Arundel concerns the weather.
which il excessively hot.
HOW Lfeut. Roberts Fell.
The Daily Telegraph hasta special from
Chiveley, dated December 1e, which telle
how Lieut.. Roberts, son Of Lord Robevss.
fell 1t TuEela river. It says:
..The horses of the Eourteenth and Six
ty-sxth hetteries had been hlleds and
Lieut. Roberts, CAPT scnoneiu An4 S1p
Congreve, Of the tunes. hstem Nv @ RSs3SHA
gun voaunteeS - vl11 ys.s -. -
and some men.
ssIdeut. Roberts was hit by she'll. Capt
Ccnsreye was struck and wounded slignt-
ly. After while. Capt. Congrevs ana
Sap': ssl:. os'S sn.,s i,tt,s. ravins where he
.no 1pSn nv 49, = - ",,a,,,,s,. t.rvtnIe arS
lay nidden lronh sns s''es
MANY Men CaDtuF00s
"Fourteen gunners, sixteen men Of the
Devonshire regiment nno o.nel n.,..,wers IN.
Win .ol. Ds. ssas. -. LII, ,.o,,ted narftes
wa ,ea'.s.sss,.as "a scots F,,siliers to-
..a.,,sr - ,,.tt snme of the queens were cut
-, o ana cantured. Many fought until late
IN the afternoon, part Of the Irishmen
running the gauntlet @ me 6oer , nau,els g ~
from n'oins pi-'1s A's1s
Col. Butler Anockeo
"At s p. m. forty Beers approacned
the abandoned guns on Sspyus .tss ~. =, -.
ier' Capt. Conss s,,.s ,,rnr tbe Rritish Is
rnvine, tney cau p,,,,s. aeci,nad ara
surrenoer ai.hcugn his marty.
tnreateneu ~ es' ,S TN IacArr rsfirad
had only TOUT rH % rar,sy ensued. Then
from tne su,s eu -. u,stt,sr fav
nunoIeu Does I... ~. ~, Tsnllar svora
yaros OF tne paa'y. a. rr,sorsr vher<s
ne Wouiq ny. a,,aS pe hi,,, aoun with hia
upon noer Aose-
rine putt'
BOers kind 10 tne
..Afterward the enemy gave the wounded
water and cordials. Then. having taken
ali their guns, ammunition and field glass
IN they let them return to our ambu-
lances. Col. Butler. Col Hunt, Maj. Wal
ter and Capt. GoodWm we,e A .anea sariu twn
eIs. .,as. ~. oay',,,rad .
,.. ...,, c..-,.
e,,.-s
dispatcn % me Dai'y 49, ..Sn NJ SA.s -
ley, dated Decemper =, esuna.e1 ~ ~
ualties IN Gen. nu sp sp.,a,sras. ~.
inciudihs 900 nisss.
Port'on OF the Drilisn e'ooSs
turheu -
Why Methuen Saaiea.
A correspondent OF the Associated ffees
at Modder river. under cate q DeceInDs
u. describing the cnanses - 'ne - =
warIare' says
would be impossiDle g tAke nuCr 1..s
u pos.on s..,a ~ a,r,rn - tne ,anrsh ~ Ina
range viii last six days. where formerly
II would only have lasted a few hours.
.sThe Boer trenches, which are rather
like underground dwellings than trenches.
always promise safe means Of retreat
They are very wide and deep and are