The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-28

Induna.
LONDON. Dec. 27.-Mr. Winston
Churchill has cabled, and the Morning
Post publishes today an account of his
escape from captivity with the Beers,
after having been made a prisoner in the
reconnaissance of an aImorad train at
Estcourt. The dispatch, which is dated
Lourenzo Marques. Dec. q, says:
In the evening 1 concealed myself in
a railway tluck, under a great pile of
sacks. 1 had small store of good water
| remained hidden so, CHANGING discovery
The Beers searched the train at Komati
poort, but did not sea- CHI deep enough
After some sixty hours of misery I came
safely here. 1 am very weak, but am
tree. l have lost many pounds in weight,
out am light in heart. I shall avail NY
self of every opportunity henceforth to
urge earnestly the undinching and IN
compromising prosecution of the war
ON the afternoon of Dec. r. the
TransVaaIs secretary informed me that
there was little chance of my release. I
therefore resolved 10 escape, and the
same night l left the state schools prison
IN Pretoria by climbing the wall when
the sentry's back was turned momentum
lily l walked through the streets of the
town without, disguise, meeting many
burghers, but was not CHALLENGED in the
crowd. got through the pickats Of the
town guards and struch the Delagoa Bay
railroad. walked along It, evading the
watchers at the bridges and cuIverts. and
waited for train beyond the first sta
uon The 11:10 goods train from Pre-
tor1a had arrived before l reached the
place, and was moving at full speed. I
boarded it with great difficulty and hid
under coal sacks. I Jumped from the
train before dawn, and was sheltered dur
Ing the day in small wood, in company
With a huge Vulture, who displayed a
! hVely interest in me. 1 walked on at
dusk. There were no more trains thar
night. The danger of meeting the guards
Of the line continued, but 1 was Obliged
to follow it, as had no compass or map,
! L mad to make vide detours to avoid
bridges, stations and huts, and so NV
progress was very slow.
Chocolate is not a satisfying food.
The outlook was gloomy, but 1 perse-
versed with Gods help. For five DAVIS
my Iood supply was very precarfous.
was lying up by daylight and walking by
night.
Meanwhile my escape had been dis
covered and my description teIegraphed
! everywhere. All trains were searched and
! everyone was on the watch for me- -Four
! times the wrong people We're arrested
The sixth day 1 managed to board a
tram beyond hiddleburg, from whence
there was direct service to Delagoa."
! The Morning Post has received the fol-
lowing from Mr.. Churchill, under date of
Dec. 26, telegraphed from Chieveley
! Camp, where he has arrived:
| "All ranks have complete confidence in
/ Sir Redvers Butler, and there is a stern
determination to succeed next time. at
all cost. A painful impression was
/ caused by the announcement Of the
change Of comnander-in-chief, and the
! soldiers here are resolved to vindicate
| their trusted leader.
The situation, nevertheless, is diff
cult the Boer position being one of ex-
! traordinary strength, with high hills,
lined tier on tier with trenches and bat
| teries covering an almost unfordable
river and a smooth plain in front
The enemy has a great supply of ar
| 1llery, and many powerful guns cover
the rivec, while the drifts are covered
| with corverging musketry of 1900 Beers.
There are sixteen miles of wild, broken
| country before reaching Ladysmith,
/ which demands early relief"