The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-14
BRUSH WITH BOERS
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ship Armenian left Cape Town yesterday
(Monday) afternoon for Durham and that
the troop ship Orient has arrived at
Cape Town with forty-seven officers and
1,1G men.
SURRENDERED BY SUBORDINATE.
LOURENZO MARQUES, Nov g.
Father Matthews, who has arrived here
from Pretoria, says, with reference to
the surrender of the Irish fusileers and
the Worcestershire troops at Nicholson's
Mex, that after the mules stampeded the
force got hard pressed by the enemy
They would have held out, however, but
some subordinate, without instructions,
hoisted flag of truce on his own re-
sponsibiltty Nothing then remained but
to surrender.
We were sent out" says Father Mat
thews ito occupy a position with the OBJ
Ject OF preventing two Boer forces from
joining. We started at half past Sun
day evening, marched ten miles and got
to the hill about l o'clock Monday morn
ing. The first mishap was that the
mountain battery stampeded and scatter
ed the whole lot of mules We formed
up again and gained the top of the hill
The mules were gone with nearly all the
ammunition. I do not know what STAN
peded the mules They knocked me
hours sleep. The firing began just after
daybreak, being somewhat slack for a
time. But finally the Beers crept round
and then the firing became furious Our
men made breastwork of stones Soon
after II o'clock, noon, there was a gen
eral cry of Cease firing But our fell
lows would not stop firing Maj. Adye
came up and confirmed the order and
then the bugle sounded Cease firing
In our locality there was a rumor that
white nag was raised by young Of
hcer who thought his batch of ten men
were the sole survivors, but we were 900
alive, having started with perhaps LOCO
l think many Of the battery men were
captured. Our officers and men refused
to surrender. The Beers did not seem
to be in great numbers on the spot, but
l heard that the main body had galloped
off, Our men had to give up their arms,
and the officers were sent to Command
ant Steenkampos. The officers then or
dered the men to fall in. The officers
were taken away from the men and
sent to Gen. Joubert the same day, trav-
cling in mule wagons and sleeping that
night In some stores on the way. The
next morning they took q train at
Waschebank for Pretoria. They are very
well treated, and so 1 have heard are the
men,"
SYMPATHY FOR BOERS.
FULTON, ILL.,, Nov. 19.-Hollanders
held an enthusiastic meeting here to-,
night, representing all parts of White
side county, and passed resolutions of
sympathy with the Beers and scathing
condemnation Of England Prominent
speakers addressed them.
CHICAGO NOT PARTIAL.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1S.-Boer and English
soldiers alike are to be made the bene-
ficiaries Of Chicago philanthropy. The
Holland societies have arranged a benefit
for the men fighting for the Transvaal,
and at a meeting held in the arbitration
room of the board of trade today ar
rangements for subscription list in be-
half OF the widows and orphans of the
British who fall in South Africa were
perfected. Only Chicagoans born In Brit
ish possessions will be invited to con-
tribute to the British fund. The money
collected will be sent to the Mansion
house fund, London
FRANCE WANTS AN APOLOGY.
PARIS, Nov. 13.-The Paris morning
papers protest against the stopping of
the French steamer Cordoba by the Brit
fsh third class cruiser Magicienne. off
Lourenzo Marques. The Petit Bleu saws:
This arbitrary act of England requires
an apology to the French government and
indemnity to the owners of the Cordoba
and to the authorities
The Soleil and the Echo de Paris protest
IN similar terms. The Matin demands
that an investigation be made, as there is
no effective blockade, otherwise the au-
thorittes would have been notified The
Gaulois does not consider the incident
serious
WATCHING CHIEF JOEL.
MASERU, Basutoland, Nov S.-The in
dications are that Chief Joel, Of the
Basulos will join the Beers, who are likely
to annex a strip of the northern territory
OF Basutoland. The other chiefs. how
ever are staunch and there is no cause
for alarm