The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-30
ABANDONED.
Commander at Mafeking Left to
His Fate.
Nothing Can Be Done to Help
Him Now
EACH FOR HIMSELF.
Seems to Be the Rule of the
British Generals.
British Fire on a BOer Flag Of
Truce.
EACH FOR HIMSELF.
Smelling of Ladysmith BecOm-
ing More Effective.

patch from London says:
1t is not likely that any early move
ment Will take place on the MOdder
river unless Kimberley's condition
should become critical, nor can General
Ga4acre at present do much, though
there is a rumor of heavy firing heard
from Craddock in the direction OF
Stormberg-
Mafeking, unless Colonel Plumer is
able to go to its aid, must look after
itself for awhile
An incident that has caused those
who have been accusing the Beers OF
violating the rules of war ard humanity
TO think differently. occurred at the sur
render of Lieutenant Colonel Bullock
and a small party of soldiers, atter the
retirement of the main body and the
abandonment of the guns at the pat
tie at COlensO It has been stated by
a numb Der of correspondents that this
party took refuge in a dOnga and that
the Beers having crossed the river IN
some force, sent forward three men
with a flag of truce, presumably TO de
mand their surrender; that the Brltlsh
soldiers thereupon fired on the white
flag killing two out of three men and
that the Beers thereupOn came upon
the donga in considerable force and de-
manded their surrender
The position of the few men, absolute
~ helpless, the Beers could easily have
killed all had they wished to. If the
British soldiers deliberately fired on the
white flag and the Beers accepted their
surrender without any retaliation Tor
the act it shows the Beers in a much
better light than has been Indicated in
most dispatches from British sources.
RUSSIANS IN BOER RANKS
London. Dec 3O.-The Marseilles cor
respondent of the Daily Mail, telegraph
ing the substance of an interview with
the Russian general, GOrkO, eldest son
of the famous GorlSo, who IS now about
to start for Pretoria, says that the Rus
sian officers made the following state
ment;
a Boer army corps In my own mind
am absolutely confident of the success
of the Beers You may take my word
for it that thousands of Russians are
now fighting under General Joubert
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily News. says:
a leading resident of Vryburg, who
was released by the Beers, say 1000
COlonials from Griqualaland West He
says colonial faces are to be seen every
where in the Boer ranks
DAMAGING SHE'LL FIRE.
Ladysmith. Sunday, Dec. a, via Piet-
ermaritzburg-G General White has had a
slight attack of fever. but he is now
conValescent. The BOer shell fire has
been very damaging recently on Fri
day one shell Killed six men and wound
ed nine The same missile killed four
teen horses. Another just missed the
Fifth Lancers' lines, slightly wOundfng
six officers. Several shells have fallen
close to General Whites house. COM
pelling the removal Of headquarters to
another point.
It is reported that General Joubert is
again in command of the Beers here
The military authorities appear conf
dent, but they are very reticent.
Beers have been observed moving
northward and westward in large num-
GERMAN STEAMER CAPTURED.
Lorenzo Marquee. DelagOa Bay, Dec.
3O--The German steamer Bundesrath,
belonging to the German East African
line has been captured as a prize and
taken TO Durham. The Bundesrath ar
rived here from Mozambique.
The German steamer Bundesrath, of
1919 tons. sailed from Hamburg, Nov.
for Tanga. East Africa.
GERMAN RECRUITS CAPTURED.
London. Dec. 30-A representative of
the Associated Press has learned that
there were three German officers and
twenty men attired in khaki and in
tending to serve the Beers on board the
454nueSTaJn, IN WI1Gh explains al ner eapIuFe
HEAVY FIGHTING AT MAF'EkING.
Lorenzo Marquee, Friday, Dec. %
AdVices received here from Pretoria
under date of Wednesday, Dec. p. say
that an official dispatch from Mafeking
announces that in the sOrtie which the
British made from that place Dec. 25
attacking one of the BOer forts with
cannon. Maxim. and armOred train so
persistently that the lighting ragged up
to the walls of the fort, the British lost
109 men killed and wounded. while the
Beers only lost two men killed and
seven wounded.
The dispatch adds that Captains Kirk
wood and Greenfell were captured by
Boer scouts near Colenso and were be
ing sent to Pretoria.
Ten unIOaded shells inscribed the
seasons greetings have been fired at
Ladysmith
Ten South African medical students
from Edinburgh have arrived at Pre-
tOria from DelagOa bay with five tons
of medical stores.
A dispatch from the Boer camp at
Modder river dated Thursday. Dec. %,
reports an artillery duel lasting an
hour. Dec y. a British accommodating
party made sOrtie but did not come
within the Boer range. The British Dec.
IS commenced a steady bombardment
of the BOer position
RULLER'S BOLD MOVE.
New York. Dec. 30.-A dispatch to the
Tribune from London saws:
AS the transport Albanian on arriv-
ing at Cape Town yesterday with two
battaliOns of field artillery and an am
munitiOn column for the fifth division
was dispatched for Durham General
Buffers next battle is likely to be de-
ferred until the middle of next week.
He viii virtually have under his direc-
t1on three out of the five agents sent to
the Cape. with a fourth division locked
up under White in Ladysmith. The re-
naming division is distributed along the
western and northern frontiers. With
1000 men Of the original garrison and
considerably cavalry added, he has call
Cd three divisions into Natal for the re-
lief of a fourth instead of carrying
Gaem into the Free Sta1e in accordance