The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-04-04


Captain Reichamn was born n Ger
macy He came to Americiin 1881 and
tho same year he Joined the Uni ei
States army lie was FIRST IN barracks
at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
"Du ing The war With Span he vas as
signed to duty In the bureau Of military
information In the adiuiant generals Of
fico at washington
At the besinnins of Che Spanish war
WIS made an sssIytan. adiutant general
with the rank OF captain OF vo,unteerr
and was present at the Santiago cam
pa gn, on his promot on a capita ncy.
in the regular army he was assigned to-
active duty IN tho Philippines. lie serv-
ei at she front there for several months.
BUsHMAN KOP. APRIL 2-HearingI
that the waterworks were deserted. the
respondent OF the Retuers TelegumI
-gency rode forwar,. today. Arriving at
the crest OF hal a volley was fired at
him and a moment later a man appeared
at the top Of the crest. Calling on him
to stop firing and saying be was unarm-
ed and desired to talk with him, the cor
respondent discovered this man was an
American who declared that he accom-
panied the Beers only as a sightseer He
said that never during his life had he
witnessed such magnificent pluck as that
shown by ehe Beers on Saturday and he
asserted not only himself but the who'e
Boer army were profoundly touched
with admiration at their gallant behav or.
1t appears that the Beers never doub.-
ed their ability to capture the whole
British force and were dumbfoundei al
the courage displaye> ard the mastery
way, in which the force was able to
escape from the death trap. The cor
respondent informant refused to give any
informa ion regarding the Boer forces or
their movements. but It appeared that the
present force was detached from Rooms
tady. 10 ned LadybIand forces ard ae In
divided north of Thaba Nchu one nor
ton following the other ard NEE. ina. Col
onel Broadwood's retreating force. The
Burghers engaged consisted Of sehoe-
mans command, which was accompan-
led by many foreigners. commadant
Jonn Y. Blake was present with the Irish
brigade and other foreigners.
BUSHMANS KOP, MONDAY. ApRIr.
1.-THE fight was marked by mary acts
Of individual courage. The first man to
warn the British OF the ambush was a
sergeant OF the army service corps. who
shot Boer dead with his revolver.
A household cavalryma1 who was
summoned to surrender threw his rife
in his captor's face. knocking hin, over.
and escaped.
The Beers undoubtedly shot some OF
the prisoners and also killed some OF
their own men who advanced to de-
mand the British to surrender and later.
according TO the testimony OF eye wit
nesses, the Boers shot some OF the pris-
cners, but the confusion was so great,
the fire proceeding from all directions,
and the Beers firing ON the convoy IN
which their own men were mixed up,
that It is impossible to say exactly what
happened.
! Exp osive bullets have been found ON
some of the Beers who were captured.
The enemy pursued the British for
! miles, killing, wounding ann taking pris-
oners. One squadron OF the sixth dra-
: goons which entered the action 1AO
strong mustered at the end only ten
mounted men.
The Beers seemed 10 be in great
strength throughout the district and are
signaling on all sides A large body is
reported moving southwest or Bloemfou-
, tein, In the direction OF the railway.
The British troops are I'm urgent need
of remountg
/ LONDON, APRIL s--TIhe Cape Town
: correspondent OF the Times. telegraph
ing Monday, says:
\ Apparently there Is not man ahead
OF the canyoy With orders to look out,
but the escort trotted quietly behind,
and only discovered that something was
wrong after nalf the convoy had been
+, captured
The correspondent of the Times at