The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-28
MANY CeMHASDOES ARE ACTIVE
DISTURBANCE EXTENDS OVER A
WIDE RANGE IN CAPE
COLONY
'OERS MADE MANY ATTACKS
Celebrated Christmas by Stirring
Things Up for British GarrisOns
Between StandcrtOn
and InEoEO-

LONDON, Dec rs, a. m.-The latest
dispatches from South Africa show that
Lord Kitchener mas succeeded in holding.
the invading Foers in check, but he has
not been successful in expelling them
from Cape Colony, where small com
mandoes continue to display astonishing
daring activity over a wide field
1t is questionable whether his procla-
nation will have much effect until Gen.
Dewet has been captured The Beers
are likely to regard it as a sign of weak
ness and to have a wholesome dread CT
Dewet's vengeance If they surrender.
The proclamation is approved by the
party at home, which favors concilia-
tory terms to the Beers as step
towards peace.
On the ether hand, Queen Victoria it
is SAID, has approved the proposition to
Institute q new order Of knighthood 10
reward officers who served in South
Africa. The order will probably be
called the Star of Africa
dispatch from Ereyberg, dated Dec
rs, says the Beers III considerable num-
bers were then making an unexpected
movement westward. They had $50
wagons. The supposition is that they
were trekking towards Maracl, although
the Roers Themselves denied such an in
tention.
MARTIAL LAW.
CAPE TOWN, Dec. 27.-MartiaI law
has been proclaimed in the districts OF
Beaufort, West and Carnarvon.
DOERs REPULsED
NEWCASTLE, Natal, Dec 27.-The
Beers celebrated Christmas in the dis
trict between Standerton and Ingogo by
more or less determined attack upon
every British garrison along the lines of
communication. These, however, We're
in all cases successfully repulsed.
AT Utrecht, the Boer conlmandant sent
in a demand for whisky, cigars and
Christmas Injuries, failing which lie
threatened to attack tie town. His de-
nIand was ignored and the Beers at
tackled Utrecht in force Christmas
morning. TFey were repulsed with loss,
the British casualties being but slight
ROBBED THE YEOMANRY.
LONDON, Dec. 27-The Standard to-
day says 1t understands that the
squadron of yeomanry, which, as an
nouneed in a dispatch from Cape Town
yesterday, was entrapped and captured
by the Beers whom they We're following
from Britstcwn, was released after the
men had been relieved of their horses
and other equipment. Ten Of the yeo-
manry, the paper adds, were wounded.
REPORT FROM KITCHENER.
The following dispatch from Gen.
Kitchener, was received from Pretoria,
under today's date:
y Yesterday 200 Beers attacked a small
police post near Boksburg. The police
CALAMITY drove them off before rein
forcements from johannesburg arrived.
The Beers damaged the mining machin-
cry in the neighborhood.
THE Beers attacked Utrecht at o'clock
this morning and were driven off,
THE Beers held up train three miles
west of Pas and were driven off.
1.-The eastern force of Beers in Cape
Colony was headed yesterday and driven
IN the direction of Venterstad.
''The western force is still being driven
north through Strydenburg''
AFTER GEN. DEWET
The following dispatch has been receiv-
ed fom Lord Kitchener:
Pretoria, Dec. 26.-Knox, with Pitcher
and White, is engaged with Dewet's
force holding a position in the neighbor-
hood of Leuwkop.
'Dewet hopes to break through and
go south again.
THE Beers eastern column in Cane
Colony is apparently headed by our
trops about Reitport Spruit. The Beers
western column is reported to have
gone north in two portions one towards