The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-17
|BOERS ARE INFULLRETREAT

| the time for their onslaught. Out of five
coionlal officers, only one returned to
| camp ~
strategic and concentrative move
ment back to Arundel has been decided
upon. Our guns from Coils Kop have been
saIeiy removed, one Maxim being de-
stroyed to prevent its falling into the
hands OF the enemy. Nine wounded off,
GERS ana thirty-five men were brought
INTO the Naaupoort hospital Our death
roll at present is not known"
HEAVY ENGAGEMENT.
A dispatch to the Daily Mall from Lou-
renzo Marques, dated Feb. 15. SAYS:
Heavy lighting has occurred at Ra-
man. In the Free State, not far from
Hopetown, Cape Colony. The Beers saw
they hold all the positions, the Brit
ism finally retiring"
Inc Times has the following dispatch
from Arundel, dated Wednesday:
FIVE companies of the Wiltshires. who
were on outpost duty, failed to Join the
force before the retreat from Rensbers,
| ana their absence not being noticed on
the parade, they were eventually cut off,,
GEN. FRENCH's ADVANCE
RET RIVER, Orange Free State, We'd
mand of the cavalry division and with
| strong force of horse artillery. left Mod
| def river Sunday morning for Hamban
| Twelve miles east of Ensln, where the
Whole division concentrated The next
oay ne made rapid march to Riet river.
Wnefe party of Beers contested his
passage at Dekiel and Waterfall drifts.
AFTER some hours shelling, Gen. French
drove the Beers away and crossed the
| river.
Yesterday (Tuesday) the column con-
| tinued its march to Kip and RomdavaI
Drifts on the Modder river where again
a short engagement ensued Gen. French
shelling the Beers vigorously and forcing
a passage. The Beers precipitately re-
tired, leaving five laagers in the hands
of the British, besides a great quantity of
cattle and 10000 sheep.
The rapidity of Gen French's march
and the overwhelming nature of his force
enabled him, in spite of the difficulties of
water transportation, to thoroughly out
wit and surprise the Beers The British
casualties were slight.
Col. Hannay, while on his way to RAM
ban, encountered 500 Beers with two
guns, holding kopje commanding the
valley leading to the drift. The fight
ing lasted all day long, and the Beers
disappeared during the night. Thirteen
men reported missing from JHannay's
| force are prisoners. They were captured
| treacherously- during the fight They
| were Informed that an agreement had
| been reached between the British officer
| commanding the extreme left and the
| commandant of the Boer ambulance that
| half company Of the British should be
permitted to fetch water from a neigh
boring farm house. The ambulance then
| retired and the Beers rushed out of con-
| cealment and cut off the water party.
| The prisoners included an officer.
| Gen. French now holds both the Modder
| and Riet rivers, between the Beers at
Magersfontein and their base at Bloem-
fontein. Throughout the march the Free
| State farms were respected, but their
owners almost invariably fed, taking
their effects The health of the troops Is
| excellent but sickness IS prevalent among
! the horses and plentiful supply of re-
mounts will be required.
TELEGRAMS GO TO KIMBERLEY.
| NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The Commercial
| Gable company, at 2 o'clock this after
noon, sent out the following notice:
I'VE are advised that kilograms can
| now be accepted for Kimberley, South
| Africa, at senders risk and not exceed
| ing twelve words.
ALARM AT NAAUWPOORT.
| CAPE TOWN, Feb. 15.-There is consid-
| cradle alarm at Naauwpoort, owing to
| the report that a Boer force has occu-
pied position on hill eight miles off
| that town.
FIGHTING AT COLESBERG.
PRETORIA, Thursday, Feb 15-An Of
f1cial dispatch from Colesberg says fight
! ing was resumed on Tuesday, Feb 10, and
that the British had sixty killed and
wounded and lost eighty captured The
federal forces had no casualties during
| the fight.
QUIET AROUND LADYSMITH.
HEAD LAGER, near Ladysmith.
Wednesday, Feb 1.-THE British from
Chieveley have been bombarding the Boer
forces at Vlauw Krantz, east of Colenso,
since yesterday afternoon, the lombard
mont continuing throughout the night.
The Beers responded with rifle fire. Par
ticulars are lacking. All is quiet around
Ladysmith
BRITISH DRIVEN BACK.
PRETORIA, Tuesday 13.-A smart rifle
and artillery duel took place at Mafeking
Feb. IL. There was no Boer loss. The
British attacked Fort Eloff, south OF
Gaberones, at daybreak Feb. IL, but the
johannesburg men, under Vondelweig,
forced the British to retire, leaving six
dead and four wounded on the field. Capt.
Friend was among the killed. The Beers
suffered no casualties.
PRAYER FOR PEACE.
MONTREAL Feb. 16-Archbishop
Bruchesi, of the Catholic diocese of Mon~
treal, will issue a pastoral letter to par- 4
ish priests enjoinng them to pray that
peace may be restored. His grace will
refer to the conflict in South Africa and
add that present appearances would
seem to indicate that the war Will not
be brought to a conclusion for some
time and will ask that the accustomed
prayers of the Roman Catholic church
be offered as long as the war lasts
REJOICING IN TORONTO.
TORONTO, Ont, Feb. 16.-On behalf Of
the city, Mayor Macdonald, on the re-
ceipt of the news of the relief of KIM
berley, sent a congratulatory messags
to Lord Lansdowne. All flags are flying
and there is general repoieing over the
good news.
BOERS REBUILD FORTS.
MAFEKING, Monday, Feb. 12-Thc
Beers have rebuilt the two forts demol-
ished by the British.
LIFE IN LADYsMITH.