The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-12-06


Thr~.t~n R-b>iiioa-Conssern.ii IA
Enxi.nd.
General DeWet hxs won another br,I,
liant victory. Lord Rober cabl-d u
IIond m from johannesburg, under
date Of "wednesday Nov. IS:
"The lie Wet dorp garrison. of two
guns of the >ixty-eighth Field Bate
~, with attachments Of the q our-s-
t-rshire Rezim mt, the II ghland Ligh,
.nfantry, and Irish Rifles, 400 il ali
at 8 20 p m., November
Is Our losses were fifteen men xii ec
ard forty-two wounded, including
Msj. Ii. J. AnsOn and Capt. Dibiy.
The enemy is "a to be $500 strong.
-Four hundred men were dispatched
from Edenburx tOr-li-ve tie Wets'iorp
but they did not succeed IN reaching
there in time Knox joined 'h,s fore
and found De Wet-hOrp evacuated
-e.enty-nve 81 k and wounded haC
been left ,here Kn pur ued, and l.
reported tO have successfully engaged
>t-yn and DE- Wet, near Vasl Bank,
n v-mber ~ They retired west anu
southwest. knox, messenger failed
TO get through, so have no details"
Lord K"b-rts al 0 reports tn, VA
rions columns f"un the Buer holding
strorg o-iti ms in the vic,n ty of har-
rIsu,th, Phi'lipOlis b"tn in the or
ange River Oonyl, and other widely.
separated points. he fighting, how
ever, wa. f little importance
"Boer raiders have reached the Or
ange River ih-y have fred to the
ttrit,sh camp. on tn Cape OiO"v idr
at Sandrift, killing one man and wOun-
ding tW', others
." ul. I'll h had a smart skirmish
Tuesday, November %, with part oi
Il n lie Vets command, which was
c"nvoyi g loot pt"r-d at re w Is
durp. I he Beers re reat-d. abandon
ing a ortion If the loot and large
number o. horses. Former Presiden,
proximity to Jne scene Of the fighting,
but hey eiuded tn british.
- he Ruers We're so tenacious that
Col. Pilch-r'< men actual y reached n
position within thirty yards of them
l he Boe's ,helled the Britt h with fit
tell pOoAocAo SoPsu1S SA os DS "S'o
dOrp
"Ex.Pre-ideot Steyn and Gen. De
Wet, who were b.eak a-tinX at a fart,
near b, , rode Z, IF tn he westward, av
ing the British front clear 0 far a
Known, former President Steyn is noI
woun.,e !, alt heugh repof - ~ the COLI
trary have bern circulat d The Brit
,sh casuaiti were one man XII led and
>kSv vkP Al llt,
had beeu wuun ed were found by the
Bri ish
'S'e 'eyn and he Wet have since been
reported TO b encamp d in the west
ward, between H-lvetia AMI the rail-
road, but the command appears Ia have
broken up into three b aiie5. District
y mmissiOner Boyie, Of e Wets'Orp
remains ia the custody of the burhsrs
Many farme i'm the district Lave join
ed Gen pe Wet
"rhe disaster at ne Wetsdorp has
sent a thrill Of . arm thr ugh GreA'
Britain. The Cen n-Orship continues Sc
strict that there is no hope Of arrivins <
at clear conception Of the actual po.
sitiOn of affairs in SO .th A RIGA FOI
instance. independent q counts OF the
subsequent proceedings aud the recap
ture vi De Wet .rp give a"p'e detail:
not 0mittI & t annOu"c. the ca ,tur.
| of two l,Oer wag ms and q a"u UI
/ | ct: bu' there j. no the lightest men
| tiOn Of the surrender of 40J Br tist
| troops and two guns, which We're moi
even d sabied. InaSmuch rs tn. BOer!
were abl tO use them again the Bri q.
ish re ief rces.
"The "ub qnitous De Wet" seem
again to have xott-n away and so Tar
there is no news that the capturet
British have been liberated.
"raAInx into consideration the enig z
NAUTICAL military siGuat on no tn f tn
Ora"ge River t e -mOl 'ering rebellion
in , ape Colony, the rumOrs that Franc
has promised Mr.. Kruger to pres, ar
filtration on Eng aud If he is able t
obt in the support of Ge many, an
that Lord hItcheLer. after a., is n
to b. given the chi-f command j
South Africa, the British gve nmen
will me the new Parliament mex
week at an exceedingly inoppOrtun
moment
/ London, Nov. 30-The War Offic
!, confirms the sta ement that tiener'
, X berts yesterday handed over TN
chief command of the Bri ish tOr'.e- )
Suuth AFR "a to General kitch ne
" has been pro not d by the Quer
to be li-uten nt.gpn-' -'al. with IL
cal rank of full g-n- raj while Comm Al
ding in SOUTH Afr'cs
New York, N 80 The Boer ref,
gees who arrived IN this country la
.eek were much pleased thus mornin
: O er the cahle di patch from LOndo
, announ Gen-r,l Roberts vepo
G, ut 900 British soldiers with two XnI
. had urre dered to the Beers at ID
8 wet-dorp. southwest kloemt"ntei
'rbis Is very & cd news" sa d "a
tain Viljnrn thi- morning
"lhe dispatch says that there we
G ptur. d 400 and tn only Is We
xii ed You may make up your mil
that Our victory = as much greater ths
was reported. In the frs, place
q British force is going to surrender ju
, because fifteen men We're tillet. he
", uid have to be more severe slaught
than hat tO cause them to gi'- up. al
n you can wager that the los was gre
:, r.. Then too, tn reports se' o
from south Africa ald I.O don are c-
8 red, 81, altogether l think we ha
won q good victory. A. regards "a
i olony, | am not surprised n the !
I p"rt Of the unsettie cpnd,tinn- the
indeed, " uid not be surprIsed II
ou, b eak had already occurred. Bt
n cOmman.io- have already pe0etraI
various arts of Cape 0IOny KIN
I, this from lett rs l have received
- ink that an up'isinx is certain II
= dOes Occur it means thai 81 OU0 adj
D. t.0nal men wi be addei to Great Br
= aim en- mics in Suuth Africs. hi:
1. about as many as the lransvaal
ever had in the fell
"f it took England thirteen mon
60 m ke any headway against us VI
Of W II she do with go U fresh fighti
lis men2 Practically all Of England'sv '
70 unteers have returned 10 their hoI
IN and the forts now in South Africa
&c in poor condition. Ths Boef cause
by no mssos eoAd."-