The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-28
MAFEKING ALL RIGHT.

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and personally was honest, straight and
clean handed.
MAFEKING ALL RIGHT.
London. March 2S-7:2O p. ma
private telegram received from Mafe-
king reports that all was well there
March 20
OLIVIER IS SAFE.
Pretoria, March 2S.-The Dundee col
liery has been blown up, the machinery
has been destroyed and the mine has
been rendered useless for three months
to come
According to dispatch from Kroon-
stadt, Commandant Olivier has Joined
Generals Groblaar and Lemner, who
are safe. Gen Delaary is still sick at
Pretoria, but he will proceed to the
front Sunday. Trains are frequently
leaving with burghers for the fighting
line on this side of Bloemfontein.
The Standard and Diggers News says
it learns that Generals Olivier, Groblaar
and Lemner have arrived at point
sufficiently far north to relieve all ap-
e.rehensions g the possibility of their
being cut off. It is expected they VIII
arrive at Winsberg in a few days and
effect a junction with Gen. Dewet, when
the federals position, it is declared, will
fOrmidably oppose Lord Roberts
Reports received from the various
banks of the republics show that the
cash holdings amount to2 233, 057 pounds
sterling.
BRITISH LOSSES ARE HEAVY.
New York March 2S.-A dispatch to
the Herald from London says:
A small British force that entered
Iadybrand was forced to retreat hur-
riedly before a larger number of Beers,
who may have been part of Olivier's
command. Firing has been heard at
MOdder POnt, which would seem to be
near Modder Poort, to the southeast of
ClocOlan Possibly the Beers rear
guard has engaged there. There have
c-1=4 ,ft-T, .4r-s
posts in the Free State, and General
Buffers in Natal. Gen. Butler reports
that the Beers tried unsuccessfully to
trap some men of the Thirteenth Hus-
sars.
Gen. Botha who commands at Glen
coe, declares on the other hand that he
cut off an advance guard of Lancers.
The weekly casualty list shows that
the British losses Will be very heavy.
Mr.. Wyndham S original rOSeate esti-
mate that the war would be carried
through at a cost of not more than 5000
lives is bound to be very much exceed
ed Up to Saturday the British forces
had lost 2 1870 men killed while 9 SO7
were wounded and 3.515 missing or
prisoners, making a total of Is 453. To
these must be added 200 deaths from
disease, or grand total of 1862.
These figures. however do not make
evident the actual weakening of the
British army due to illness, hardships
and long marches. Gen. Macdonald
writing from Paardeberg states that
the Highland brigade had at the time
only "a officers and 1 600 men fit for du-
ty out of total of 81 officers and 3 900
men. Hard marching, bivouacs in the
open and other trials of the severe cam
paign had reduced the brigade strength
nearly so per cent.
The 5000 men that remained of the
garrison at Ladysmith are recovering
very slowly from the effects of the
siege. 1t may be weeks before they are
q n a IN no ff7av
movement.
Letters are now arriving from Lady
smith which show the desperate condi-
ton to which the garrison had come
when the city was relieved. Only ]. 900
were fit to offer any determined resist
ance to the Roers, at the time Lord
Dundonald arrived.
HAY GOES TO KROONSTADT.
Pretoria, Monday, March 26-United
States Consul Hay and his secretary
have gone to Kroonstadt to make neces-
Sary arrangements for United States
representation in the Free State.
dispatch received here from the
BOer headquarters in Natal announces
that destruction continues of coal mines
likely to be useful to the British.
ONE GOOD FIGHT.
Van Wyksvleit Tuesday March 81
The Boer Commander Steinkamp, is at
Upington with 500 men and ammunition
for one good fight.
British advance on Upington has
been ordered. The rain has ceased and
progress is fairly easy.
FLOODS INTERVENE
Carnarvon. Tuesday, March Pit is
reported that a British column has been
unable to advance from Van Wyck's
Blei, owing to the floods which have
been without precedent for decades
The roads are quite impossible
1t is also reported that the rebels are
still gathered at Rofberg, waiting for
the British troops to go further north
so that they may raid Carnarvon.
Colonel Hirchener of the Canadian
mounted rifles. is proceeding to Cape
Town on sick leave
CLEMENTS OCCUPIES JAGERSFON-
TEIN
London, March 2S.-The Daily Mail
publishes the following from Faures-