Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
A BRACE OF MARVELS.
JIeverneEs of the Beers and CareIesznesn
OF the British Are Con-
spicuous.

!
! London, April Q, $50 a. m.-Whe1 il
| is borne in mind that all the dis
| patches from the front are severely
| censored. there is little in the news to
/ bring satisfaction TO England. As
I surances that nothing need be feared,
| even if the railways and telegraph=
are cut and Bloemfontein isolated, to-
! gether with the news that the ladies
and other civilians are being ordered
| away do not augur well.
Failed for Lack of Cavalry.
There are rumors from Cape Tow
| that the telegraph wires were already
cut yesterday Sunday and also that
| the hussars, who w.ra sent to the re-
lief of the Royal Irish rifles are also
missing. although possibly these are
| the outcome OF Loci. aggerations de-
| signed to encourage the burgners. The
attempt of Gen. Colville TO catch the
Boer leaders in conference at Reitfon-
tein failed. probably, as usual, because
of the lack of cavalry.
The Whole Free State is Up Again.
The results OF these serious checks
to the British arms is that the whole
Free State is up again, and that the
Beers are full of activity over the en-
tire field.
y belated Boer dispatch says that
bayonets were being made for the
foreign legion under the late Gen.
De Nillebois Mareuil.
a MnSrificent stratesical Feat.
The Beers are boasting that the
Colesberg and Stormberg eomman-
does, number 5000, with ten cannon
and $50 wagons, have gotten safely
through, thus performing a ''magnifi-
cent feat"
A Boer account of the Bloemfontein
waterworks affair says:
''Col. Broadwood evacuated Thaba
N'Chu owing to thu advance of Com
mandant Olivier from the south. The
federal troops found the British camp
in peaceful slumber. without senti-
mel or an outpost to give the alarm.
Gen. De Wet Immediately placed guns
and the commanders in such positions
as to surround the British, who did
HOI nave llIuS 10 recover 4TCIH
surprise"
A Pair of MarveIs.
The Cape Town correspondent of
the Times, discussing the affair, says
''All the details only serve to bring
out clearly the marvellous cleverness
of the Roers, no less than the marvel
Gus carelessness and improvidence of
the British officers. whom, it would
seem, no series of disasters will ever
teach to keep wide awake"
Like Entering a Cloak Room.
1.-THE Beers in Col. Broadwood's rear
drove his force in to the party at the
drift exactly as cartridges are driven
to gun. At the drift itself, as each
wagon descended the hollow it was
shown which way to drive, so as not
to block the convoy. When the guns
arrived the trap was all clear again
for their reception. As one who was
present said: 1T was like cloak
room. The Beers politely took your
rifle and asked you kindly to step to
one side. There was nothing else for
YOU to do"
The American Scout BUrnham.
The American scout, Burnham, tes-
titles to the terrific pace with which
the Boer commanders cover the
ground. and the ease with which they
move their guns.
The Beers are displaying increased
activity in Natal, but there is no sign
that Gen. Butler is moving.
Mafel<ins Still seseised.
Mafeking was still beseiged on April
l. The garrison was suffering severe
" from lack of bread, and mixture
OF oats, bran and meal was doing duty
for that article. which is described as
coarse in substance, of the color of
ginger bread and of the consistency
of Norwegian pine
Worst Aspect of the Situation.
Mazeru, Basutoland, Thursday, April
5.-The re-occupation of Ladybrand,
Thaba N'Chu and the BloemfoEtein
waters9orks by the Beers in the very
sight of the Basutos who recently wit
messed the expulsion of the Beers by
the British, is far the most important
aspect of the situation here, in view
of its probable effect upon the native
mind.
Already the natives are urging that
the British have suffered reverses, and,
should the British evacuate Wepener,
the results, so far as the natives are
are likely to prove disas-
trous.
All hope to see Gen. Brabant stead |
lily advance and drive the enemy be-
fore him.
They Made "a Plucky stand.
Bethany, Orange Free State, April !
5.-The five companies of British in !
fantry which were surprised by the |
commando while march |
ing across the country via De Vets |
dorp, made plucky stand; but as the !
Beers had three field guns and the |
British none the latter were COM
PEELED to surrender.
Gen. Gatacre arrived too late Red
dersburg was already re-occupied by
the Beers, and the enemy are now
the lines to the south.
Escaping Boer Prisoners.
Simonton, Cape Colony, April Tt |
now appears that no fewer than thir- |
ty Beers escaped from the old camp |
last evening. Nine have since been |
recaptured. The prisoners effected |
their escape by cutting a fence under |
the sentry bridge, while the sentry |