The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-18

Titled personages went to Southampton to
bid the yeomanry farewell.
Roberts Report of Casualties.
Roberts reports the British casualties
during the fighting at Jacobsdal as fol-
lows: One killed.. fourteen wounded and
three missing.
Gen. French Ii Promoted.
The queen has promoted Gen. French
to be major general. French heretofore
has only ranked as a colonel in the army.
with the local rank Of lieutenant general.
Lieut. Col Kekewich has been promoted
to be colonel for his services in the de-
Tense Of Kimberley.
Attaches Reported Missing.
Lioyds weekly London newspaper this
morning publishes dispatch from Modder
river. under date Of Friday, February 10,
evening. saying that the American ana
Austrian attaches are reported TO be miss
ing.
Another dispatch, dated at Jacobsdi
the same day. states that Capt. slocum
and the Austrian attache are at that place
Drawn Fight at Dordrecht.
A special dispatch from Birgs river re-
ports a drawn fight between Brabants
horse and the Beers at Dordrecht. on Feb
ruary 1e The engagement lasted eight
hours. until darkness set In. The British
loss was eight killed and four wounded
The Boer casualties are unknown. the
latter had burned the grass around the
position, so that the British khaki uni
forms showed up distinctly against the
black background. After the fight. the
dispatch says. the British entered Dord-
recht, but left later
Attacking vaal Krnntx.
dispatch to the Evening News from
Lourenzo Marquee, dated today, says
from Boer sources II is reported that the
British are attacking the Boer position at
vaal Krantz, and that the Beers are still
holding the position. This report is prob
ably identical with the bombardment of
Biauwkratz announced yesterday,
Gatacre Again Attacked.
A special dispatch from sterkstrom.
dated today. says the Beers, with artillery,
commenced an attack early this morning
on Molteno. near that place. occupied by
troops commanded by Gen. Gatacre.
Cronje,s stores Captured.
The following dispatch has been received
at the war office from Lord Raherts:
"Jacobsdal. Feb II, $50 a. m.
Gen. -Kenny's brigade captured
yesterday seventy-eight wagons laden
with stores. two wagons OF Mauser rifles.
eight boxes Of shells, ten barrels of ex-
plosives and = large quantity of stores. all
belonging to Cronje's lager, which was
still being shelled by our artillery when
Kitchener dispatched his messenger"
Evacuation of Rensberg.
ARUNDEL, Feb. ls.--rhe retirement OF
the British from Rensberg was most or
derry. The railway had withdrawn the
stores on the previous day. and the bag
gage wagons left before the evacuation
took place. A part of the two companies
of the Wiltshire regiment, which was miss
ing, and the members of which were pre-
sumably asleep after having been on out
post duty. have since arrived. The other
members OF the companies have probably
been taken prisoners.
Boer Account of Movements.
PRETORIA, Feb i6.-It appears from
further reports of yesterdays fighting at
Jacobsdal that 1900 British troops got
through the federal position at Modder
river and entered Kimberley. The feder-
ais intercepted the rear guard of the Brit
ish and captured great booty. many oxen
and a number of prisoners