Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-27
DISCUSSING
SURRENDER.
Dewet, Steyn and Hassbroek May
q. Lay Down Their Arms Upon
nT Certain Conditions.
ATTACK ON BURGHERSDORR
The Beers We're Repulsed After Heavy
Fighting The British Are in Pursuit
@ An Unsuccessful Flank Move
ment-Boers are Active.

Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony,
December 26.-Tht re are renewed but
unconfirmed rumors here that General
Dewet, President Steyn and General
Hassbroek had a conference and decid-
ed to offer to surrender providing the
colonial rebels are not punished, and the
leaders, including themselves, are not
deported.
THE BOERSs sREPULSED.
Cape Town, December 27.-A small
party of Beers attacked Burghersdorp
on December "a, and We're repused aft
er heavy fighting. The Beers are ac-
tive, and skirmishes in several places
are,reported.
PURSUING KRUITZINGER.
Burghersdorp, Cape Colony, Decem-
ber 26.-Colonel Grenfell continues in
touch with Kruitzinger's command of
700 men, who are carrying off British
prisoners. Kruitzinger abandoned his
maxims. An attempt of the 9th lancers
to turn Kruitzinger's flank at Plaster
heuvel, December "a, resulted in eight
casualties among the lancers, including
Lord Frederick Blackwood, wounded.
BRITISH OPERATIONS.
London, December 27.-The following
dispatch was received from Lord Kitch-
ener, dated Pretoria 26th inst: Knox,
with Barker, Pitcher and White, is en-
gagged with Dewet's force, holding po-
sition i'm the neighborhood of Leuwkop,
Dewet hopes to break through and go
south again. The Beers eastern col
umn in Cape Colony is apparently head
ed off by our troops about Reitport-
spruit. The Beers western column is
reported to have gone north in two
portions, one toward Prieska, the 9TH
er through strydenburg. They are be-
ing followed up
BOER ATTACKS REPELLED.
London, December 27.-The following
dispatch from General Kitchener was
received from Pretoria under to-days
date: Yesterday 200 Beers attacked a
small police post near Boksburg. The
police gallantly drove them off before
rived. The Beers damaged the mining
machinery in the neighborhood. The
Beers attacked Utrecht ait 2 o'clock this
morning, butt were driven off. The
Beers held up train three miles west
Of Pan, but were driven off. The east
ern force of the Beers of Cape Colony
was headed yesterday and driven in
the direction of Venterstad. The west
ern force is still being driven north
through Streydenburg.
BRITISH ARMY REFORM.
London, December 27.-The war office
has begun the promised reform in the
army in a sensational manner 1t de-
manded the resignation of Maj Gen.
Sir Henry Colville, commanding the in
fantry brigade at Gibraltar and recent
ly commanding the 9th division of the
South Africa field force. General Coll
Vile refuses to resign, and is now on
his way to England. The news Is all
the more startling, as the question of
Colville's responsibility for the yeoman-
ry disaster at Lindlay last May was
fully investigated by the authorities
when Colvlle returned from South Af-
RIGA last summer. After the inquiry
General Colville was reinstated in his
command at Gibraltar in September
last. The attitude Of the war office in
dictates a new regime in Pail Mall,
which will reverse the decisions of Lord
Lansdowne and Lord Wolseley i'm re-
gard to some recent commanders in
South Africa.
PRISONERS RELEASED.
London, December 27-The Evening
Standard says that it understands that
the squadron of yeomanry, which, as
announced in a dispatch from Cape
Town yesterday, was entrapped and
captured by the Beers, whom they were
following from Britstown, was released
after the men had been relieved of their
horses and other equipments. Ten of
the yeomanry, the paper adds, were
wounded.
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