Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-16
HUNGRY MAFEkING
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passing through are showing him courtc-
sizes. The Lisbon cabinet is understood to
count on British protection in the event
of Boer aggression.
The war office last evening. issued an
abstract of British casualties since the
of 2o,o35 exclusive of the sick In the field
and the invalids. including the wounded
sent home. who number 1901.
a dispatch to the Daily Mail from
LourenZo Marques. dated Tuesday,
says: There is now no doubt that
there was desperate fighting at MAIZE
gink. Saturday. but it is believed to
have gone in favor of the garrison. All
that can be ascertained Of a reliable
character follows:
The Beers. using artillery. attacked
the town. Saturday. Very soon the
kaffir location was in flames some say
as the result of shell fire. others as the
result Of treachery. Fighting at close
quarters became general. and, in the
midst of the confusion, the Beers gain
ed possession of the kaffir location,
from which point of vantage they
brought guns to bear on the town at
close range. BY an adroit move the
garrison, despite its attenuated num-
bers. succeeded in actually surround
ing the party of Beers who captured
the kaffir location. Severe fighting fol-
lowed. but. according to the latest re-
ports, the Beers still hold the location
in which they are probably surrounded
The truth is. l believe. that the Pre-
gress of the relief column, gave orders
TO Gen. Snyman to storm the place. As
soon as the loca ton was in flames
Boer bulletins of victory We're flying
about everywhere to encourage the
Weak-kneed burghers. Beers who
came here. yesterday, from Pretoria
produced for the cdification Of incrcd-
ulOus Britishers two kilograms by Of
fcialS, one Of which was signed by
Snyman, and said: L was lucky
enough to capture Baden Powell with
900, this morning.
There is no doubt about the heavy
fighting. a telegram from the Portu-
guese consul to the governor general
here confirms this; and there is little
doubt of the occupation of the Kaffir
stand. But similar kilograms We're
published at Pretoria about Ladysmith
and quite recently about Wepener just
before Col. Dalgety was relieved"
New York. May 15.-The steamship
Maashdam, with the peace ENJOYS
from the South African REPUBLICS to
the United States, arrived here, today.
from Rotterdam. The ENJOYS. Messrs.
Abraham Fischer, J. NJ. a. Wolmarans
and G. II. Vessels. were met Try a com
mittee which went down the bay to
greet them and later were greeted by
a larger body of Boer sympathizers
gathered on the pier at Hoboken where
the Maasdam locked. The mayor of
Hoboken extended a welcome to them.
and the party then took carriages for
the Hotel Manhattan in this city.
London, May 15.-S.10 +. M.-Lady
Sarah Wilson has wired to her sister.
Lady Georgiana CurZon. from MAIZE
king, under date of May 3, saying: Our
breakfast consisted of horse sausages
and lunch Of minced mule and curried
locusts. All WELL
A dispatch from the Boer laager at
Retspruit. dated Thursday, May 10,
via Kroonstad, describing the Zand
river fighting, says: Gen. Botha adj
dressing the burghers, said: AT this
same Zand river Great Britain. in 1852.
signed a treaty acknowledging the full
of the Transvaal; now,
half a century later. Great Britain has.
for the second time proposed to wrest
from the Transvaal by violence, the
rights then fully recognized, merely
to crafty her land and gold lust
"A report was received. last night,
that the British had crossed ont of the
lower drifts. At 6 this morning. the
first cannon shot proclaimed the open
ing of the battle. The British hosts
could be seen advancing in solid mass
es. Their cavalry hung on our TANKS.
Their infantry was less easily discern
abe in the grass. The sky was cloud |
ed with smoke from the burning veldt. |
THE fighting began at Philip Botha's
position above the railway bridge. A
British field battery pushed across the
river and bombarded the kopjes
Philip Botha was holding so heavily
that they appeared to be handicapped
from the bursting shrapnel. Under
cover of this cannonade the British
infantry advanced; but they met with
so hot a reception that they had to
retire. In the meantime the British