The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-27

most stubborn opposition and Of heavy
loss President Kruger's grandson Is
among the Beers killed"
tb mT heavy rhtin s9e Of Frdsy in which the
Inniskiillngs approached within 800 yards
OF the summit Of rocky Boer position
and then calamity charged in the face or
han of bullets. he says: After re-
peated attempts, however, and having lost
heavily, they recognized that tney were
unable to prevail. Nevertheless they re-
fused 10 retreat but lay down on the
slope behind a shelter Of walls. The CON
naugb6s and the Dublin fusileeTs were sen EN-
10 their support, but the light faded ana
the night closed In before the main at
tack had developed"
Additional List of Casualties.
The war Office today Issued an addition
al list OF the casualties sutained Dy ths
Fifth brigade, under Gen. Butler, FepTa-
arv e and ~ which includes seven ON,
GERS killed, twenty-three wounded ana
one missing. Gen. Buller's death llst con-
neiE-zThackeray, OF the First Royal INNS
Killing fusileers; StillweH, Of the second
Royal Dublin fusiIers and hor3id 81 t ille
81 the British casualties az PaarleDefs,
February ~, IL announced, ana gives a
lieutenant and eight men killed, a h .si,ei
ant and seven men missing, anu t"iNs
eight men wounded
wilkinson CriticiKes Butler
Spencer wilklnsons article in the
Morning Post today is almost wholly de-
voted % criticism o, Gen Gen b ~ sendi1g
r sls Ing these BY details. as revealed
y the dispatch from Wins.9 9nr C tbat NJ
Churehll's advices are too incomplets
10 enable a correct idea to be formed
since hts dispatch breaks OF In the mid-
die leaving the battle unfinished
voer. lowering Around Pnnrdeberg.
A dispatch from Paardebergs dated FIJI;
day, 10 the Times says that several
thousand Beers are lowering in that
neighborhood.
Dublin FusiIeers' Good Work.
The Times has the following from
pietermaritzburg dated Friday, Febru-
ary q: THE Dublin Fusileers nave
again distinguished themselves BY voIu
teering TO take Groebelers kloof, which
they did This gallant battalion. which
began the campaign $50 strong, can 10
day be said 10 muster on parade only be-
tween 100 and 200 OF its original mem
bers."
Intrigues Mt the Cape.
The Brussels correspondent of the
Daily Mail SAWS AS a result OF special
inquiries in Boer circles here. ! am able
from the intrigues of the Afrikander-
bund and the coming congress. Unless
the ends Of the bund are otherwise, At
tanned. It will fan the fame OF rebellion
throughout the colony
beers Concentrate 10 Meet Roberts.
A dispatch 10 the Daily News from iour-
emo Marquee. dated February % says.
ut IL reported here that 5000 burghers
have left Ladysmlh for the Free state.
The Beers are concentrating their forces
thirty miles outside OF Bloemfonten ana
The Free State government Is moving TO
Winherg
''Renforcemenis from all parts are pass
ing through Boemfontein hourly Presi-
dent Steyn has telegraphed President kru-
ger that Lord Roberts Is within a few
hours OF Bloemfontein and he urges that
every male. Irrespective of nationality,
should DO Communicated
sfeyn wants Peace.
president Steyn Is said Ia faver peace
The Poer general who was IN command at
coienso sent q message to President Kru-
ger saying that he had been smashed up
There, and recommending overtures scr
peace. The burghers at Mafeking are also
reported 20 have sent word 70 Kruger
that they would rather defend their own
farms than hght elsewhere.
The Pretoria government ~ paying it,
debts with bar gold, the English profess
sionsi coiners having refused to work Tn
Outstanding how continental shareholders
are affected hy the closing OF the Robinson
hank President Kruger allows the insitu-
ton 10 reopen"
statue for CeciI Rhodes.
dispatch from kimberley says hat its
inhabitants have planned the erection OF
Z, statue. 70 Cecil Rhodes in recognition OF
BoIler Reports Casualties.
Gen Butler. In dispatch from colenso.
dated Sunday reports that the British cas-
unlties February ~ were twelve killed and
ninety wounded among the somersess and
Dorsets. and that February % and Febru-
AIRY e twelve officers were wounded.
Croaic Has narrowed.
II the latest dispatches from Paardeberg
throw any light ON the situation, they
show that Gen Cfonte'a forces have far
Orofrptfuu from ord RDbNFfs' fire
than first dispatches indicated 4 dispatch
from Paardeberg published in the second
edition Of the DAILY Chronicle dated sat
"A balloon has discovered the enemy well
covered by a system OF burrowng In the
river bank. which resembles a rabbit war
rem. and affords sheil-proof positions"
This perhaps more than any other cir
cumstance explains why what Is looked
upon there as Cronje's death struggle Is
prolonged Thus lt will not be much OF
a surprise II today or tomorrow, which
Is the anniversary OF MaJuba HIN. pass
without being marked by the surrender
or annihilauon ~ the gallant band so
overwhelmingly hemmed In. though the
closeness 81 the Investment appears open
TO criticism. Small bodies OF Beers APP
parently are able 10 make their escape.
This causes comparison between the Rner
method % investment. with their quickly
surrounding trenches, impossible barbed
wire. etc, and those % the British.
Buffers march on Ladysnith Is being
marked by sharp nghting a Pietermar itE-
burg dispatch of t0days date says he Is
stiii heavily engaged IA Hghtng In Cioeb-
lers kloop Butler seems 60 have dlscov-
cred hornets nest.
Advance IN tho Cape.
In Cape Colony the British arms are
steadily advancing narkley East Is now
On thcif possession according 20 "a dts
patch from ~ z district the Roers evRc-
untinE the plaa tetreattug on INdyrav
and wiring President Styeu FOR reinforce
mrnts So prevent their surrender Tho
Pretoria government proclaimed F'ehrtt.
arv Is and 20 DAVIS 81 Thanksgiving and
PRAYER. presumably in Wumory of the
hattie - Mnfuia hill
Canadian Transport Arrives.
CAPE TOWN Feb 26 Tho Canadian
transport pumpraniau. from Halifax jan
nary sA with another contingent 90 Ca.
nadtan troops ON hoard. has arrived here
Natives Attack the uoers.
I.oVRENxO stat.tJt EN. Feb "A
aispatrh from t}ahnrsuea dated Thurs.