Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-07-06

tivity and Much Boldness, Thereby Giving
the British Much Trouble.
London. The war office has receiv-
ed the following from Lord Roberts:
Pretoria, June 29.-Paget reports
from LindIey that he was engaged on
June 30 with body of the enemy who
were strongly reinforced during the
day. A convoy Of stores for the Lind.
ley garrison was also attacked on June
28, but after heavy rearguard action
the convoy reached Linley In safety.
sour casualties were ten killed and
four officers and about fifty men
wounded.
THE fight reported yesterday was
under Lieut.. Col. Grenrel, not Drelper.
Brsbant came up after the engage
ment. The loss was there killed and
twenty three wounded.
ION the previous day near Ficks-
burg. Boyes' brigade was In action
with body of the enemy. Our cas-
ualtles were two officers killed four
men wounded and one man missing.
"Methuen found yesterday that the
Boer laager near vachkop and Spitz-
kop had besn hastily removed in the
direction Of Lindley. He followed the
enemy twelve miles and captured g.
900 sheep and 500 head of cattle which
the enemy had seized In that neighbor-
hood. Our casualties were four men
wounded.
Hunter contI a d bis march to-
ward the Vaal river, unoppossd. Many
farmers along the route have surren-
dered.
"Springs, the terminus of the rail.
way from johannesburg, due east. was
attacked early yesterday morning. The
Canadian regiment which garrisons the
place, beat off the enemy. No casual.
ties are reported.
'sLisut. Moss reported missing after
the attack on the construction train,
is a prisoner of the Beers.
"Actiye Boer guerrilla operations
are reported from half dozen points
in Orange River colony
Boer o5;cIal reports from Machado-
dorp aver that part of a British con
voy was captured on June "a near
Winburg
The Lorenzo Marquee correspondent
of the Times says:
''Both the burghers and the for
eigners who are arriving here profess
belief that it will take from three
to six months to subdue tye Beers"
Another dispatch from Lorenzo Mar
quez says:
IA consignment to foreign firm
marked Dutch cheese, damaged, prov
cd on landing to contain army boots
for the Beers 1t passed the customs,
nevertheless, with unusual disps tch,
and the British consul is making rep
RESERVATIONS to the Portuguese govern
ment.'
INCREASED BOER ACTIVITY.
London. n.--Outside of minor conflicts
in the Orange River colony showing
ontinued Boer activity In the Senekal
district, the kilograms from South
Africa merely indicate preparations
for. it is hoped, the final operations of
the tediously prolonged war.
A Cape Town dispatch reports an at
tempt by the Beers to blow up the ar
tillery barracks aud magazine at Pre-
toria 1t is added that an artillery man
who frustrated the attempt by with
drawing lighted fuse, was killed by
a Boer, whom the soldiers afterwards
attempted to lynch.
The British authorities are deporting
large numbers of Hollanders to Hol-
land to be dealt with by their own gov
ernment, for not obeying the state of
neutrality declared by the Netherlands.
President Steyn is reported to be at
Bethlehem, consulting with Gen. De-
wet.
Sir Alfred Miner, the British high
commissioner, has notified the govern.
ment to pay the interest on the Free
State per cent, loan due July L. on
condition that there is no further liza
bility either for capital or interest.
Cape Town reports that President
Kruger is still at Macha sodorp "afraid
to move fearing that the bridges are
undermined.
The life sentsnoos of Ed Cain and
Bob StsYens, convicted of assisting in