Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-28
SKIRMISHING IN
SOUTH AFRICA
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tcenth Lancers. was slightly wounded
in an affair OF outposts north OF the
Modder river March 2jth.'
dispatch from Bloemfonten dated
March 26th and published In the sec
ond edition of the Times amplifies Lord
Roberts dispatch as Follows:
IA cavalry reconnaissance was made
yesterday towards Brandfort. The Six
tenth Lancers, by skirmishing, drew
the Beers from their position into the
open, when the Ninth Lancers attempt
ed to outfiank the enemy. while they
were engaged from the front by n
dismounted section OF the Sixteenth
Lancers. Our casualties are reported
to be few
RAILROAD BUILDING.
A dispatch from Mazeru, Basutoland,
Goth, says:
THE Basutoland government is busy
collecting natives to be employed at
Bloemfontein in repairing and laying
railroads. The natives report that the
Free Staters on the borders of Basuto-
land have refused to go to ISroonstad
and are staying on their farms, as it is
now the ploughing season. and they
are inclined 10 keep their land and
submit rather than to give 1t up and
fight"
BULLERS WORD DISPUTED.
1eHGTul oOIHsb ucnleS TIC IGDOit Is
that Transvaal women were wounded
in the Tugcla trenches. General Bull
Ter has sent the Beers q list of their
wounded. stating that he buried sixty
men. General Botha says this is i'm
possible, as his rolls do not show any
such loss"
A Ladysmith special says:
"Boer patrols endeavoEed to trap a
party of the Thirteenth Huzzars, March
%, at Waschbank. A hot chase ensued.
Several Beers were wounded"
The same dispatch says:
"a printed document has been found
giving the Boer losses at Spoin Kop at
over $500. but this can scarcely be
credited"
SICKNESS AMONG BOERS.
Sickness among the Boer prisoners
on the transports is increasing. Three
deaths occurred March &c. The bodies
were buried by the British with the
Transvaal flag on the collins, the lead
Ing Dutch of Smonstown attending the
funeral Typhoid alone claims 100 vic
TINS among the prisoners and the popu-
lation Of Smonstown fear an epidemic
ANOTHER WAR PROPHESIED
The Bund. at meeting Mt Paarl March
%. attended by several members of the
Cape Assembly passed resolutions re-
GREETING that the Cape Government was
not consulted before the war, and de-
clarlnG that any settlement which did
not respect the independence Of the re-
publics would be detrimental to the
highest interests of the British empire.
General White was presented with an
address by the Mayor and Municipal
Council OF Cape Town to-day. assuring
him OF their sympathy in his enforced
home. and declaring that the records
of the seige of Ladysmith are among
tho brightest annals of the nation.
Michael Davitt arrived at Lorenzo
Marques March "a.
BOER RAIDING PARTY.
London. March 2S.-4 a. m-The Boers
are having n little good luck and are
showing some 'boldness again, as n
raidlng party. estimated at 4nc. is he
lieved by the British forces Mt War
renton to have crossed the Kimberley
Bloemfontein wagon road Monday and
to have headed for Jacobsdal, with the
intention of cutting the railway ten
miles west.
Commandant Olivier appears to have
gotten his five thousand mea and
twenty-five miles of wagons into
rugged country. where he can make an
easy rear guard defense. Charles Will
liams, the military expert, says:
OLIVIER'S GREAT FEAT.
eff this column gets through sub
stantialiy Commandant Olivier will