Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-03-08
THE TIDE TURNS.
Two Notable English Successes
Inside of Three Days.
Gen. Cronje Surrenders and the Sefgs
of Ladysmith Is Raised - The
British Government Resolves
TO Prosecute the War with
Renewed VigOr.

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cabled to the war Office from Paarde-
berg yesterday as follows:
"Cronje and all his force capitulated
unconditionally at daylight this morn
ing. Now prisoner in my camp.
strength of force will be communi-
Gated later.
Il hope government considers thix
event satisfactory, occurring on the
anniversary of Majuba. 'RoBERTs."
The secretary of state for war, the
| Marquis of Lansdowne, announced in
the house of lords yesterday that the
prisoners captured with Gen. Cronje
numbered about 1000 men. Gen,
Cronje will be sent to Cape Town.
| The officers captured by Gen. Rob
erts besides Gen. Cronje include the
| following well-known commanders:
Chief Commandant Wolverans, a mem
Der of the volllsraad, Field Cornet
Frus, a Scandinavian; Maj. Albrecht,
the famous German artilleryman, and
| Maj. Nondevits, the distinguished Ger
man officer responsible for most of the
! splendid engineering works of the
| Beers since the commencement of the
war.
| Twenty-nine Transvaal officers and
! IS Free State officers were made pris-
oners. The guns captured from the
! Transvaal forces were three krupps,
nine one-pounders and one Maxim
gun. From the Free Staters the Brit
ish captured one krupp and one Max
i'm gun.
The enthusiasm exhibited in parlia-
ment over Lord Roberts graphic de-
tails of the surrender of Gen. Cronje
spread quickly to the street. Crowds
of people gathered about the war Of
fee and the other bulletin places, in
spite of the rain that was falling at
the time. Frequent cheers were given
for "Bobs," who is the hero of the
hour.
Ottawa. Ont. Feb. 2S.-Lord Rob-
erts in dispatch to Lord Mimic, gov
ernor general, states that eight Cana
dians were killed and 80 wounded.
A special dispatch from Cape Town,
dated Tuesday, says: The Beers at
| Barklv East have offered to surrender
on condition that the safety of the
rebel Dutch is assured. The British,
, however, insist upon an unconditional
surrender"
London, March 2.-The war Office
yesterday received the following dis
patch from Gen. Butler: Gen. Dun
donald, with the Natal carbineers and
a composite regiment, entered Lady
smith Wednesday night"
Gen. Butler wires from Nelthorpe
that he has returned from Ladysmith.
| He adds that the whole country south
of the place is cleared of the Beers.
Britons feel that they are living in
| the presence of momentuous events.
| Tornadoes of patriotic excitement are
whirling through the country. Even
the dullest soul must have been stirred
by the emotions of yesterday and Lon
lon's 100000 people were raised to
high pitch of patriotic eXultation.
| Lord Lansdowne chose the moment
to announce estimates exceeding t6l,-
100000 and rather startled the public
by unfolding the programme OF the
war office to- send out in addition to
the 10000 troops now atloat, 56,OOO
fresh soldiers. Lord Roberts will ul-
timatelv have a force of a quarter of n
million.
An order has reached Woolwich for
The construction of 224 new guns, from
three-pounders to 12-inch guns. OF
these 40 are to be naval guns. AL
ready $4,000 worknen are employed at
the arsenal. and 5000 more will be en-
gagged. These decisions TO send out
more troops and to increase the home
armament meet with universal APP
proval.
The Beers seem to have gotten away
from LadvSmith without losing a gun
or their baggage. The enemy had ar
tillerv in action Tuesday and they
probably utilized both in retreating,
sending the heavy pieces to Pretoria.
DR.. Leyds says that Cen. Joubert is
assembling $4,000 men at Weinberg, 70
miles northeast of Bloemfontein, Col.
Albrecht. according to a dispatch from
Paardeberg. atfirms that the Beers
have $4,000 men left.
The railway will simplify immensely
the perplexities of transport.
The conditions at Ladysmith are
now better understood, as the military
authorities no longer retain their spe-
,ial information. 1t appears that since
the middle of January the horses have
been half-starved and altogether too
weak either to drag guns or TO carry
eayalrvmen. Hence the impossibility
of daShing out.
Rensberg, March 2.-Gen. Clements,
| escorted by a squadron of lnniskill-
ings, entered Colesberg on Wednesday
and secured an enthusiastic reception
The Beers are in full retreat. \ num-
Der of the leading men have been ar
rested. The inhabitants are well and
not starving.
Paardeberg, March at appears
that an action was about to begin
with the Boer reinforcements at the
moment of Gen. Cronje's surrender,
but Lord Roberts forbade it until all
the prisoners should be in safekeep-
ing.
Lord Roberts addressed the Cana
dians afterward, explaining in the
strongest terms his appreciation of
their splendid work and courage. lie
attributed to them the greatest share
in the Boer surrender.