The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-11
Saw 1t Occurred to South
ward of Brandfort.
CAPTURED NINE HUNDRED
Six Hundred British Were Killed
or Wounded.

simply an Exnsw~rated Account
ready Reportcd--A Berlin Corre-
spondert Insist. Capt. Reichmaa.
Boer Leader. Is a Z. :. omcsr.
LONDON. April 1.-THE Daily News has
the following from Pretoria. dated Mon
day, by way OF Delasoa bay;
1T is officially announced that battle
has been fought south OF frankfort in
which 6a British troops were killed and
woraded and 400 taken prisoners.
Lord Roberts IL declared to be finding
great difficulty owing 20 the scarcity OF
water"
Brandfort sends Out the story.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Brandfort dated Sunday. says:
Yesterday Gen he Wet Inflicted the
third defeat on the british within n week
at Meerkatsfontcin killing and woundlng
600. lie captured 30 with twelve wagons
losing ive Beers killed and nlne wounded
Another Version OF II.
The Daily Mail publishes tho following.
dated Aprii 10, from Lourenxo Maruuess
The Netherland Railway Company pro-
fesses to have received a telegram report
Ing Boer victory near KrconstAd, tho
Beers capturing 800 British"
Commenting upon this. tho Daily Mail
remarks;
There is Mcerkatsfontein about fvs
and half miles southeast ~ Kroonstnd
but IL the report be true this can hardly bs
tho place.
Not Credited In London.
But that tho war once has Issued ne
news from Lord Roberts during the last
threa days there would he little dispose
tion to place any crcdence IN the Bosr re-
ports on another British disaster. Tho un-
expected rsllyins OF the Free state COM
n1andoa, however, leaves the public In q
nervous condition. fearing everything.
May lie tho R~ddershurg Anair.
Dispatches from Pretoria as late as Mon
day did not mention any further Bo.r vic
tory. on tho contrary. they ssid all tho
eommandos were quiet. and as Lord Rob-
erta had hitherto never failed promptly to
report mischRuces as well as successes or
TO allow the newspaper correspondents to
report them until come connrma tion IL re-
ceived. there is Justification for regarding
the Meerkatstontein rumor as only an es-
sggefated account ~ the Readorsburs af-
fair Al the same time noer reports have
50 often proved correct that tho greatest
anxiety viii te felt
Mcthean IL Advancing.
No further news has been received ~
fighting either At Werenef or IN Natal
Ho.r reports aeem 20 Indicate that LORD
Methuen il Advancing from Iioshaf toward
Hoopstad. II is bold hud apparently
dangerous move SINCE although u turns
the right flank of The uosr position At
Branafort, N puts Lord Aethuen's forcs
between whatever garrtson there may 10
at Bloemhof the Trapsyaai and the
HraudfoFt fetce
Peace Comntssioner-.
The ltoer peace commissioners ~ Sspss
ao not conceal ihe fart inst fhev have no
hopc - obtaining peace With Independence
Cor the rcpuhicp. hat thss wti shasavor 20
save taoig amour prope or 90 seepfs
truce for further negotiations
Mf F}vths1 taSa fhh present rosr
strength Hi fhe front ia Nl08
Hamor. About nali.r.
in coHnsttlah w8fh fhs resumption -
hosuHuea in Setst au Interesting fufnar
b. current thar t}eb fuiler has ahtainsl
command of one ~ thn prshkensbcrg
passes. whefebF hn h8lsss % take She
IiDer4 in tha rear in she event ~ fbla
being auccersful Cen. fuiier has enough
troops t8 ienFr 81 ap msn 20 hul8 Nhtsl
philf ho a1tsrrea bg waY - Hsrriat1lih.
EbsncF hs <Daid i,s ahle fe threaten the
Bscr lafltlsn at Hethieissni ana Kroon-
sfsd
The officials of the foreign ofnce here
ridiruis tAf Htaierseflt usaaa 5a a dispatch
from 81 pstfrabarg puhIfaLed in fhs
AfteEbladt ~ At0r khaffa. sag inE the cnmF
"a "rxtfernelY sztaff1 ognF tar AnKlo-
Portszueze arrangement in regard %
landing British troops am8 supplies At
ttsira. ard lhst Pee Intends e. Issue
proclamation protecting nKafust q in
ths roursr ~ he forthcoming visit %
Haaeea. aad aay there 10 90 basis tor
tha statement fhat ibs foreign afece hAs
received istjsgs on she subject The Brit
ish foreign ofhra ofaciaia conss>er that
81 "a entirely oat ~ the giTotlues of Hussta
% interfere wiiH me Anglo Portuguese
Arrangements the war ofncs evidently
regards the war AZ helng iB the nature
of a rebeiliou and qgito outside the cate
Rcry ~ what was provided for by The
Hague conference. 80 Intervention of any
klna under Tine Hague epnvsntioa is re-
GAFdst aa impnav tose
Smsai Guns Bombarsins.
The fJufbaa correspondent - the Daily
Telegraph. teieEraphlng April ~. says
-Dur aaval gums hate commenced bonn
harding tho E0@g positions between Sun
day river and H.EEarsbeFg
Troops LsnsfnE Natal.
The Durban cofresp spondeHt II the stand
ard. telegraphiuE Tuesday. ssys:
Large numbers OF troops are coming