The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-03-24
RELIEF ON. THE WAY.
Siege of MafekinE Bids Fair Soon to
he Raised--Progress of brit
ish Advance.


at Warrenton. AS the force neared
Windsorton the Beers evacuated the
town, blowing up the bridge.
London, March 19.-The Morning
Post expert thinks that Mafeking has
been relieved by Col. Plumer by this
time, as the Post has cable from
Maj. Baillie, its correspondent, say
ing: Wire instructions" which is
dated Lobatsl, March 10. Maj. Baillie
has been with the Mafeking defenses
for the last few months and has been
sending his dispatches out by various
means.
The news from South Africa to-day
is entirely satisfactory to the British
public. The relief of Mafeking is not yet
! announced, but it is extremely prob.
able that this is already accomplished
by Col. Plumer's advance.
London, March 19.-The war Office
has received the following dispatch
from Field Marshal Lord Roberts,
dated Bloemfontein, Sunday, Marcn
IS:
1.-THE Guards brigade returned yesterday
from Norvals Pont, Several burghers have
laid down their arms to Gen. Pole-Carew at
Edenhurg and elsewhere. The officer COM
manding at Belmont reports that some de-
sertcrs have come In with maxim, q
niue-pounder and another gun. Another
nine-pounder has been brought into Coles
berg. The cavalry brigade has gone. to
Thaba Nchu In order to reassure the In
habitants of that district and to .distrib-
ute copies of the proclamation to the peo-
pie of the Free State. These proclama
lions are being eagerly sought after. Lord
Methuen reached Warrenton on March IL.
He was In time to prevent the Deviation
bridge from being completely destroyed
and to secure the pont on the Naal The
English mail was dispatched from here
by rail yesterday and tomorrow the regu-
lar mail service with Cape Town will be
reopened.'
Lourenzo Marques, March ia
dispatch from Mafeking, dated Sat-
urlay. March 10. says:
"Thc garrison is holding it's own. We
have heard numerous rumors that the
siege will be raised but so far that is not
the case. We are pegging along patiently
( on quarter rations, supplemented by the
| occasional capture of cattle our home
made gun crratically bombards the Boer
trenches Horrible stories are current that
the Beers arc intllCting namcless fortunes
upon captured native runners. These may
not be true, but they are tending to infiame
native passions to such an extent that 1t
may soon be impossible to hold the ma
/ tives in check. owing to the Beers having
deliberately bombardod the native stadt,
/ which is fun of women and children, Col.
/ Baden Powell has armed the natives, but
I he has only allowed them to act on the
/ defensive, although they have clamored to
! be allowed to go out and attack at the
] point of the asscgai. They will be pre-
vented as long as possible from innicting
/ repriSals on the Beers"
Cape Town. March 19.--The MAIZE
4 king relief column, Coils. Drummond
| and Peadman commanding. had a
sharp engagement at Fourteen
4 Streams. The British succeeded in
/ driving the Beers of
/ Pretoria Friday, March 16.-The
/ chief OF the intelligence department
/ Molongraaf, announces that the feder-
4 al losses. prior o the relief Of Kimber-
ley and Ladysmith were: Killed G71;
/ wounded. 2129. Accidents, sickness
and other disabling causes, he asserts.
bring the total to ASH.
London, March 19.-The Orange Free
I State is the queens dominion. Gen.
Gatacrc has occupied Springfontein.
and Gen. pole-Carew. with the guards.
! has Joined Gen. Clements at Norval's
pont. The Free State commanders
/ have disappeared in the south, and
! their guns have probably been buried
! or concealed. No resistance has been
! offered to the British columns in the
/ southern district and the burghers are
4 everywhere returning to their homes.
/ There are many press dispatches from
/ Brabant's. Gatacre's and Clements col
! umns. but there is only one story-the
| Free State forces are disbanding and
/ the rebellion in the Dutch district Of
/ Cape Colony is ut an end. The British
/ troops have been welcomed as allies,
! and not received sullenly as enemies.
London, March ia dispatch to
| the Daily Mail from Bloemfontein,
! dated Friday. March 16, says: I'VE
are getting rifles surrendered faster
! than factory could turn them out.
! 1t is quite certain that if n British Of
! fetal can reach the northern laagers
| with Lord Roberts proclamation, the
whole Boer population will declare
! for peace"
London. March 1o.-The Naples cor
/ TtSIlOlNltlll VI NlN ipdliN -hdIl 'Nh
! graphs an interview he has had with
! Webster Davis, United States assist
ant secretary of the interior. Ac-
cording to this Mr.. Davis said: "When
| left Pretoria the Beers were becom-
ing DESTROYS of peace. President
Kruger and Gen. Joubert were the
strongest opponents of the peace par
| ty. but they were becoming exceed
ingly unpopular. do not believe
the Beers will resist much longer"
The correspondent says Mr.. Davis de-
clined to speak regarding his mission,
but that the general belief in Naples
is that he is bearing terms and re-
quest for American mediation.
London, March ia dispatch to the
Daily News from Bloemfontein, dated
Friday, March 16, says: Events have
occurred which induce some to predict
that the war will last only so long as it
takes to march to Pretoria. The edu-
Gated Beers, even the Transvaalcrs, are
ready to accept the inevitable.
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