Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-14
The GENERAL SITUATION.
Ma!eking PIuckily Fighting-Mcthuen Occu
pies Boshof-rears for British Prisoners.

London March 1i.-Lady Sarah Wilson
wires the Daily Mail from Matching. I'M
der date Of March 4, ,by native runner u
lobatsi March - Is ioli2 {,,t,a In h naI-
haTdeti the brick fields ana trenches about
4 mile from the town lor thfeH HourS'
killing one and wouncing two col9nlals-
ron Monday March ), they made de-
tCrmincd attack. owing % y mlSundcr-
standing tie co,onials evacuated the fore
most trench. This the hncrs occupied
but reserves were called up ana inc
trench was recapturcd with u rush. We
had no casualties. F..
..'rhr Ercrs continue very active and 1t
taxes col. BADEN Powell and the Sarri-
lnA'T ,..rv btaviIv 10 prevent them en-
crolchius on our lines. Since Com
mandlnt SnymIn returned from the
north the siege has been prosecuted with
"pNnami ,xpl1sicns were heard durinE
the last two days of Fcgruary. The
Eocrs have Eccn blowing NJ sections OF
the Northern railway showing thtt they
fear The approach Of Col. Plumcr ;
"Tnr rev 5-inch gun made here has
proved very satisfactory ana accurate.
t'ol H4drr-r Powell warned Commdnddnt
Snym&n that unless he disbandcd ANA dis
armed the native lcriCS filling the Eo"r
forward trenches. 10y March j. ne th3drH-
PuwclD would no longer D" roSrohslnI'
FIR restraining Chief Linchwc in the Sa-
qraEi district. Cummamdant Snymah dt-
clintS va Gi~blrd them.
The Daily Mail has the following dia-
patch from kimbeTlyE. Galrd : unSu3 3A
shnf Sunday. without Opposition. lie
left a garrison there aud returned mere
The railway AMI telegraph INES nave
have been repaired ~ miles nulthWari N
Slyp Kip. 1t is understood thIt the ilh'
between Fourteen Streams ana NrybuiE
is not very badly damaged.
Winston Churchill wires o. ne MornlnE
Post from Durham. protesting against me
,eremuEipus treatment Of Cen CrolJ''
lie adds The stern decision not 10 eN-
change prisoners will undoubtedly acctl-
crate the end Of the war, hut II VIII prov
VERY hard ana perhaps even dangerous
TOR the British prisoners il Pretoria
There is abundant evidence That me
Beers are become more cruel ana that IN"
war will enter Il darker phase. II Is very
if the Bocr government Will -"
able to control the wild passions 81 IN,
exasI,crated rutiians forming me NOISY
part of the Hoer forces IN the event ~ "
Siege af Pretoria. ana The position ui tht
British pris )ncrs would then become prs
CariouS. u,
San on Kip river below Ladysmith. II
II had been completed. il would have sub
merged Intombi camp, where there were
pose sick.
saws: Lord Roberts is probably now
Waiting in front ot Bloemfnntein TOR TN
infantry divisions. None OF them could
well be expected TO arrive before cars rs,
The three divisions would probably hc 50
directed that while the leading on" WuuhI
follow the cavalry and turn the Hner Dc
fences. the other two would come up IN
echclon on the original Boer front, ~
that in ease Of resistance the BoerS could
III envtluncd ana compelled TO retreat
under difficulties ana with heavy ioss.
Lord Roberts is not the man 10 Jorge
in his determination to rcaCh Il STdteSl-
cal noint. any measures likely To con-
tribute toward crushing part of the ell
";rherc are abundant signs Of the a.
of thv Beers Thc trSt II
thc Hill strategy NJ their resistance 70 TN
advance Of Lord Roberts. Then comes
the message Of the Presidents 10 Lord
Salisbury. Kruger and Stoyn. it can be
Seen nave not vet quite realized their
p,sitfnn. hut Lord Salishury's reply, be
ing precisely what the British nation cN-
nrctrd linn To send. may open their eyes