The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-11

Rensberg, Jan. 6. - The British
artillery at Colesburg opened at dawn
with fierce Smelling of the Boer
position.
Later.-The entire British force in
Guiding the recently arrived infantry
and artillery are holly engaged west
of town.
Sortie A Failure.
London, Jan. GA Mafeking dis
patch just received, but dated Deem
Der &c, confirms the report of the Brit
ish sortie from that place, which was
first announced from Pretoria, De.
cember 80. The Mafeking dispatch
says:
There was a sortie to-day with the view
of capturing the Boer earthworks, but ii
was unsuccessful. The works were crowd
| ed with Beers awaiting the assault, and
hail Of bullets forced the British to re-
| tire, killing and wounding number"
The British storming party mum.
bered so men, of whom 21 were killed
| and SO wounded.
Detailed Account.
London, Jan. 6.-The war Office has
received, through Gen. Forestier-Walk-
er at Cape Town, the following dispatch
| from Col. Baden-Powell, dated MAIZE
| king, December 20:
1--WE attacked one of the enemy's works
| this morning, endeavoring to push back
| the Gordon northward. Our force con-
| sisted of three guns, two squadrons of the
| Protectorate regiment one of the Bechu-
| analand rifles, armored train, etc. The
| enemy had strengthened their works dur
| ing the night and doubled the garrison
| since yesterdays reconnaissance. Never
| theless, our attack was carried out and
| pressed home with the greatest possible
| gallantry and steadiness under a very hot
| fire. But all efforts to gain the interior
| by Escalade failed, the fort being prac-
| tically impregnable. Our attack only
| withdrew after six of our officers and a
| large number of men had been hit. Moth
| ing could have exceeded the courage and
| dash displayed. The general situation re-
| mains unchanged and the health and spir-
Its of the garrison are very satisfactory.
II regret to report the following casual
| ties: Killed-Capt. r, j. Vernon; Capt II.
| G. Sanford, Lieut.. II. c. Patton, is noncom-
| missioned officers and troopers.
| 'Wounded-Capt. Charles Fitzclarence,
% noncommissoned officers and troopers.
| "Prisoners-Three troopers
| Gen. Forestier-Walker points out that
while the dispatch gives all the names,
it fails to show that six officers were hit.
| Sends for Reenforcements.
The war office Friday afternoon pub
lished a dispatch from Cape Town,
dated Wednesday, January 3, saying
that, at Gen. French's special request,
the Household cavalry, battery of
| field artillery and the First battalion of
the Essex regiment have been dis
| patched to reinforce him temporarily.
| Big Battle Pending.
| There is still no important news
from the front, but the silence which
has descended on Gen. Buffers huge
| force at the Tugela river is believed to
be the prelude of another attempt to
| reach Ladysmith. In the meantime
the extraordinary tenacity the Beers
are displaying around Colesberg, where
they even assume the offensive, tends to
detract from the success Gen. French is
supposed to have achieved.
The latest news of Col. Pitchers raid
shows that some of the first accounts
considerably exaggerated It's effect on
the Beers and their sympathizers.
While it is true he successfully drove a
couple of hundred rebels from Sunny
side, killing or wounding 80 and cap
turing 43, Col. Pitchers immediate
evacuation of Douglas seems to prove
that he had information that there was
a sufficient number of Beers in the
neighborhood to make his position I'M
safe.
Indeed, there is reason to believe that
only the dispatch of the cavalry brig
ade from the Modder river prevented
! the force OF GOO men sent by Gen. Cron-
ie from attacking Col Pitchers coll
umn, and as soon as the cavalry re-
turned to the MoGder river Gen. Cron-
je's troops reoccupied Sunnyside.
American Flour Released.
| A dispatch from Cape Town dated
Friday says the prize court has released
the British steamer Mashona, captured
by the British gunboat Partridge early
in December, with American flour said
| TO be intended for the Beers on board,
but ordered her cargo to be ware
housed, pending trial of the case.
| Anti-British Feeling in Germany!
| Berlin, Jan. 6.-The seizure of the
Bundesrath remains the dominant topic
of the German press. Influential papers
like the Berliner Tageblatt, Cologne
| Volks Zeitung, Berliner Neuste Mach
richten, Hamburger Correspondent and
| the semiofficial Berliner Post strongly
hint at the possibility of Germany's
forming an anti-British coalition with
Russia and France. The anti-British
feeling is clearly growing. A series of
anti-British demonstrations in the va
rious cities is being organized by the
Pan-Germanic league. prominent Of
| fetal of the German foreign office said
that Great Britain had not yet answered
| Germany's request for an explanation
| of the seizure, but that the reply was
| expected in the course of few days.
| The foreign office, according to this Of
| fetal, has not yet concluded that Great
Britain is trying to ride rough-shod over
Germany.
J. A. Lambert, of Rachel, N. c.,
writes: Il heartily endorse Foleys Kid
new Tura Il Joae 800, c1,;,, 90