The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-06

wounded chat . suspension Of hostiltiss
occurred under the Ausplcee Of the RED
Gross. The ve1k around the Boer pon-
ton war II 6nce dotted with finxs OF nler-
ey, ana Il Was seen that our wounded
were scattered within but a short radius
Of the fort We had almost completely
surrounded II, and had It not been 80 ex-
traordinAriIy well protected We should
have been IN possession:
u went with an ambulance to Came
trss. The fort ITSELF Il circular. with a
wide interior and . narrow frontage be-
tween six and seven feet high. pierced
with triple tiers Of loophoies and sur
rounded By ditch."
nxplosivs Bulists Used.
Il was permitted to assist in dressing the
wounds majority Of which appeared to
have been caused by explosive bullets,
the point Of entry being small. but the
area OF injury covering a wide region.
while the wounded were being attended,
numbers Of Boers left their intrcnchrnents
and gathered round U.s. At the conclusion
OF the dressing I spoke to several tattered
and dirty, but physically nne men. Many
OF them were understood. and all wore
boards. They referred me to the field cor
net. who denied the use OF explosive bull
iets. On being shown the horrible wounds.
he admitted that at one time explosive
bullets had been served out but he said
he was certain they had all been previous
~ expended, and that none could have been
used on this occasion. He then produced
bandolier filed with dundums. and
pointed out that a. far ~ Mafeking was
concerned, these had been recalled.
Beers Rob the Dead.
~. 49, ~ catlad tbe attention Of the
asia rcrrst n fo,,r ~ htr own man who
war. v;Sivr daad ho6fee He exnresrad
~ ra.ret = : T,rttish nflacer fhat. deapite
h;s instructions to respect the dead. the
ycun n.s "a ~ e scc,.ssC tbs Prst,sn so,.
~. a.. - S,tr,Sr~ cssv Kccr ara iaayine
Ma $50 a,,.i wos,ndcd an the field. thus
,nSsrertJv csusns his deaths
-. 1870 r..s., u~..A
".....s ..-s
The war once mas received, tnrouen
Gen. Forcstter- Walker, ut Cape Towryine
following dispatch from Col. Baden-Pow-
eli dated Marching, December as:
Eve attached one Of the enemy's works
this morning. endeavoring to push back
the Gordon northward Our force consist
ed q three suns, two sduanrons =. .ne
Frotectoiate resimen. " .ne r,,ss a.a,es,
, nns l,nv ,hssr rorss dnr,ns the
rsSht ma dnus,led tine rarrison since YES
terday's reconnaissance.
Nevertheless, our attack was carried out
ss.->e
ole saiantfy ne SteaoIness u lu,n = ve.s
1870 x" r. aoss,ada yas,ad he fort being
practically impresnabie.
Our attack only withdrew aner SIX OF
our omccrs ana IA nu"per OF men sss
~ usen ao.sr ~. =. snH ds.n d,sriavsd
sS1sha ~enArai s6tnation remains unchanr-
ed ana the health and spirits OF the garri-
son are very satisfactory.
II regret to report the Following CASUAL
IT, -r - - =
....s..Ns Yas,,s r. paston s,ghsssr
s.o..cnr, ~ s,orsd of,,csrs ana trooners
ssWounded-Capt. Charles Fitsclarence.
twenty-three floncommissioned officers and
troopers.
r1soners-Inree troopers
zen ~. Tssen,rh s a.n ~ ne rerr.s -
fails 10 show that six officers were hit,
A Case Of Useless Gallantry.
LONDON, Jan. q, 4:bo q. m.-No decisive
action IL reported from South Africa this
morning, military activity being confined
to points Of subsidiary importance. In the
center Of operations, the British apparently
have secured no substantial gains. The
only dispatch of dramatic interest II the
narrative Of useless sallanfry at the sortie
from Mafekins. where the stcrmers threw
themselves hopelessly against q strongly
! defended Boer work.
n....u- =. s.,..,.
inc QUESTION OF contfaDana seisures taxes
s"ost ing paiaon' plsoe ~ 'ne .nousn'.
ing p .o .su. p '"a'
ines nss ~ liaue pe.~. ~ 'oAtNe 20.
81 i"'e.s enA Dns oA". 49, ~
Nneo oDS~AvOso' AAo 0oVSAAAShts uiAuv-