The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-27
BOER DEFEAT NOW COMPLETE
DIPLOMACY AvERrED BLooDsHED
At THE FINISH.
Describes the De-
structiveness of the Burghcrs in
Their Final March-Damsged Gun
Ammunition in Crocodile River.

NEW YORK, Sept as-A dispatch "a
the Herald from Lourenzo Marquee SAYS:
The Boer defeat is complete. By sint
of hard riding from Barherton. your cor
respondent overlook first Gen. Hamiltons
division, then that OF Gen. Pole-Carew.
and finally entered Komatipoort. Not a
shot was fired nor was a Boer seen dur
ing the march.
Evidence Of the enemy's destructive
ness was everywhere to be seen The
bridges had been dynamited. the stores,
buildings and homesteads looted and
burned. as had been also the railway
property, all the chief stations being
smoking ruins. among them being Naap
Muiden, Hectorspruit and Komatipoort
At the last place there Is an enormous
area over which the Beers have wrought
destruction The devastation includes
hundreds OF wagons, trucks and carriages
which have been burned. together with all
kinds of stores Of clothing. ammunition,
forage and provisions, such as sugar
coffee. rice. flour and stationery. Thou
sands OF tons are still burning
Gen. Poie-Carew las secured hun
dreds of locomotives The whole NJ the
railway line is simply blocked with roll
ing stock.
Destroyed stores.
ION my way from Barberton I saw at
Hectorspruit the burst Boer guns and the
destroyed stores. In the Crocodile river
there were visible literally acres of dam
aged gun ammunition, wagons, dyna-
mite decorators and war stores OF every
sort. At Komatipoort there were. be-
sides the burning stores hundreds of tons
of ammunition. The enemy had left
standing many tents.
The great waste in the effects of the
Beers was evident Furniture, trunks.
provisions. clothing and other articles
were lying about in every direction. In
the rocky bed OF the river were enormous
quantities of stores. ammunition, rifles.
cannon and foodstufrs.
Amy good police force-say one Of 20
oo0-can DO the rest of the work of paci-
fication for security
"If Gen. Butler and the others move
on to seize the passes neither VilJoen. the
new commandment general, with Steyn and
Schalkburger. nor Koetze. with the rest
OF the dereicts at komatipoor:, can es-
cape through the mountains toward
Lydenburg and Petersburg. while the ie-
main In the low vedt at this season of
the year spells death for men and cattle.
THE Portuguese have disarmed all the
Fifty truck loads. with nearly 200 tons,
have been dumped down on the island OF
Shefteen. cff Lourenzo MARQUEE
THE Irfsh-American mercenaries are
clamoring for pay and threatening the
Boer officials.
Final Collapse.
1.-THE final collapse of the Boer army
may be summsfizea as follows: When
the Beers. numbering 1000. evacuated
Komatipoort, they took UP positions be-
tween the Libombo range and the river
They had good positions and could have
made capital stand. but owing TO the
disorganization and lack II discipline that
We're prevalent they were only half
hearted.
Wishing to avoid conflict and I'M
necessary bloodshed the British consul
general consulted the Portuguese govern
or general Senior Machado, as to the best
course 10 be pursued to attain this end.
He asked that emissaries should be sent
up with an address to the Beers pointing
out the uselessness of continuing their re-
sistance and the absolute needlessness Of
going on further Besides. If they con-
tinued TO night, there was fear OF the
natives rising owing 20 the fact that
the Portuguese had been most kind TO
the Beers. and as they had guaranteed
their maintenance and repatriation and
promised TO send them back TO their
country free Of charge. the scheme sue
ceeded beyond the widest hopes Of its
originators Instead OF dozens coming
down to Lourenzo Marquez. 1880 arrived
in this wise. Diplomacy. therefore.
iriumphed by bringing the war TO a
speedy and bloodless close