Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-04-05
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OF their oowardly and dastardly be-
havior before | came to KimEerley !:
but here | find they have been guilty
OF different and original enormities,
Here, they killed our wounded and laid
their bodies 10 row, after one Of the
forays out of town. Here, they armed
many blacks to fight against us, show.
ing all the world how scandalously
fraudulent were their EXPLANATIONS Of
horror at the idea Of our emrloyinq
native Indian troops. There has
hardly been battle In which the Beers
have not abused either the white flag or
the Geneva Gross or 10th. At Spion Kop,
our people saw them loading Maxims
In ambulances, in order to get them
safely away. This we saw them do at
the Modder River also, and Kimber lev
is where the Beers sheled the funeral
cortege OF George L. Abram, an Ameri-
can. At many places, they fred on
our amtulances. ] saw them do it at
the Modder River, and saw them fire
ON our observation-disclosures in that battle
time and time again. When we entered
Jacobsdal, it looked like city of
doctors. Every man in the streets wore
the Red Gross badge on his arm, These
were the men who had just been shoot.
ing US from behind garden walls.
There was nothing novel or original
about their seeking the cowardly
shelter Of the doctors badge. We have
Eecome quite accustomed to it. We
once entered Boer laager after VIC
tory and found n of these bogus doc
tors and seven or eight wounded for
their patients. They have not been
content with looting the houses of the
loyalists in the British colonies, but in
Natal, in scores of instances, they have
smashed into kindlipgs and torn into
ribbons whatever they did not want, or
could not carry off. Worse yet, they
have fouled the walls of the homes of
defenceless women with obscene writ
ings. They never knew the va,ue of an
oath or promise, and have not leai ned
1t since the war began" F"
Pretoria, Transyaal Republic, Satur.
day, March 3I.--There has been heavy
fighting between Brandfort and Bloem
fontein The Wakkerstroom and Ermelo
commandos attacked 1900 British and
drove them back with heavy loss.
According to thu reports of the
wounded who have arrived here, fight
ing occurred all along the line. The
Federal troops held positions on the
side and top of the mountains, while
the British positions were on the on
posite side of the hill. The British
charged repeatedly, but were repulsed.
The latest reports say that the 4 ed
erals were more than holding their own.
but the final result of the fighting is
not known here.
The Federal loss was nine killed and
wounded.
Reports from Brandfort, received
later, state that 1000 Federals attacked
3. 600 British successfully. The 1900
British reinfUrcements arrived and the
Federals were compelled to retire after
Furnishing the British severely.
The Federal loss, according to these
reports, was slight.
BoERs HOLD THE WATER woRKs
Bushmanskop, Monday, April 2.-The
Beers are still occupying the water
works, which the British shelled yes
terday afternoon, the Beers replying.
BRITISH VIEW OF THE REPU sE.
London. Eng, April g. The news of
the disaster to the British army in the
neighborhood of Sannas Post does not
tend to improve matters from British
point of view, but, with the dispatches
SO mystifyipg, it is impossible TO ac-
ourately portray the present situation
on to foretell the ultimate issue of Lord
Roberts attempt to retrieve the defeat.
The War Office has posted dispatch
from Lord Roberts, reading as follows
"Bloemfontein, April 2. 2.-l0.30 p. m.
In continuation of nv telegram of
March 31st there has been considerable
delay In getting accurate returns of the
casualties, as the action took place %
miles hence. The telegraph cable has
been interrupted several times, cloudy
weather has interfered with signaling,
and, although there has been no en-
gagement since, the force is continually
In touch with the enemy.
"There were many acts of conspicuous
gallantry displayed during the day. @
Battery remained in action under a
cross fire at 1000 yards for some hours,
the officers serving the guns as the
casualties reduced the detachments.
Several gallant attempts were made to
bring in two guns, the teams of which
had been killed, but at each attempt
the horses we're shot.
''The Essex, Munster, Shropshire and
Northumberland Mounted Infantry and
Roberts Horse covered the retirement "
Messages from Springfontain suggest
that the fact that press messages are
keenly censored indicates an advance
early nortbward, although there is the
question whether the loss of the guns
and convey will not delay the com
mander in -chief's movements
The alarming increase in the mortality
among the Boer prisoners at Simons-
town has Induced the authorities to
promise to remove 10 the mainland the
prisoners who are not going to ST.
Helena.
A dispatch from Van Wyksvlei, dated
Monday, April I'd, indicates the pacifi.
cation of the northwest Fart of Cape
Colony. The refugees are returning to
thor homes. Driver Bradley of the
Canadian artillery died April 1st at
Van Wyksvlei as the result of an acci-
dent. A dispatch from Pretoria an
nounces the arrival there Of % prisoners,
mostly residents of Ladybrand, who
we're seized when the Beers forced the
British to evacuate.
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