Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-04-19
LITTLE BATTLES.
Reports Of Several Come from
South Africa.
Gen. Gatacre Is Relieved of His Com
mand and Ordered Home to En-
gland Members of an Ambu-
lance Corps from Chicago
Were Suspected of
EiIibustering.

large quantity of ammunition ana
camp stores and infiicting heavy loss.
The federal loss was two hilled and
four wounded. All Is quiet with the
other commandos.
London. April 9.-The Cape Town
correspondent of the News says:
Owing to lack of horses and to
the sufferings of the men from pneu-
monia. due to thin clothing, Lord
Roberts has decided not to make a big
move until the troops are provided
with thicker uniforms"
When it is borne in mind that all
the dispatches from the front are Sc
verely censored, there is little in the
news to bring satisfaction to England.
Assurances that nothing need be fear
ed, even if the railways and tele-
graphs are cut and Bloemfontein iso-
lated, together with the news that
the ladies and other civilians are be-
ing ordered away, do not augur well.
The result of the recent serious
checks to the British arms is that the
whole Free State is up again and that
the Beers are full of activity over the
entire field.
Pretoria, April 9.-1t is officially an
nounced here that at the Bloemfon-
captured Ii officers and 1862 men, with
IL guns, two ammunition wagons,
other wagons and mules.
London, April 10.-Britons are now
beginning to realize that Lord Roo
erts is in for a winter campaign, last
ing several months. This is the end,
in a few words, of the high hopes
based upon Lord Roberts brilliant
:,
London, April 1.-THE Daily News
has the following from Pretoria, da-
ted Monday, by way of Delagoa bay:
at is officially announced that
battle has been fought south of
Brandfort, in which 600 British troops
were killed and wounded and 500 tax
en- prisoners"
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Brandfort, dated Sunday, says: Yes
terday Gen. De Wet inflicted the third
defeat of the British within week
at Mcerkatsfontein, killing and
wounding 600. He captured 900, with
~ wagons, losing five Beers killed
and nine wounded"
The Boer attack on Gen. Brabant's
force at Wepener was resumed again
ut dawn Tuesday. The enemy's attack
on two or three sides on Monday
lasted until 2:30 in the afternoon,
when the firing ceased and it was be-
lieved that the enemy had been beat
en- Off: but it was announced Tuesday
morning from Aliwal North that the
fighting had again begun. Brabant's
force. numbering from 1000 to 1900,
hold positions in rough country.
London, April 12.-There is little
fresh intelligence from the seat of
war in South Africa.
The Duke of Marlborough has ar
rived at Bloemfontein.
The war Office has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Lord Roberts:
"Bloemfontein. April 11.-Methucn
reports that the party of Beers de
feated on April made a good resist
ance for four hours and only gave in
when our troops with fixed bayonets
were within Is yards of them. Seven
of the enemy were killed, II were
wounded and 81 were made prisoners.
Beside Lieutenants Boyle and Will
liams. Sergeant Patrick Campbell was
killed and ten of our men were
wounded Williams was killed delib
crately after the white flag had been
held up. The pcrpetrator of the
crime was at once shot"
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
the Times, telegraphing Wednesday,
says:
at is announced in general orders
that Gen. Chermside has been APP
pointed to the command of the Third
division, vice Gen. Gatacre, ordered
home to England.
Gen. Brabant's force is confident
of being able to hold out. The Beers,
after showing considerable dash, have
wavered when it came to the final
issue and have struck the point where
they are greatly handicapped by their
proximity to the Basuto border.
The war Office has received no news
of the death of Col. Haden-Powell and
utterly discredits the rumor.
The correspondent of the Daily Mail
at Lorenzo Marquee, telegrapl.nS
Wednesday, says: The departure of
the Chicago ambulance corps for Pre-
toria was delayed on suspicion of fill
clustering. The members left by
special train this afternoon. accom-
panied by II motley following of
French and Germans, 100 i'll all. The
departure only occurred after many
stormy interviews with the Portu-
guesc authorities.
The members have no passports and
no credentials beyond letter from
Miss Clara Barton to the effect that
she knows some of them personally,
but many openly expressed their in
tention of fighting. The Beers are
paving from $50 to C 40 per month
for such recruits.
"Thirt y-tive thousand Beers, with
90 guns, 'arc concentrated on the
range of hills between Kroonstad and
Winburg. The whole line is fortified
and is almost imprcgnable.'
y Fight mt ddIesboro.
MiddIeshoro. Ky, April 9.-Much
excitement prevails here over a clash
Of the authorities Saturday night
VIII Mosciy, Il special policeman, shot
Charles Cecil, a deputy sheriff, and
was himself later killed by unknown
persons. Warrants have been sworn
C,,t r,I. he arrest of Chief of polica