Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-04
JOYOUSLY Greeted.
The British Troops Welcomed as
They Entered Douglass.
THE BOERS ACTIVE.
They Are Attacking the British at Sew
eral Points More About the Cap
tured Train British Must Soon
Relieve Ladysmith.

London, Jan. 3'-IAcking Of news
fiom the main British camps In South .
Africa. whose future action can alone
have an important effect on the larger
issues Of the campaign. the British pub
lie is making the most Of Colonel Pil.
oher's miniature battle. Unboundsd
tribute I. paid TO ths proves Of the
Canadians aud Australians. and graphic
accounts are publisned Of the enthusi'
Asm in Douglass when the victorious
troops entered the place.
Representatives Of the Associated
Press with the flying column says:
The immediate result Of Colonel
Pitchers success is the entire dispersal
Of the rebels who have been governing
the country. After Sunnysids was cap
tured. the Torontos occupied the laAger
for the night. and joined the main body
the following morning. bringing the
whole Boer tents wagons and loot aud
leaving the CoruwAlls in the garrison at
sunnyside The British force then
started for Douglass. the Torontos bring
ing up the rear in wagons IN the af-
ternoon the troops entered the town un'
opposed aud amid extraordinary soenes
The inhabitants were overloyed and
crowded about the soldiers. shaking
hands with them and when they learned
that the deliyerers were Canadians aud
Australians. their enthusiasm became
frenzied There were deieniDg cheers
a. the troops iraversed the main street
and It was almost impossible for them
20 make any progress, the crowd being
20 eager 10 shake hands with the col
onels IL appears that the Laandrost
and all the mounted rebels evacuated
the place on the previous night I'm
mounted rebels are reported 10 be- en-
trenched in the vicinity. Quantities Of
ammunition were captured and destroy
od.
A dispatch from Modder river init
mates that the sunnyside prisoners
are not 10 be treated a. prisoners Of war
but as British soldiers caught in open
rebellion
At Modder river camp the conduct Of
the ooloniAls was greatly admired aud
all were delighted as they struck the
first blow on the western frontier since
the battle OF MAgersfontein. Il Is be-
lisved that the relief Of Kurumain will
quickly follow
The latest Advices from the Colesberg
district tend 10 modify the estimate OF
General Frenchs success The predictet
occupation Of Colesberg has not beef
accomplished. and the Boer guns. saiC
70 have been silenced. are still active
The war office has issued q dispAtcl
received from General French unde
Tuesdays date saying his position wa
the same as on the previous day. tina
with small reinforcements he could dis
lodge the Beers at Colesberg, and in th
meantime continue maneuvering
General Butler continues his nigh
bombardment and his patrol develop
surprises As the Tugela river is agAil
fordAble aud stretcher bearers hav
again been requisitioned at Durham an
PietermRritzhurg there is dispositio
TO believe the British advance will nc
be delayed
Il IL reported at Durham that the car
tursd German steamer Bundesrath hA
on board five big guns, so tons Of shell
aud no trained artillery men.
Nothing further has been heard fror
Molteno. which was reported frot
sterkstroem TO have been attacked b
tho Beers, 20 far as known here there
only small force there.
A dispatch from Sterkstroem an
nounces that Swaneleif. the Boer con
mAnder at Stormberg. died Of his woun,
A special dispatch from Pensbur
says a supply train. without a locomi
tive, was set in motion within the Bri
ish lines near Colesburg and proceede
90 near the Boer position that IL was In
: possible 10 recover IL and the Britis
guns therefore destroyed the trucks.
is suspected that this was the act Of
traitor
The supply train, says another n
patch from Rensbcrg. ran into a brok,
culvert aud was wrecked. The Bos
began looting Il aud another train wi
dispatched TO the scene In an effort
recover the provisions The Bocrs ope
ed fire on the troops and the natives a
companying IL, forcing lhe sec nj ira
TO retreat after several natives had be-,
killed
Total British casualties about Col,
burg for two days was six men kill,
and 20 wounded
AN unexpected development Of Il
situation has occurred at Colosbir
Late adyices are that the Beers returi
with reinforcemants during the n,~