The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-25
ARE IN OPEN REVOLT
An Uprising in the Orange River
Districts of Cape Colony.
Gen. BrabRnt Has Been Ordered to
the FrOnt-Gen. French Routed
Force of $500 of the
Enemy at ThOrndaIe.

London, Dec. 22.-"We understand
that private reliable advices have
been received in London" SAYS the
Daily Mail, ''to the effect that vir.
tually all the districts of Cape Colony
In the vicinity of the Orange river
are in more or less open revolt, and
that there IS likely to be sharp fight
ing on a rather large scale before
the invasion is crushed. The tactics
Of the Beers in rallying as many as
possible of the Dutch in the back
country 10 their cause are proving
success ul.
Johannesburg, Dec. 22.-The Beers
attacked Iunfontein on December Is,
but were beaten off.
London, Dec. pa dispatch from
De Aar, Cape Colony, says that the
yeomanry have driven the Beers out
of HoutlTaal, the enemy retiring
westward.
Cape Town, Dec. 22.-Martial law
will be proclaimed in Worcester, We'll
lington and Stellenbosch. Heavy
rains are general, and several railway
washouts delay the movements of
troops.
Gen. Brabant, commander of the
newly raised colonial division, has
been ordered to the front, and start
ed Saturday. At Thorndale Gen.
French has routed $500 Beers with
four guns and pompom. Thorndale
is 1G miles north of Krugersdorp.
The fight took place December 10.
The British had IA wounded. and the
Beers fled in disorder, with about so
killed.
The Beers who invaded Cape Col
ony had in most cases pack horses in
addition to those they rode. All
we're in the pink of condition. They
Communicated all possible clothing
and stores at Venterstad.
Gen. Baden-Powell started for the
Transyaal Saturday.
The Beers derailed train at Bar
bertOn, killing an inspector and
others.
Cape Town, Dec. 21.-The situation
in the northern districts of Cape Col
Ony is more serious. Fully 1000 Beers
have invaded that section. Grave
fears are entertained that Dutch
synlpathizers will join the rebellion
and that this will spread. Although
there is no fear as to the ultimate
result, the lack of a sufficient num-
Der of mounted troops is felt by the
British. The enormous waste of
horses in South Africa was never
fully appreciated until now.
The invasion of Cape Colony is
spreading. 1t is reported that the
Beers have occupied Colesburg, south
of PhfllippoIis and near the Orange
River Colony frontier. The people
here are much disturbed. A mixed
force of 1000 men was dispatched
north Wednesday evening.
London, Dec. 21.-A dispatch re-
ceived here from Johannesburg says:
''Heavy cannonading was heard on
Thursday morning northward of
Krugersdorp Marudin. Boer parties
stiIl infest that district"
BloemfOntein, Tuesday, Dec. 49,
Gen. De Wet had 5000 men and $4,000
AANA SCS Will AAC "a CbuACO OCNCboNAOA p
according to a gentleman who was
imprisoned there.
The Boer commander then declared
that he was not going to surrender
without free pardon for all his
men, including many Cape Dutch.
The force of 5000 is now divided
into three sections.
London, Dec. 21.-Considerable ac-
tivity is now manifested at Alder
shot. A large draft of mounted
troops viii be ready to start for
South Africa on January 6, while 9TH
ers have been notified to hold them
selves in readiness for the same des-
tination. According to the Cape
Town correspondent of the Daily
Mail, wiring Wednesday, the treason
court sitting in Colesburg was
obliged to hurriedly remove to Cape
Town with the records and docu-
ments, owing TO the vicinity of the
invading Beers.
Death of COnEressman Wise.
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