Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-04
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Pilcl.cr's Success Causes Rejoicing
in England.

I'ilci:cr's Success Causes Rejoicing
in England.
London, Jan. A. Lacking news from
the main British camps in South AZ
RIGA, whose future action can alone
have an important effect on the larger
issues of the campaign. the British
public is making the most of Col. Pill
cher's miniature battle. Inbounde,l
tribute is paid TO she prowess of the
Canadians and Australians. and
graphic accounts are published of tue
enthusiasm i'm Douglas as the victor
ions troops entered that place. a rep
resentative of the Associated Press
with the flying column says the inn
mediate result of Colonel Pitchers
success is the entire dispersal of the
rebels who have been governing the
country the past six weeks. After
Sunny Side was captured the Toron-
tos occupied the lager for the night
and joined the main body the follow
ing morning. bringing the whole of
the Roer tents, wagons and loot, leav-
ing the Cornwalls in garrison at Sun
ny Side. A British force then started
for Douglas, the Torontos bringing up
the rear i'm wagons. In the afternoon
the troops entered the town rnop-
posed amid extraordinary scenes The
inhabitants We're overlooked and
crowded about the soldiers, shaking
hands with them, and when they
learned Their deliverers were Ca
nadians aud Australians the enthusi-
assn became frenzied. There were
deafening cheers as the troops tray-
ersed the main street and it was al
most impossible for them to make
progress, the crowds being so eager
to shake hands with the colonials.
1t appears the landdrost and all
mounted rebels evacuated the place
the previous night. Unmounted rebels
are reported to have been entrenched
in the vicinity. Quantities of ammu-
milton were captured and destroyed.
1T is reported at Durham that the
captured German steamer Bundesrath
had on board five big guns, fifty tons
OF shells and $50 trained artillerymen.
Nothing more has been heard from
Molteno. which was reported from
Sterkstrcem to have been attacked by
Beers this morning. So far as known
here there is only a small force there.
dispatch from Sterkstroem an
nounces that Swanelef, the Boer COM
mandant at Stormberg, died of his
wounds.
\ special dispatch from Rcnsburg,
dated January 2, says a supply train
without Il locomotive was set in mo-
ton within the British lines near
Colesberg and proceeded so near the
Beers position it was impossible to re-
cover it. British guns. therefore, de-
stroyed the trucks. 1t is suspected
this was the act of a traitor.
The total British casualties about
Colesberg i'm two days We're six killed
and twenty wounded
War Office Row.
The Morning Posts military exprt
says: :.t:
Lord Ernest Hamilton, i'm letter
to the editor of the Post, describes
these articles as crusade against
the civilians of the war office. This is
not accurate. No charges have been
brought against anyone. The unfor-
tmnate course of the war has been at
tributed to want of foresight and
preparation and the entire cabinet is
held responsible. AS regards military
officers the only comment has been
to protest against the attempts to
blame the intelligence division. Lord
Ernest Hamilton, however, brings
definite charges against those in high
military places, of whom he says that
they have shown themselves unequal
to their work. He suggests that the
British generals do not know their
business and that the commander-in-
chief, Lord Wolseley, was by his own
admission insutiiciently informed as
to he Boer forces All these charges
may be true andnit' will perhaps be
necessary to discuss them in the fu-
ture."
The Daily Mail today says: Lord
Wolscleys unusual silence implies
that he would. be, the last person to
court any kind of inquiry on the vital
question Of whether lie is responsible
for the many plumbers that have made
us. the laughing stock of the world.
Such an inquiry is one that he will
strictly avoid
'flle row between The civil and mill
tary branches of the war office is
slowly coming to head and it is oc-
companied by guarded discussion in
private Of impending changes in the
cabinet
FOR A. STATUE OF WASHINGTON