Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-09

Aumiral FISHER during that time is at
Glnraitar with his squadron, having re-
celved his orders too late to prevent. the
junction of the French and the Russian
Hee>s. A dispatch from Cairo
tEat Menelik has taken possession of Fa-
shoda, which Lord Kitchener took away
from the French Major Marchand.
Admiral Fourier and Owellane cap
ture Malta. Lord Fisher bombards Tou-
ION and Marseilles, the British are mas
ters in the English channel. Lord Reres-
1ord IS with forces bombarding Toulon.
August %, the Franco-Russian fleet
appears in the rear OF Admirals Fisher
and BeresfOrd who are ~cannonading Tou-
ION. The British fleet caught between
the land forces and the enemy's war
ships is annihilated, n single vessel, the
Koyal Sovereign. escaping. Admirals
Fisher and Beresford are killed. On
their side the French and the Russian
lose two men Of war each; Admiral Dwell
lane is mortally wounded.
IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.
notwithstanding the efforts Of the
the northern squadron, half of which is
a~nnihilated, the British under dmiral
Harry Rawson land 1000 men at Gran
vile on the Norman coast opposite Jersey,
| lSord,n Kitchener command the lam
troops. During the night of the 18th and
goth of August the English squadron is
compelled on account of the high sea to
keep away from the shore, thus abandon
ing Lord Kitchener to his own resources.
He isaattacked byfa French army corps
commanded by the cavalry General Dom
lop. Major promoted to the rank of Col
Onel is at the head of the navy infantry.
The British are beaten, losing 5000 men.
Lord Kitchener is made a prisoner. Fol-
lowing this battle several Transatlantic
steamers and troops in Jersey, Guernsey
and Amiguy. These islands, situated
hear the Norman coast, are captured.
The British fleets nave captured Saigon
(Cochin-China), the Comoses, La Re-
union, Madagascar, La Guadeloupe, New
Caledonia, Maize and Pondicherry.
On the other hand the Russians are at
kandahar, and there is another Indian
mutiny against the British.
August II, Lord Roberts, commanding
the Anglo-Indian forces, is defeated at
Gericheh, 80 kilometers west of Kanda-
har, by the Russians under General ORA.
goniscoff. Lord Roberts is killed. Three
hundred million Hindus are Strengthening
0 O.000 Englishmen and their families liv-
ing in India.
Admiral Rawson burns LIE Havre to
avenge the defeat of Lord Kitchener.
September II he is attacked at the en-
trance of the English channel by the
combined forces of Admiral Menard of
the northern squadron of Brest, besides
the Franco-Russian fleet under Admiral
Fourier. This last fleet has succeeded
in crossing the Straits of Gibraltar with
out losing a man: The submarine tor
pOoo OOONS y lax uISL All dIlIlls
hilate the whole British fleet. Admiral
Rawson blows out his brains in despair.
Following this disaster the French land
an army corps at Brighton. Colonel
Marchand, made general. is the first
Frenchman to put his foot on British
soil. He is killed, but the English army,
commanded by Lord Wolseley and the
Princs of Wales, is badly beaten. The
Prince, and Lord Wolseley are prisoners;
the queen is dying from grief. The
French armV 11ndar GonQro1 Tornnnt oA
vances toward London, which is captur.
ed September 20 without firing a shot.
The treaty of London is signed at
Westminster October IS. Among the
Mr.. Campbell Banermann for England:
Grand Duke Sergius, Mr.. Mourarieff for
Russia; M. Dechanel, Admiral Caillard
for France.
By the treaty England is stripped of all
is modified as follows:
Europe-Ireland Independent republic)
Jersey and Guernsey (France). Gibraltar
(spain). Malta Gtaly).
tFr siaacsP Pndia saf Gedecep nsr1a and ama Aden
Hongkong lFrance). Labouan CHolland),
Philippine Islands Ito Japan in exchange
for Canada given to United states).
Africa-New Guinea Germany, Egypt
urst, Sierra Leone, Cape Coast. Rigeria
Ctrance), Ascension. st. Helena. Tristan
d'Acunha international penitentiaries).
Cape Colony, Natal, Zululand~ (Transvaal).
Zambesi ~(Portugal), Rhodesia Ger.
many, Oriental English Africa Ger
many, Admirant. Rodrigues and Maur-
ice Islands (France).
America-Canada Limited States,
Newfoundland. st. Pierre Miuuelon.
Bermudas, Windward Islands France,
Jamaica (Cuba), British Guiana( Vene-
zuela.)
Australia Australasia independent
confederacy).
who among u.s." concludes Mr.. Henri
de Noussanne. having seen all these
events, cannOt die having lived long