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LORD ROBERTS, REPORT

LORD ROBERTS REPORT
London. Feb. 14.-6:2S p. m.-The fol-
lowing dispatch has been received MT
the War Office from General Roberts:
Reit River, Tuesday, Feb. l3.-Colo
mel Aannay. in command of n brigade
OF mounted infantry, marching from,
orange river to Ramah. had a slight
engagement February IL Sunday with
the Boers holding the hills anu threat,
ening his right flank With n de-
tached part of his force Colonel Han
nay detained the enemy while The
pushed his baggage and main bodv
through to Ramah The object of the
march was successfully carried out.
-Four men were killed. ,wenty-two
wounded and thirteen are missng.'
ADDITIONAL MESSAGE
London. Feb. 14.-l1:35 y. m.-The
war Office has issued the following
further message from Lord Roberts,
received this evening:
'Dekiels Drift. Feb 14-S:1o a. M
General French left this point at liza
yesterday morning with three brrades
Oh cavalry. horse artillery and mounted
infantry. including several colonial CON
tingents in order to seize n crossing
OF the Modder. distant about TWENTY
nve miles. He renorts by dispatch.
uatea 2:ao y. m, that he has forced
passage of Clip Drift and occupied the
mis- north of the river. capturing three
OIL the cnemy's laagerS. with their sun
plies while General Gordon. of the
Fifteenth IIuzzars, with his brigade
who had made n feint. at Ronderal
DRIFT. Tour miles west, has seized it ana
n second drift between that and C,ip
Drift. together With two more laa gers
General French's performance is
brilliant. considering the excessive heot
ana binding dust storm which ragged
during the latter part of the day.
owing to the rapidity of his move
ments. General French net with but
snght opposition, and hEs losses were
small; Lieutenant Johnson. OF the In
installing Dragons, is the only officer
reported severely wounded
Ihe Sixth Division was last night on
the north bank OF the Riet. ut Water
val Drift, and is moving to support the
eIS''lrE. inc seventh Division is here,
and will go this afternoon"
-Four officers and fifty-three men had
10 DC sent last evening in the return
ING wagons to the railway line, pros
trated by heat and exhaustion"
WATERING sHELLED.
London. Feb. 15.-The Daily Chronicle
publishes the following dispatch from
MafekinS, dated January 20:
Inc Bocrs shelled the women's
HoaSer Tor two hours Saturday Jan
uary q. Boer women, warned by spies
evidently, went into the trenches. clan
ped their hands and hurrahed when tho
smells fell near the English women.
Lady Sarah Wilson was slightly wound
ed.
Major Gould-Adams and cantoin
Wilson received contusions from shell
| fragments.
MOVEMENTS OF BOERS.
London. Feb 15-The Daily Tclo.
graph has received the following. date
Tuesday from its special corresponds
ent ut Frere:
"On Sunday the Beers advanced
down the Ladysmith road toward Pot
gieters. Three hundred men on horse
oack with others. proceeded to a
point where they began to construct
new rows of trenches at right angles TO
the road. This was about two miles
north of the drift.
a party OF Beers also crossed the Tu
gela, now very low. about six miles be-
low Potg!cters Drift, where they sniped
the South African Light Horse who
repulsed them.
several other skirmishcs have taken
place. ana the Roers arc evidently anx-
ious about their positions They have
been throwing defensive works from
Trichardt's Drift and the Spion IEop
range eastward TO the TIlangwana ana
Monte Cristo hills. both on this side
of the TuSea. They have also two. If.
fugela In the bend. and wire rome
apparatus for the conveyance of food
and ammunition across the river"
AT SPEARMAN's FARM.
London, Feb. ia dispatch to the
Morning Post from Chicveley dated
tuesday, confirms the report that par
ties of Beers have occupied the old
British camp OF Spenrman's farm.
The correspondent who Identifies HE
wounded Lieutenant Churchill as the
brother Of Winston Churchill saws hr
was shot through the right leg
TALKED TOO MUCH.
Ladysmit. Thursday, Feb. ST. c.
Foss, resident of Ladysmith, has
been courtmartialed and sentenced 10
a years imprisonment at hard labor
for circulating false reports calculated
to discourage the troops and for ad
visinS soldiers to desert.
Mr.. Foss. who is native If Natal
resided for some time in the Free
State. He had been twice warned for
asserting that the garrison was on
the eve of starvation and capture.