The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-16
FIGHTING AT MAFEKING.

FIGHTING AT MAFEKING.
But How IL Resulted sim In
Doubt.
London, May 16.-A despatch 10 the
Daily Mail from Lourenoo Marques dat
ed Tuesday, says,
"Thers Is now NO doubt that there was
desperate fighting at Msfskins Saturday.
bat 10 IL believed to have gone In favor
Of the garrison. All that oAn be asoer-
tainsd OF reliable character, follows
"TheI1 Boers. using artillery, ATTACHED
the town Saturday. Very soon the kafiir
location was In flames. some say - the
result Of shell fire, others 10 the result
Of trsaobery. Fighting at close quarters
became general; and. In the midss Of the
confusionr the Beers gained possession
Of the Kaffir location, from which point
Of vantage they brought guns TO bsar on
the town at close range.
"By an adroit move the garrison, de-
spite its attenuated umbers sucoeedsu
In actually surrounding the party Of
Beers who captured the kaffir location.
Severe fighting followed, but, according
to the latest reports, the Beers still held
tuo A0o8tAouf IN WnAun ta0J 0AV Rkta1t4y
surrounded.
"Ths truth IL, I believe, that the Pre-
toria authorities. knowing OF the progress
1f the relief column, gave ORDERS 10 Gen.
Snyman to storm the placs. As soon ss
the location was In flames. Bcer buiie.
ius Of victory we've flying about every
where to encourage the weak-knssd
yesterday from Pretoria produced for ths
sdiiioatlon Of inorsdulous Brisishers, two
kilograms By officials, one Of which was
signed By Snyman, and saidl Il was lucky
nouGh 20 capture Baden-Powsll with
100 this morning
fighting. A telegram from the Portu
suese consul TO the governor generals
here confirms this; and there 10 little
doubt OF the occupation OF the katfir
stadt. But similar kilograms were pub
iishsd AZ Pretoria about Ladysmitb and
luite recsntiy about Wspsner, jnst be-
lore Col. Dalgety was relieved"
BRITISH ENTER DUNDEE.
London, May is, 1.56 p. m.-Ihe we;
oiiios has received the following despateh
from General Butler:
''Dundee, May Is. ] p. m.--Wo have
occupied Dundee. About Q, 500 OF the
anensy left yesterday from Glencoe. whore
they entrained. Their wagons also left
yesterday BY De Jaager's drift and the
Dannahaussr road their kafiirs said
hey were goisg to Laing's Mex. Almost
very hous, In Dundee 10 completely
ootsd. The Navigation cutlery is sAl1
right. The machinery Of the Dundee
soliiers 10 destroyed. The houses Of the
town are damaged but are struotrraily
intact"
BOERS CHECKMATED.
Brands Drift, Sunday. May ia-Gen-
raj Rundle has completely eheokmatsc
he attsJupt of the Beers to come south
again and the enemy are retiring before
ihe persistent advance OF the British
Many have been captured or are surrend.
ring. There wers $50 Of these yesterds'
and today, among them President Steyn's
orother. The Lady b:and district is clear
# Beers. They have evaouased Meauat.
ling's mex and are now near Lindley.
REPORT THAT MAEEKING HAS
FALLEN.
London, May Is "A spsolsl from Lou.
'enzo Marques says 1t 10 reported that
large force OF Beers has been capturej
" the : British ut Mafeking. Pretoria
t Is added, reports on the other hand.
that Mateking has fallen.
BOTHA'S SPEECH AT ZAND.
Condor, May ia despatch from the
Beer laager at Ristspruit, dated Thurs-
iay, May 10, via Kroonstad. describing
he Zaud river lighting. Gys;
"aen. Botha. addressing the burshers.
aid: AT this same Zand river, Great
Britain In 1889, signed treaty scknowl.
sdging the full sovereignty CT the Trans
yaal. Now. half . century later. Grea'
Britain has, for the second time. prc-
posed to wrest from the Transvaal by
.ioienoe the rights then fully recognized,
merely to crafty her land and golo
lust.'"
REPORTS ABOUT MAFEKING.
Lourenoo Marqu., May i5.-Telegrams
received here report very heavy lighting
At Mafsking. Pretorin reports that
Nsfekin9 has fallen and the Netherlands
X. X. Co., has Issued q statement that
Col. Bsden.Po well has captured large
forcs Of Beers.
A war bulletin posted at Pretoria, May
l3 announced that the British was ad-
vanoing to tbs relief Of Mafsking.
TRADING FORBIDDEN.
London. May i5.-The Queen today
Issued a proclamation permitting trading
between the South African colonies and
the portions of the Orange Free State now
occupied by the Britiah forces.
A MAEEKING MENU.
London, May 10, s p. m.-Lady Sarah
Wilson has wired to her sister, Lady
Georgiana Curzon, fromIMafeking, under
date Of May 8, saying; sour breakfast
consisted OF horse sausagss and lunch
of minced mule and ourried loousts. All
WELL"
GOLD MOhTGA e BONDS.
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