Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-28
ARE TRAPPED AGAIN
The British Thought They Had
Everything Their Own Way,
But Were Fooled.
B0ERS PLAYED USUAL TRICK
In One Night Small Force of English
men Lost Two Hundred and Fifty Men
and Only a Hundred Answered
to Roll Call.

London, February 28.--The war office
Butler:
"Headwaters of the Landwanik, Feb
ruary %, a. m.-Finding that,the pas
sage Of Langewatches spruit was corn-
manded by srrong int.r nchi' 'ents, T4.e
connoitered for another passage on the
Tugela. One was found for me below
cataract by Colonel Sandbach, of the
Royal engineers, February rs. We COM
menced making an approach thereto,
and February 26, finding I could make
the passage practicable, I crossed the
guns and baggage to the south side of
the Tugela and took up the pontoon
bridge Monday night and relaid 1t at
new site just below the present marked
cataract. During all this time the troops
had been scattered crouching under
hastily constructed small stone shelters
and exposed to calling shell and rifle
fire. Throughout they maintained most
excellent spirits. Tuesday Gen. Barton,
with two battalions Of the sixth brigade
and the Dublin Fusileers, crept about a
mile and half down the banks of the
river, ascended an almost perpendicu-
lar cliff of about 500 feet, assaulted and
carried the top of Peters hill. This hill
left, and the fourth brigade, under Col.
Norcott, and the eleventh brigade, Col.
Kitchener commanding the whole, un-
der command Of General Warren, as
sailed the enemys position, which was
magnificently carried by the South Ian
cashire regiment about sunset. We took
about sixty prisoners and scattered the
enemy in all directions. There seems to
be still considerable body of them left
on and under Bulwan mountain. Our
losses, hope, are not large. They GER
tainly are much less than they would
have been were 1t not for the admirable
manner In which the artillery served.
especially the guns manned by the royal
naval force and the Natal naval volun-
teers."
1T WAS A BOER TRAP.
London, February 2S.-But for the
surrender Of General Cronje, which
overshadowed the news from Natal,
England would be shuddering over the
British reverses on Railway hill, where
the Inniskilling fusileers were caught in
a Boer trap and slaughtered. The Lon
don Malls correspondent, under date Of
Pieters, describes an engagement:
a cf irt, Tn f,,c1
mixed with some Dublin fusileers and
Connaught rangers and attempted to
carry Railway hill from Pieters. They
were under a continuous fire. The
Beers retreated to the crest, and then
came back on either flank. The Irish
troops, enfilading, captured trench
with a savage cross as we'll as direct
fire. All night our men held the posi-
tion under a ceaseless fire at terrible
cost. At roll-call only five officers and
100 men answered to their names. Col.
Thackery, Maj. Sanders of the Innis-
killings, Col. Sitwell of the Dublin fu-
sileers. Capt. Maitland Of the second
Gordons, and Col. Thorold of the Welsh
fusileers were killed. Two hundred and
fifty-two, rank and file, were killed or
wounded. Gen. Lyttleton's brigade re-
lieved them at 10 o'clock this morning,
when the Boer artillery pounded the
troops holding the center kopjes with
out pause, but with little effect"
MORE CASUALTIES.
London, February 2S.-Lord Roberts
has forwarded an additional list Of
British casualties during the three days
fighting at Paardeberg, showing twelve
killed and eighty-two wounded, with
four missing, including seven officers,
and four Canadian privates wounded.
REDCOATS AT RENSBERG.
London, February %, 4:5S p. ma
dispatch from Arundel says the British
troops have again occupied Rensberg
ROBERTS REPORTS AGAIN.
London, February %, 8:0S p. m.-The
war office has received the following
dispatch from Lord Roberts:
"Paardeberg, February 2S.-General
Cronje, with his family, left here yes
terday in charge Of Major General Pret-
lyman under escort Of the city impe-
rial volunteers and mounted infantry.
Later in the day the remaining prison.
ers went in charge Of the earl of Enroll,