The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-04


Daily Chronicle, telegraphing Tuesday,
says:
Apparently there was not man ahead
of the convoy with orders to look out
but the escort trotted quietly on and
only discovered something was wrong
when half the convoy had been cap
tured''
RAND MINES.
The correspondent of the Times at Lou
renzo MARQUES, telegraphing Tuesday
says:
1T is reported that all the rand mines
closed down last Thursday British work
men and their countrymen In all part,
OF the republic are being expelled whole
sale from the Transvaal. On the other
hano, the Beers are so demoralized that
II is impossible to induce many now on
Iurlough to return to the 'front.'
BRITISH CASUALTIES.
An official list of the casualties sustain
eu oy the British officers near the Bloem-
fonteln waterWorks is as follows:
killed-Northumbe Fusileers. Mai
Booth; Roberts horse, Lieut.. CrowIeT.
army medical service, Lieut.. Irvine.
e,0e W Weouinlded-AArtillery Col, Rochfort and
the Hon. A. V, Meade; Roberts horse,
three; mounted infantry, four.
tMissingIArttllery Capt. Wray; Tenth
H. IL.
son-Pelham and c. w, H. Chrichton.
INDIVIDUAL DARING.
BUSHMAN'S KOP, March 3.-Tha fght-
ing of Col. Broadwood men was marx
ed by many acts OF individual courage.
Ihe nrst man to warn the British of the
ambush was a sergeant of the army
service corps, who shot Boer dead with
his revolver.
household cayalryman, who was sum
moned to surrender, threw his rife in
his captor's face, knocking him over and
escaped The Beers undoubtedly shot
some of the prisoners and also killed
some Of their own men, who advanced tn
call on the British to surrender, and
later, according to the testimony of eve
witnesses, the Beers shot some OF the
prisoners, but the confusion was so great.
the fire proceeding from all directions.
and the Beers firing on the convoy in
Whlch their own men were mixed up,
that 1t is impossible to say exactly what
happened. Explosive bullets have been
found In the bandoliers of some of the
Beers who were captured
The enemy pursued the British for
miles, killing, wounding and taking pris-
oners. One squadron of the Sixth dra-
goons, which entered the action l4O strong.
mustered at the end only ten mounted
men.
The Beers seemed to be In great
strength throughout the district, and are
signaling on all sides. A large body is
reported moving southwest Of Bloem-
fontein in the direction of the railway.
Duplicate machinery Is available TO re-
place that which the Beers destroyed at
the water works The British troops are
in urgent need of remounts
REICHMANN STORY SECUTED.
WASHINGTON, April s.-war depart
ment officials do not believe the story
that comes from South Africa TO the eff
feet that Capt Carl Reichmann, Seven.
teenth infantry, was one of the leaders
of the Beers at the last fight between
the Beers and the English at the Bloem.
fontein water works.
Reichmann was selected by Gen. Miles
personally to accompany the Boer forces
during the war as all observer for the
United States army The army was al
Capt. Slocum, and in the interest OF mil
itary science 1t was deemed essential that
an accurate idea should be had of the
Boer method Of warfare, in order that
conclusion might be drawn that would be
useful to the United States army. Reich
mann ranks high as g. scientific soldier,
having been detailed with success to OBJ
serve the grand maneuvers of the Ger
man army as O representative OF the
United States army. His colleagues in
Washington declare that the officer has
too much common sense to be led into q
violation OF his orders in the manner
described, for if he actually threw In his
lot with the Beers in attacking the Brit
ish, he violated the rules of war and