Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-25
CRONJE FORCES WAY
THROUGH BRITISH LINES
The British Sustain Several R6puls8S and
H6dVv Losses at MOdd6r RiV6r.


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Ing better authority, the Durham dis
patch is regarded as q doubtful an
nouncemcnt The arrival of the Brit
ish supply column mt Paardeberg may
have given General Roberts the OPP
portunity to resume his fierce attack
on General Cronje's lager, for. doubt
less, he would not keep up the Vgor-
Gus cannonade with which he started
Possibly, the long. wait may be due
to u determination to endeavor to
starve out General Cronje's gutiant
forces
Other late PaardeberE dispatches say
the Beers plight Is still homeless. AMI
thsi roinro ioe.a Is re''oS 70 meet all
HN noi-f' rof''- Ed.
~ special dispatch from Arundel, I'M
der date OF February 90, says
The Beers have formed ii Strong
force seven miles west OF here Gen
eral Clements has kept up Il searching
fire on their kopjes. We expect to take
their position before sunset"
~ war bulletin published in Pretoria
February % said communication with
Cronje was still open February II. and
that reports of heavy fighting occur
ring east OF General Cronje's laager
,,;1,e,
A sterkstroom disnntcb Of rebr,,rv
- says a British refugee from Hcidel-
peIS asserts that the Boers nave admit
'eu ioSliis hVe hunured men i'll the as
sault on Lttdyslnith January 9th. and
mat II was true General Joubert was
no longer III command. lie added that
some free Statefs were publicly logged
ior cowardice after the battle Of Bel
mont
Inc british casualties at Koodoos
oerS Drift February and Kip I[raal
FEBRUARY IL were seven officers wound
ca, Lour men Killed and ninety-siN men
wounded.
BUTLER REPORTS NOPE cAc1A1
Mss go 80 = :, -
day received from CnmcroI n,iin ne :, , IT,
OF casualties resulting from the fighting
OF FEBRUARY y, as follows:
tenant me Hon. r. c..
,-,olcurt lson OIL Lord CathcarD, 81 the
u, IL niisate' Lieutenants Coe and
u ~, VI tus Lancashire regiment.
ounueu fourteen officers. includ-
1 ,t MaJor-I'eneroi Wynne and Colonel
i'n 1.. Oh me East surveys.
. nenerai Eulier concludes:
/. ;UWing 10 me continuous fighting 1t
,,,,,,,.. - p,SSeHI 10 give the
A''''o' VI iici' hiiieo or wounded.
TIJr ,,,Cnrf,, ,,o,,,,
- :" @N-N '1,'A Mif flI.
New York, Feb. 2i.-John V. l.,
Pruyn, chairman of the American com
mittee TO aid wounded of both belliser-
ents within the Boer lines has received
the following cablegram. dated I,ebru
AIRY H. from Howard G.. IIilegrass, a
member OF the committee. now at Dur
4 f1,ic
Medicines. instruments procurable.
Durham urgently needed. Suggest ca
bling me money Immediately Will de-
liver personally"
Lourenzo Marques. Feb. 23-The
French steamer Girondc has arrived
mere. bringing the American and French
military attaches bound for the Boer
camp.
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London, Feb. 24.-Spencer Wilkinson.
summarizing the weeks events in the
=As;liin South-afrI,=eeffi As..eti5tte.tl-
Press tonight. said:
On the night of Thursday. February
10, General Cronje marched out from
Magersfontein between General French,
VINO mad Just entered Kimberley, and
General Kelly Kenny, then at Kip
Drift on the Moddcr River. The next
DAY General Kelly Kenny pursued him,
attacked his rear guard, and delayed
nm until The Highland Brigade was
on us way to stop him on the south
pank OF the Moddcr and General French
ccuia pass him on the north bank.
AIter a three days running fight
General Cron1e was stopped at Koo-
uoosrahu, near Paardeberg, where he
mus surrounded. Ills force was be-
smcen me river pank. which gave him Il
eoi .I. poSition racing either way,
~ .ii',t attacks on nm involved heavy
go, I put nc was heid until Tuesday,
,'oiu a1operss arranged 10 grip him with
:" "a, - ute u infantry IN MS position,
",, ni Gaiiiiolauihg MN with NIFTY guns