The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-03-02

smith, al Pieter's HiI-Boers Reported
10 he Thanking Kim.
london, Teb 27.-It is officially an
nounced ut the war office that General
Cronje surrendered with his whole
force at dawn this morning.
London, Feb 2S.-The Cape Town
correspondent Of The Daily Telegraph,
telegraphing Monday, says: There is
talk Of peace III the air. The English
organ OF the Afrikander bund proposes
the formation of d Cancellation commit
tee, the object being, Of course, to save
Boer indepenence"
London, Feb. 28.-A special dispatch
from Colenso, dated Tuesday Feb. u,
says: The Beers are endeayoring to
outfank us, and severe fighting con-
tinues."
London, Feb. 2S.-LondOn was cleo
Urified yesterday morning by receiving
the news that General Roberts had
captured Cr0nje and his whole force,
the surrender taking place at dawn on
Tuesday. The news was read in parlia-
mentamid great enthusiasm, and it be-
ing the anniversary Of the battle of
Majuba hill it was doubly sweet to
Britons, this victory by Little Bobs.'
The enthusiasm exhibited i'll Darlla-
ment over Roberts details OF the sur
render Of General Cronje spread quick
ly to the streets. Crowds of people
gathered about the war office and the
other bulletin places, in spite Of the
rain that was falling at the time, and
which had been falling since morning.
Frequent cheers were given for
''Bobs," who is the hero Of the hour.
and one old soldier became so excited
in recOunting the details Of the victory
that he fell dead.
..AI Hands Round"
On al sides, the gallantry Of the
Canadians was much commented up
on. Gable dispatches poured in from
the colonies, and the settlements, an
nouncing that the rejoicing in those
parts of the world over Lord Roberts
victory was no less enthusiastic than
in Great Britain itself. Bombay and
Gibraltar. for instance, reported that
they were a mass of bunting and that
cheering crowds filled the streets. The
dispatch that told of the victory was
brief. It read:
"Paarueberg, Feb. q, 7:45 q. NJ
General Cronje and all of his force
capitulated Internationally at daylight
and is now a prisoner in my camp. The
strength Of his force will be commune
Gated later. | hope that her majesty's
government will consider this event
satisfactory, occurring as it does on
the anniversary of Majuba.'
Canadians Won the Day.
There came n long dispatch telling
the details of the capture. 1t said that
at a. M, Tuesday "a most dashing
advance was made by the Canadian
REGIMENT and some engineers, support
ed by the First Gordon Highlanders
and Second Shropshires, resulting in
our gaining a point some 600 yards
nearer the enemy and within about SO
yards of his trenches where our men
intrenched themselves ana maintained
their positions till morning. a gallant
deed worthy of our colonial comrades
and which, / am glad to say, was at
tended by comparatively slight loss.
This apparently clinched matters.
for, at daylight. to-day, letter signed
by Gen CrOnje, III which he stated that
he surrendered Internationally, was
brought to our outposts under a flag
of truce"
Number of Prisoners Is 1000.
Gen. Roberts said the number of
prisoners was 1000 and that about l,
100 of them were Free Staters. The
guns captured were seven 5-centimeteT
krupps, nine 1-pounders and one
Maxim from the Transvaal men, and
seven 5-centimetel Krupps and one
Maxim from the Free Staters. The
officers captured include, besides Gen
eIil Piet Cronje, the following we'll
known commanders: Chief Com
mandant nj. |. Wolverans, n member
of the .VolkSraad; Field Cornet Frus,
a Scandinavian; Major Albrecht. the
famous German artilleryman; Major
Won Dewitt. the distinguished
German officer, responsible for most of
the splendid engineering works of the
Beers since the commencement Of the
war. Twenty-nine TranSvaal officers
were captured and eighteen Free
State officers were made prisoners.
BUTLER MAKES LITTLE PROGRESS
RepuIsed in an Attempt to Rush the Boer
Position-Keavy Losses.
Colenso, Sunday, Feb. 23.-In the
attempt OF the Inniskillings Friday
evening to rush the Boer position on
Peters hill the Boer fire was SO terri
BILE when the infantry emerged from
the cover of the trees that almost ev-
cry man in the leading half of the
company fell wounded. The advance
line of the British reached a donga iE
front of the first Boer trench. which
was not apparent until they were act
ually in it. The Beers retired to the
crest and then returned on either
flank of the Inniskillings, enfilading
the captured donga with a terrible
cross-fire.
Finding it impossible to advance OIL
to hold the position the British fell
back and entrenched themselves half
way up the hill. The Beers maintained
heavy fire. In the course of the
night, the Dublin Fusiliers and the
Connaughts arriving to support the In
niskillings, another determined at
tempt was made to take the Boer pc
sitions. This also failed. A heavy
fire continued throughout the night
The Inniskillings lost fourteen out OF