River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
BRITISH ENTER TRANSVAAL.
Occupy Territory rs Miles North of
Christiana-Gen. woodgnte Dead
-Boers R~eeruIting Actively.


London, March 26.-A dispatch tc
the Daily Telegraph from Kimberley,
dated Sunday, Mlrch 25, says: Pris-
oners brought in here report that a
force of British cavalry has entered
the Transvaal and penetrated to a
point Is miles north of Christiana.
The British forces at Fourteen
Streams are being strengthened. A
movement northward is expected.
London, March 26.-At a late hour
Saturday night the war Office posted
the following dispatch from Gen. Rob
erts, under date of Bloemfontein,
March "a:
Yesterday Lieut.. Col. Crabbe, Capt.
Trotter and Lieut.. e. Lyon. of the Grena-
dier guards, and Lieut.. Col. C~odrington, OF
the Coldstream guards, rode eight or mir
miles beyond their camp on the Modder
river without escort except one trooper.
They were fired upon by a party of Beers
and Lieut.. Lyon was killed and Lieut.. Col.
Crabbe, Lieut.. Col Codrington and capt.
Trotter were seriously wounded. The
trooper also was wounded. One of the
wounded officers held up a white handker-
chief and the Beers came to their assist
ance and did all they possibly could, at
tending 10 their Wounds. The Beers then
conveyed the wounded to the nearest
farmhouse, where they were taken care
Of"
London, March 26.-The total Brit
ish losses, exclusive OF the invalids
sent home, are 16,41S in killed, wound
ed and missing. Advices received here
announce the death in the Moot hos
pital Friday of Gen. Sir Edward Wood
gate, who was wounded in the engage
ment at Spion kop on January "a.
Another town in the British terri
tory west of Kimberley has been
taken by the Beers and many former
rebels who had yielded to the British
have again taken up arms for the re
publics. The town occupied is Pap
kuel and 400 burghers made up the
force taking possession.
A Lorenzo Marques special says the
Transvaal authorities are evidently
recruiting actively, and large numbers
of French, Dutch and Belgian volun-
teers are constantly passing through
that place to join the Boer forces.
London, March 24-The war office
has issued the following from the gen
eral at Cape Town to the secretary of
war:
Cape Town, March %. - The following
telegram has arrived from Nicholson.
Buluwayo, March 16: THE following IS
from Plumer, Lobatsi, March IA: The
Beers advanced from the south in consid-
cradle force this morning. They first adj
vanced from Goodies Siding. After a sharp
little engagement Lieut.. Col. Bodies adj
Tanced post was compelled to retreat, The
retirement was ex~cellently carried out to
our main position. The casualties included
Lieut.. Chapman and a corporal, prisoners,
and two missing, probably prisoners. Five
troopers were wounded. Chapman's horse
fell with him close to the enemy, who i'm
mediately surrounded him. The exact
Boer casualties are unknown, but several
were shot at short range. In the afternoon
the Beers advanced further north and
shelled our position from a ridge on our
left. Our 1917 FOUNDER replied, the artillery
duel continuing until sunset Lieut.. A j.
Tyler has since died of wounds. One ma
tive was killed"