The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-17
BOERS RELEASE PRISONERS
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 point of the horseshoe and Colonel Legges camp was about 800 yards dis tant.
 General Delarey's 1000 men against whom General Clements had fought re- peated actions, were suddenly, un- known to General Clements, reinforced by 5000 men from Wara Baths, under Commandant Boyers. At daybreak Colonel Legge's picket deserted what seemed a fresh force of British troops eighty yards distant. The strangers were challenged. They replied with VOL ley, revealing 400 Boers in khaki. The firing became heavy; and the noise aroused Colonel Legge's troops, who ar rived just in time to save the outposts from capture.
 "A furious engagement ensued Ar tillery was brought up and 1t compelled the Boers to retire. Colonel Legge in fol- lowing up the withdrawal was shot dead by bullet through his head.
 General Clements and his staff soon arrived The staff suffered severely but General Clements appeared to have charmed life.
 While mounted men were driving the enemy back along a slope covered thickly with Boer dead, a deafening rifle fire suddenly broke on the plateau above. The signalers photographed that the Northumberands were being attacked. General Clements convinced that they would easily hold their own, disposed the remainder of his forces on the Hanks and rear of his two camps
 At 4:30 a. m. heliograph from the western peak announced that the Boers were about to overwhelm the Fusiliers. General Clements was unable to send adequate help but dispatched Yeoman- " to climb the precipitious hillside and create a diversion.
 Before the yeomanry could come in- 10 action the Boers had overlapped the Northumberands and were in posses sion of the entire horseshoe, firing down on the Yeomanry, entangled in the bushes ana boulders.
 "'rhe Nol; l;humberlands made a mag nifcent defense so long as their ammu- milton lasted. According to the Boer accounts many men died fighting.
 
 men, made superhuman efforts against the bullets from the Boers pouring over the peaks and managed to save his guns and the camp equipment. He re- tired in splendid order and at D. m. started to march to Reitfontein, fighting a rear guard action all the way and arriving the next day at D. m.''
 A grim irony now attaches to Lord Roberts" description of the war as "over" Yesterday the war office for the first time in many months, remain ed open throughout Sunday in re-. sponse to the demand of public anxiety to learn the latest news.
 Lord Kitchener is reported to have sent a fresh and urgent request to the government to send out every available man. With General DeWet again escaped through the British cor don in the neighborhood of Thaba NChu. the serious affairs at Vryheid and Zastron, and the Magaliesberg dis aster confronting the British people they may well begin to ask, as they do. why Lord Roberts is allowed to come home.
 The colonial office announces it's de- cision to enlist five thousand men, in- stead Of one thousand previously asked. to be recruited in Great Britain for General Baden-Powell's constabularv which shows that recruiting in South Africa is less active than had been an- -icipated.
 Dispatches from Lorenza Maruues as- 'ert that all the Boer forces are plenti- fully supplied with ammunition but terribly in want of food and clothing. MT. Kruger, at The Hague, received William T. Stead yesterday MT. Stead Urged him to continue his tour of Flu 'ope and to go to America. The Boer statesman listened attentively, but de- ,lined to commit himself by any definite statement.
 It is reported that he is about to re- move from his hotel to private resi- lence, as though contemplat ting a pro- 1 onged stay at The Hague. Lord Roberts, now returning to Eng and on board the Canada, did not eo lshore at St. Helena, though the steam r touched there
 Ninety troopers, members of the Sev nteenth Lancers, stationed at Ballin | ollig, were arrested yesterday for in They were about to tart for South Africa and were an loyed at not being allowed license to . arouse.