The sun., 1900-01-06
BOLER ISf sSNN, silent
1t is New Thought in London
He Will Soon Move For
Ladysmith.
FRENCH KEPT VERY BUSY
Rumored in Cape Town Today That
Baden-Powell Has Defeated
the Beers at MefekIng.
Unlucky British Sor-
tie There.

at the Tugela river is believed 10 be the
prelude Of another attempt to reach La
dysmith.
In the meanwhile lie extraordinary te-
nacity the Beers are displaying around
Colesberg, even assuming the offensive,
tends to detract from the success General
French is supposed to have achieved.
The war Office publishes dispatch
from Cape Town, dated Wednesday, Jan.
3, saying that at General French's re-
quest the Household cavalry, n battery
Of field artillery and the First battalion
Of the Essex regiment have been dis
patched to re-enforce him temporarily.
Ii is rumored Mt Cape Town that Colo
mel Baden Powell has again defeated the
Beers at Mafeking.
Later news Of Colonel Pitchers raid
shows that some Of the first accounts con-
| siderably exaggerated its effect on the
Beers and their sympathizers. While il
is true that he successfully drove a cou-
pie OF hundred Beers from Sunnyside,
killing or wounding 80 and capturing 43,
Colonel Pitchers immediate evacuation
OF Douglas seems 10 prove that he had in
| formation that there was a sufficient
number of Beers in the neighborhood to
is reason 10 believe that emily the sending
Of the cavalry brigade from the Modder
river prevented the force Of GOO men sent
| by General Cronjc from attacking Colo
mel Pitchers column, and as soon as the
cavalry returned ID the Modder river
General Cronje's troops rcdccupied sun.
nyside
Doers Leave Molteno.
According u adyices from Sterkstroom,
the Beers have completely retired from
the neighborhooa of Molteno. But Gen
eral Gatacrc does not appear - have
4 pursued them. as the rc-enforccments
from Stcrkstroom have returned there.
General Gatacre's report Of the Molteno
affair shows that II was merely 4 deter
mined Boer attack On police outpost,
which was successfully repellrd. There
were no British casualties.
Tho Transvanl edition Of The Standard
and Diggers' News is responsible for the
story that the former residence IL Napo.
leon on the island of st. Hrleua is being
renovated for the reception " President
Kruger after The war The story. nat
urally has etpattd i hittcr feeling in
Boer otical circles.
a Rcusburs tcupe Colony dispatch,
dated Jan. 4, says
"Colesberg has not yct been occupied.
Racrs Unexpectedly attacked tho British
lcft al daybrcak this morning. but were
repulsed rhcr occupied hills 10 the
north II the town, but were eventually
driven nut of their positions after m
hours shcling hy the British guns. They
still hold, however, the hills Immediately
surrounding the town, preventing the
British from advancing along the rail.
way
"Thr British loss in toGay's engage
ment was light while the Beers are r..
ported 10 have lost 100 men, including
20 prisoners, who were taken hy the
mounted infantry about midday.
"TAe Boer attackers numbered 1000
mcn. Thn Inniskiing Dragons cut their
way through the Beers who were forced
% retreat III / hrayy artillery ana mus
kerry tire
The snrtie From MafcLinE.
Mafeking dispatch inst received, bnt
dated Dec ~ confirms the report ~ the
British sortie from that place. which WAS
first announced from Pretoria III Dpc.
S0 HE dispatch sag,
There was i snrtia today With tho
view of enptniHg tha Borr oHrtlwaffs
bat & was unsuccessful 'lhn work. W.lr
crowded Wit Bor Awaiting the asslnlt
ana i hal FIJI blipt- forced thn British
N ietre rhe l.f.ilsA starMias plHg
numbered 80 uloa II mhiCh number =
werc Killed and 35 We're wounded
\ Berlin dispatch says:
Emperor William i reused to i high
, pitch of indignation oyet tho seizure ~
German warshps hy Great Britain
lie Is assured that mot one ~ the YES.
scls captured W The British contained
! any contrahand of war, ana th4 intensi-
iies his anger
H calls the seizure high handed and
, declares that England would @t have
dared q commit them il Gcrlnahy Lad
possessed an adequate navy
What particularly incenses tie en-.
peror is the information that has been
given to him that the seizures were not
the careless actions Of naval command
ers. but were ordered from headquarters
in London.
lie has instructed Connt Won Bulow,
his foreign secretary 70 demand full
reparaton
, Il i rumored that 4 special emissary
from the kaiser Is in London to SEQ the
queen.
\ special dispatch from Cape Town
says the prize court has released tile
British steamer Mushona. captured hy
the British glnboat Partridge early in
December with American flour, said ia
! be intended for the Beers, On board but
! ordered her cargo 10 be warchoused pend.
ing Il trial Of the case