The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-28

SlIlIkUs
LONDON, Feb 2S.JThe Cape Town
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph,
telegraphing Monday, says:
There is talk of peace In the air. The
English organ of the Afrikander bund
proposes the formation Of conciliation
committee, the object being. of course,
to save Boer independence.
while Roberts was holding Cronje at
Paardeberg, 1t Is understood that Gen.
French was moving toward Bloemfon-
tein"
A special dispatch from Cape Town,
dated Monday, says:
escape with a party Of Beers, but he
was driven back
OFFICERS WITH CRONJE.
The officers captured by Gen. Roberts
besides Gen. Piet Cronje include the fol.
lowing well known commanders: Chief
Commandant M. j. Wolverans, member
Of tho volksraad: Field Cornet Frus, a
Scandinavian; Maj. Albrecht, the famous
German artilleryman; Maj Won DEWITT,
the distinguished German officer, respon-
sible for most of the splendid engineering
works of the Beers since the commence
ment of the war
TERMS UNCONDITIONAL.
PAARDEBERG. Feb 27.-Gen. Cronje
sent an officer through the British lines
truce. The officer said to Lord Kitchen
er that Gen. Gronje was willing to sur
render, and that he wished to avoid the
useless shedding OF blood, and to save
women and children. He requested that
they be given safe conduct. Gen. Kitch-
ener granted the request SO far as the
women and children were concerned, but-
insisted that the surrender in all respects
be absolutely unconditional. To this
Cronje agreed
SITUATION REVIEWED.
LONDON, Feb. 2S.-Spencer Wilkinson
reviewing the situation in the Morning
Post in the light of Cen Cronjes capitu-
lation says:
"On a moderate estimate one-tenth of
the Boer army has been taken out of ac
ton by the capture Of CTonje. The bat
tie of Paardeberg is a miniature Sedan:
Tomorrow the whole of Lord Roberts
army, say $4,000 men, will be ready for
a fresh advance, if indeed the start be:
not made today. The objective must be
the next Boer army of importance, which.
is in Natal. The next move, therefore.
with a view of drawing the Boer army
from Natal, implies an advance ON
sBioemfontein OR some part of the railway,
between Bloemfontein and Winnberg,
which would sever the connection be-
tween the Beers in Natal and those
south of the Orange river. If the Beers
make a stand west of Bloemfontein so
much the better. With $4,000 men Lord
Roberts may we'll be able to envelope and
| to destroy respectable force there
BoER PARTY ANNIHILATED.
| The Daily Mail has the following from
Ladysmith, dated Saturday, Feb. "a:
yesterday the Boer retreat continued.
| A party of about seventy en- route from
| the north drew rein at Limit Hill. The
battery of f1fteen-pounders, placed not far
| off, suddenly opened fire and practically
/ annihilated the party. A Boer ambulance
was later on seen collecting the dead
/ and wounded.
/ 'sThe Beers are trying to form bridge
/ or drift across Kip river, south of Um-
| bulavana, evidently for the purpose of
| permitting the passage of artillery on
their retirement from Colenso. The guns
| are preventing this work being carried
on"
PETERS HILL SLAUGHTER.
COLENSO, Feb 25 Sunday.-In the at
tempt of the Inniskillings, Friday even
ing, to rush the Boer position on Pieter's
hill, the Boer fire was SO terrible when
Co, r,f
the trees that almost every man in the
leading half of the company fell wounded
/ The advance line of the British reached a
donga in front of the first Boer trench
| which was not apparent until they were
l actually in it. The Beers retired to the
| crest, and then returned on either flank
of the Inniskilings, enRlading the cap
tured donga with terrible cross ire
Finding 1t impossible to advance or to
hold the position the British fell bach
| and intrenched themselves half way Ut
the hill The Beers maintained a heavy
| fire. In the course OF the night the Dub
lin fusileers- and the Connaughts arriy-
Ing to support the Innishllings, anothel
determined attempt was made to take
the Boer positions. This also failed.
heavy fire continued throughout the
night The Inniskillings lost fourteen out
/ of seventeen officers killed and wounded
|
and men killed and wounded.
Gen Lyttleton's brigade relieved Gen
| Hart's brigade in the morning and the
artillery duel was continued yesterday
(Saturday) though no great damage was
done. Twice an armistice was agreed
upon to enable both sides to collect their
| dead and wounded. The Beers aami'
having had very heavy losses, but they
scout the idea that the British will com
pel them to raise the siege of LadysmitE
i CANADA'S DEAD.
| OTTAWA, Feb. 27.-Lord Roberts, IN
his dispatch to Lord Minto. governor gen.
i eral, states that eight Canadians were
killed and thirty wounded. Only the sur
| names of the killed are given, but, as neal
1 as can be gathered from the rosters, the
dead are: Private f. c. Page, governor
/ generals body guard Toronto; Corpora
i Witty, Company B, Royal Canadian ar
tillery, Quebec; Private G. Ormand. Nine
ty-third Cumberland battalion, Cumber-
land, N. s.; Private 4 G. Johnston