Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-31

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| GENTLY strong to relieve the besieged Beers
! They were repulsed. and on the morning of
| February q General Cronje, with his 1000
| men. surrendered to the British commander.
| They were subsequently sent to the Island
| of ST Helena.
| On March Lord Roberts army began It's
march toward Bloemfontein. He met some
opposition on the part of the Beers under
De Wet and Delarey. but soon swept them
| aside.
! Butler Tries Again.
| Meantime General Butler began his fourth
| movement for the relief of Ladysmith. In
| this case he had the double purpose of re-
| lieving the beleaguered garrison and pre-
venting any considerable force from being
detached to reinforce the Beers who were
opposing General Roberts advance. After
| a series Of brilliant assaults he gradually
carried the Boer defenses on the north side
| Of the Tugela river, and. finally. on Feb
| ruary IS, Lord Dundonald's cavalry en-.
| tered the beleaguered city of Ladysmith.
General Buffers revised list Of casualties
/ in these last ten days Of fighting shows
| total Of killed. wounded and missing OF
| nearly 2,40O men. The long siege. which
| had lasted 11S days, was finally ended. or
| the original 5000 troops in the Ladysmith
garrison 346 had died from disease, 27Y
| were killed or died OF wounds and all were
so enfeebled that march Of two miles. 1t
| is said, would have been impossible.
While these large operations were pro-
ceeding in the Orange Free State and in
Natal Generals Brabant, Gatacre and
| Clements in a series of minor movements
we're driving the Beers out of northern
| Cape Colony.
Lord Roberts army entered Bloemfontein
| March 13: President Steyn and his stan
| having evacuated the Orange Free State
caDital the night previous,
| This series OF brilliant achievements on
| the part Of the British only marred
| ty-two miles east of Bloemfontein. con-
voy under Colonel Broadwood was am
pushed in a deep ravine and lost 800 men.
| with seven guns and all the baggage. The
scene of this battle is known as Sanas
| Post, or Korn Spruit On April 4, ne
| Reddersburg a British detachment OF SOL
| men was suddenly surrounded by Boer
| force of $500, and after fight of twenty
four hours, when their ammunition had
| been exhausted. finally surrendered.
Guerrilla Warfare Begun.
During the latter part Of April the Beers
in the Free State and Natal, estimated to
number about 10000 men. were in cen
slant activity in the whole region around
Lord Roberts army. moving swiftly in all
directions in bands of considerable size,
evidently seeking to disturb his railway
communications or to cut off small british
detachments. About the middle Of April a
British detachment OF SOlOIlIdlS, HuHloer.
ing about 1900. under Colonel Dalgetty.
stationed at Wepener. was surrounded by
the Beers. who were repulsed with hea
loss. After three or four days hghtins
heavy British reinforcements came up, but
the attacking force made its escape. On
May Is the siege of Mafeking was relieved
by a British force under Colonel Mahon
On May q johannesburg was taken and
on June the Boer garrison at Preto:
surrendered. President Kruger and Gem
eral Botha had left the city few days be-
fore for Lorenzo Marques.
From this time the conflict took on
more the nature Of a guerrilla warfare, and
was so designated by Lord Roberts. The
Beers, with their swift moving commanders
and light baggage trains, moved hither and
thither in small detachments, harrassinS
the British TANKS, cutting railroad COM
munication and occasionally making an at
tack in some force, but with little serious
intention Of striking a decisive blow at the
British Their purpose was evidently >
keep the large British army with its ire
to make the war unpopular in England on
this account. Lord Roberts met this species
of warfare by reprisals on the non-com-
blatant population Wherever british
fierce had been subject to sniping or guer-
rilla attack he ordered the farm houses FOR
a radius of several miles to be destroyed.
This policy was severely criticised IN Eu,
rope by the enemies Of Great Britain. and
was made much Of by Boer sympathizers
to arouse the Cape Colony Dutch to re-
volt.
Recent BOer Successes.
No serious fighting occurred during the
summer and fall until a few days ago, when
a command under Gen. Botha surprised
British detachment In the Magliesburg dis
trict and captured about 600 men. This re-
verse was quickly followed by movement
ON the part Of Gen De Wet in the south Of
the Orange Free State. With q force OF
about 5000 men he succeeded In crossing
the Orange river into northern Cape Colony
60 oxyfHo ar0nSinR
Cape Dutch to revolt. In several encounters
with forces under Gen Clements and Col.
Brabant he maqaSSa , 70 Ih niet Sons,eet taes
attempts to head him on IN his movement
southwark. The latest runor regarding
him is that he and his entire force has
Alter the fall Of the capitals of tho
Orange Free State and the Transvaal Lord
nexed to the British possessions in South
Africa under the respective names OF the
Orange River Colony and Vaal River Col
Ex-President Kruger, when he fed from
the Transvaal. was given an asylum on tho
Dutch cruiser Gelderiand. on which he
f far Holland slam He landed al Marseilles.
France. in November. and his trip from
there to Paris was in the nature Of an ova-
s sa1H avoided giving any oficiai re-
cognition to the former president Of the
Boer republic. At The Hague. however. he
met with Seml-oucial receptlon from
Queen Whilhelmina and the Dutch cabi-
net. There has been some talk OF hts visit
ing this country, but this scarcely seems
likely at present.
Lord Roberts was recalled from South
Africa to succeed Lord I4ansdowne as COM
mander-in-chief Of the British army and
Lord Kitchener was placed in supreme
command in South Africa
The British parliamentary election. tn
which the issue was the support Of the
governments South African war policy
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