Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-09-28
english SCOUTS CAPIIlVl
BRITISH LOSING HEAvr,r
N''ehener Tells About Recent b..
gagements-One Boer con
Suffered "a Big Loss--u,u
to Cross the Orange River
ure-List of Killed ana wou

Grunge River n ~,
ure-L'st of Killed ana Wounds
London, Sept. 23.-The war oa
has received the following from J Ius
Kitchener: Lofo
"Kritzinger, while endeavoriny !.
force a passage of the Orange e..
near Herchel at l o'clock FRIDAY NV nef
Ing, rushed the camp of a nar,,,
LoVatts scouts. He failed 70 ~.
the river, but the scouts lost booa.'
Lieutent Colonel Murray and canta..
Murray, his adjutant, were l;uas
Eeeply regret the loss of Colonel NJ
ray, who throughout the war had !,
l'ovatt's scouts with great gallant
Under cover of darkness the Roas.
managed to carry off a gun. TboS
were promptly followed up and -.
gun was recovered in a smart engage
ment in which Kritzinger LOST ,wo
killed and 20 taken prisoners
Lord Kitchener also reports that Tho
British captured by the Beers in Tho
ambush near Scheeper's Mex. Senior.
her II, have been released and Tho.
the British casualties in the racer,
N!afortein engagement when tho
Beers captured company Of mounted
infantry and two guns, were one Officer
end five men killed, % men woundoa
and six officers and 100 men taken
prisoners have since been released
He further reports the capture If
SIS men under Commandant Kochs
who were taken together with their
entire transport west CT Adenburg and
the other consisting of "a men, includ.
ing j. P. Botha, who were taken with
as wagons and their belongings as
miles southeast of Carolina.
Lord Kitchener's latest dispatches
although they contain good news as
we'll as bad, have done little to reas-
sure the public concerning the state Of
affairs. The loss of Lieutenant Col
onel Murray brother of Lord Mans.
field is keenly felt There is little
ooubt that further details will show it
was a serious affair.
Lord Kitchener announces that the
Buffalo river is flooded and that there
is no change in the situation in Natal
The latter fact shows that General
Lyttleton has not yet succeeded in
interfering with the movements Of
General Botha. P. J. Botha, whose
capture Lord Kitchener reports is q
brother of the Boer commandant.
According to the latest advices from
Cape Colony, the situation there Is
serious, owing 10 the sympathy and
aid which the Dutch are giving the
Roer commanders. The British find
| it difficult to obtain news of Boer
movements. General French's task is
described as the hardest allotted him
during the whole war.
At Pretoria the strength of the Beers
IT the field is now estimated at 1000.
If these figures be correct the Beers
must be constantly gaining recruits.
Their supply of arms and ammunition
seems to be inexhaustible.
In Boer circles in Holland 1t is as
serted that everything is prepared fof
a Dutch uprising in both Cape Colony
and Natal. A most alarmist letter
from Cape Town is published today
by the Daily Express. The writer
says: "The Beers are overrunning
Cape Colony. They are on both the
coast lines and within 40 miles Of
Cape Town. Even the intelligence de-
partment does not know how many
colonial rebels have taken up arms IN
the last fortnight.
The town guard of Cape Town has
been ordered to hand in the magazine
rifles and ammunition, ostensibly pc
cause they are wanted at the front
Martins have been served out ID
stead"
In conclusion the writer declares
that the Dutch element in the colony
is in revolt and it is useless to DIS
guise the fact.