Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-04-18
FOUGHT WITH Beers.
Captain Lossberg Tells Of His Ex.
perience IN South Ahica.
PRAISES THE BOERS.
lie Says the British Repeatedly VIC.
lated the Rule, of War and Re.
lates Hi Experience With
the KsiIlrs There. o

New York. April l7.-Capiain Otto
Won Lossberg. captain Of the second
battery, Transyaal state artillery. who
left the Boer army In January being IN.
capicitated with wounds. arrived from
Europe with Montague White and is
now at the Imperial hotel. He will
leave at once for New Orleans his old
home In an interview Captain Loss.
berg said
Il talked with General Louis Botha
before came away. 'You may go he
told me. You nave fought we'll
give you your discharge. When You come
back we shall b. free or fighting | shall
al patriots grave. Go my boy. God
be kind 20 you
That Is the kind Of men who fight
for the Boer cause. continued Captain
ven Lossberg The English have yio-
lated every law Of civilized warfare.
They have armed 5000 Kafiirs, who are
In steinacher's Horse. which is the
scum Of South Africa. They fight like
the Hessians fought you-for hire. They
get IL shillings a day. They piunder
and pillage everybody, young and old
alike.
when | was wounded | was put In .
Red Cross ambulance and started for
Lorenzo Marquee We were held up
by 90 Kaffirs who were nothing but
breech clout and carried British rifles.
They took everything we had and
turned mo back TO Pretoria.
II complained Of the violation Of the
Red Cross flag and robbery TO the Brit.
ish officers. They investigated and ad.
mitted that | had been shamefully
treated. They promised restitution
'aftor the war You Americans have
little conception Of the resources Of the
Beers General Delarey alone has g..
OOO.0OO rounds Of ammunition. We
have 20 guns and Long Tom. The
latter Is hidden Cor future need. We
need nothing bus ambulanccs and sur.
gical supplies
"The Holland societies sent usS.hree
Ambulanoes and nurses several months
ago via Lorenzo Marques The British
there had them held up aud they are
there yet. while our men are dying for
the need Of them.
"Our forces are distributed like this.
Delarey has G0OO men. Botha 1000. De-.
Wet 5lOO and the rest are in flying
corps. They constantly harrass the
British. Most Of our men are fighting
south Of Pretoria
"The Americans with our army and
particularly the Irish Americans are do.
ing magnificent lighting. ono Of the
latter was sergeant major In ths
Sixth Massachusetts, regiment The
i Irish. Americans prevented the capture
Of our Long Tom" by their bravery al
Lcydenberg. They fought like fends
"Tho English have 100, 900 men tied
up guarding the railway at Fort Eliza
beth. New London. Durham and Caps
Town. Last November a lot Of mulei
4 aud horses for their army reached 10
4 rcnzo Marques Only the French con
+ sul protested. The German and Amer
lean consuls We're mute Portuga
Needed the French protest and made th,
ships unload elsewhere out Of Portu
guese territory
"The British recently desecrated thl
Lutheran ohurchat Rusterly Mission
The Tommies took the church orgai
aud while one Of them played the 9th
!. ers danced TO the music with the Kaifi
girls At LychtenberR the British desc
Grated a cemetery by making II a cattl
pen.
"Our winter season begins IN May AM
: ends In September The Beers will tax
10 the hills until it Is over They hay
little baggage 10 impede their mobility
while the British troops aro wclghte
: down We will play havoc with then
when tho winter sets IN.
The captain denied that General DE
Wet is insane. rumarking. "Ho Is th
most dangerous insane man that Enl
land ever coped with General Dew,
Is military genius lie has made hl
raw troops into ono Of the best disc
pined and most dangerous force, ia th
world They love him like father an
would follow him into the very jaws ,
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