Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-10-04
soERs SURPRISE BRITISH.
Recent right. Cause severe Criticism Of
Conduct OF the war.


Conduct OF the War.
London. Oct 5.-General Kitchener
reports that two officers and 81 men
were killed In an attack made ON Col.
Kskewich's camp a, MoedwilL The
Boers who were undor Commandments
Delaney and Kemp had IL officers and
ia men wounded after two hours fight
ing at night whom tho Beers were driv.
en- OF.
The Bosr reverse at Moedwili 90
cured Sept. 90. The Beers are report.
Cd to have been 400 strong. General
Kitchener in his dispatches says the
British repelled tho attack with great
vigor Colonel kekswich was slightly
wounded IN two places. He says that
all ranks behaved extremely well. The
wounded were taken 70 Rus,enberg.
half way between Pretoria and Mafe-
king.
General Kitchener confirms the heavy
losses Of the Beers. about $50 killed and
400 wounded. during their attack on
Fort Itala and Fort Prospra. lie says
the guns recently captured at vlakfon-
tein have been recaptured from the
Beers.
A telegram from Bloemfontein indi-
Gates that tho guns General Kitchener
reports having recovered were dug up.
the Beers having buried them.
Moedwill. the scene OF the bold at
tack by Commandnnt Delarey on Col.
Kekewich's camp. Is Is miles west Of
Pretoria and 10 miles west OF Of Rusten-
burg. As tho wounded men were
brought back TO Rustenburg IL looks as
though Moedwill. which IL close 20 the
Magatos Pass in the Msgaliesburg range
has been abandoned.
The casually list shows tina. In the
fighting at Caledon river last Friday.
Colonel Plummer lost two officers
killed and 10 men killed and wounded.
Lirtlo is known OF this fight rs there
has been no official report made.
Preparations are being made to relieve
General Kitchener's exhausted men by
fresh drafts
General Kitchener has sent home n
fresh batch Of imperial yeomanry suffer
ing from organic diseases, uniting
them for life ON the veldt. together with
q strong protest against the waste Of
public time and money in enlisting such
men.
There is further evidence Of the seri-
business Of the situation in Cape Colony.
The Capo premier. Sir John Cor.
don Sprigg. has gone TO Johannesburg
to meet General Kitchener and Lord
Miner In conference. probably ON the
subject Of declaring martial law In the
Cape port.
''For months past we have been told"
says the Daily Graphic. "that IL the
Beers would only abandon their distant
tactics and come TO close quarters. we
aaoA@A Sou AAo btoAs hhNt tahcu "
at our words and the results arc GER
tainly not encouraging.
The chorus Of dissatisfaction with the
Intertia Of the government il gathering
force.
Winston Churchill. member OF parlia-
ment speaking at Oldham. described the
in South Africa as serious
and disquieting." He said the war
could not end by proclamations or
threats. but only by vigorous military
Operations.
The Daily Mail and the Daily Chron.
Gle comment upon the fact that the
huge British army Is seemingly only
lble 70 remain on the defensive.
The Standard says:
The Beers are fighting with de-
and contemp, for their
,wn lives such rs was seldom shown In
he early periods OF the war. Their plan
> % keep Lord Kitchsnsr's army busy
n the north in order 20 give the rowing
ommandoes in Cape Colony an oppor.
unity 70 raise the Cape Datch against