The San Francisco call., 1901-10-03
BRITISH ALSO
SUSTAIN Loss
Two Officers and Thirty
One Troopers Are
Killed.
Kitchener Says Men Fought
Bravely = Colonel Keke-
Wich Is Wounded.

LONDON, Oct. 2.-Lord Kitchener to-
day reports that two officers and thirty
one men have been killed in an attack
made on Colonel Kekewich's camp at
Commandments Delarey and Kemp, had
fourteen officers and la men wounded
after two hours fighting,, when the Beers
were driven off. Colonel KekeWich was
among the wounded.
The Boer reverse at Moedwill occurred
September 2S. The Beers are reported
in his dispatch says the British repelled
the attack with great vigor Colonel
Kekewich was slightly wounded in two
paes s be that a taKn
to Rustenburg, half way between Pre-
toria and Mafeking.
Lord Kitchener confirms the heavy
losses of the Beers, about $50 killed and
300 wounded during their attack on
Fort italia. He says the guns recently
captured at Vlakfontein have been re-
covered from the Beers.
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quarter after we made part of the turn. as 1
remember the range. it was 14oO yards"
How do you verify that range?.
81 have no way of verifying that. We had
to take the range given to u.s.
What mean by verifying is as to whether
not shots were fired at that range and how
they fell %
II fired at that range. I fired know"
Mr. Raynor then took the witness and asked
log was due to error on the part of the wit
ness and to no desire on the part of anybody
to falsify the facts.
Absolutely" the response.
'And the error" continued Mr.. Raynor, ''oc-
CURED, as understand you to say, in this way:
That during the action you could not see
account of the smoke and thought the ship did
turn with starboard helm and entered it. so in
the log?''
Yes" was the reply 1--WE lost track of the
enemy in the first instance with the port bat
terry by our own bow shutting the enemy out
our helm a little to starboard or that the enemy
was going with the starboard helm"
And then when you learned you had been
mistaken you made the changer
II changed the entry and think if you had
the rough copy here you would find it was
changed In my own handwriting"
Mr.. Raynor then stated to the court that it
was his desire to treat Lieutenant Doyle as
court assented and Mr.. Raynor asked the wit
ness a series Of questions calculated to bring
out brief history of the Brooklyn's part III
the Santiago campaign and full statement
Of his observations while an officer on board
Mr.. Doyle said in response to these questions
that while at Key West, which port the Brook
lyn had left at the head of the flying squadron
May 10, 1s9s he had heard nothing of the
Spanish fleet had he then been informed
of a secret code of signals arranged by Cap
tain McCalla for communicating with the
Cuban insurgents.
Relating the particulars of the blockade off
Cienfuegos by the flying squadron from the
he had observed Il three lights which looked ike
bonfires on shore each night that the squadron
lay off Cienfuegos, but that neither he
any ona else board, SO far he knew,
understood their rurport. He also told of a
reconnaissance of the harbor at Cienfuegos
the evening of the 22d of May; of the CONVEX
sation with the officers of the British ship
Adula and of the arrival of the Marblehead
and the departure of the entire squadron for
Santiago after the last named vessel had made
communication with the Cubans ashore.
Then, he said, on the night of May "a, the
ships formed in squadron and started eastward,
fhn of f1rC hdin mir lrnf an hfITr
the smaller vessels, the Vixen and Eagle.
When they started there was quite a surf.
a long swell of the sea-" and the 18th
the weather was still worse, making it very
difficult for the yachts to keep up.
American fleet OFF Santiago from the mouth
of the harbor at from four to five miles, and
said there were picket boats on the Inside
of the line
Speaking of the bombardment of the Colon
reconnaissance and said that its effect had
been to develop the fact that the Spanish had
two guns in their land batteries
Mr.. Raynor asked-''When the circular
form of blockade commenced?'
While no mention was made of the name of
Admiral Sampson this question was evidently
regarded as an attempt to bring his blockade
into the case for the purpose of comparison and
Captain Lemly was prompt in noting Wig
orous objection.
Without waiting for any argument on the
point the court Immediately announced a brief
recess. The members retired for a minute
two, and when they returned Admiral Dew
ey said:
The court decides that all questions relat-
ing the blockade off Santiago must be
fined to the time prior to the arrival Of the
commander-in-chef.''
The court then adjourned for the day.
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