Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-09-27
english SCOUTS CIP1
BRITISH LOSING HrAv,'

s"se"ents-one Boer Com..
Suffered n Big Loss-Hi. A..
to Cross the Orange River i. :
ure-List Of Killed ana w
London, Sept. 23.-The VIZ, \.
has received the following from !,
Kitchener:
"Kritzinger, while endeayor,,.
force a passage Of the Oranee =
near Herchel at o'clock FRIDAY :.
ing, rushed the camp Of a na,,s
Lovatt's scouts. He failed to !,
the river, but the scouts lost ho..
Lieutent Colonel Murray and c..
Murray, his adjutant, were In
reeply regret the loss of Colonel n
ray, who throughout the war haa
I.ovatt's scouts with great gala.
Under cover of darkness the D.
managed to carry off gun. n
we're promptly followed up and
gun was recovered in smart ems,
ment in which Kritzinger lost
killed and 20 taken prisoners"
Lord Kitchener also reports that
British captured by the Beers in
ambush near Scheeper's Mex. SEM,
her II, have been released. and p
the British casualties in the rsc
N!akfontein engagement when
Beers captured q company of noun
infantry and two guns, were one on,
end five men killed, 70 men wound
and six officers and 100 men la
prisoners have since been released
He further reports the capture
IS men under Commandant Kod
who were taken together with ii
entire transport west Of Adenburg
the other consisting of 81 men, inch
ing j. P. Botha. who were taken
As wagons and their belongings
miles southeast of Carolina.
Lord Kitchener's latest dispatch
although they contain good news
well as bad, have done little to rs
sure the public concerning the state !
affairs. The loss of Lieutenant d
onel Murray. brother of Lord MAJ
field, is keenly felt. There is It'd
doubt that further details will show
was serious affair.
Lord Kitchener announces that 4
Buffalo river is flooded and that ths|
is no change in the situation in Natl
The latter fact shows that Gens|
I-yttleton has not yet succeeded
interfering with the movements
General Botha. p. J. Botha, Wild
capture Lord Kitchener reports, ii
brother of the Boer commandant
According to the latest advices m
Cape Colony, the situation there
serious, owing 10 the sympathy 4
aid which the Dutch are giving
T;oer commanders. The British a
it difficult to obtain news Of b
movements. General French's task
described as the hardest allotted y
during the whole war.
At Pretoria the strength of the Boz
in the field is now estimated at lin
If these figures be correct the Boz
must be constantly gaining recru1
Their supply Of arms and ammuniu
seems to be inexnaustible.
In Boer circles in Holland it Is
serted that everything is prepared
a Dutch uprising in both Cape Cod
and Natal. A most alarmist led
from Cape Town is published tod
by the Daily Express. The wrb
says: ''The Beers are overrunni
Cape Colony. They are on both !
coast lines and within 40 miles
Cape Town. Even the intelligence
partment does not know how mi
colonial rebels have taken up arms
the last fortnight.
The town guard ,of Cape Town
been ordered to hand in the magsn
rifles and ammunition, ostensibly
cause they are wanted at the frd
Martins have been served out
stead"
In conclusion the writer decla
that the Dutch element in the cold
is in revolt and it is useless to