Amador ledger., 1901-03-08
ARMY AND NAVY.
UNITED STATES.

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A detachment of recruits from the
United States barracks, numbering $50,
left Columbus, o., on special train over
the Big -Four route for San Francisco,
whence they will sail for the Philip
pines. The detachment was in charge
OF Lieutenants Halstead and Parsling
and Surgeon Taylor.
The police of Manila claim to have
obtained documentary evidence, which
they allege tends to incriminate Fran
cisco Reyes, italian Consul at Manila,
and Manuel Peypoch, Consul for Uru-
quay, in aiding the Filipino insurgents.
The evidence has been submitted to
General Mac Arthur.
SOUTH AFRICA.
1t is reported from Boer source at
Zeerust that General Delarey has been
captured.
The Beers are attacking the city of
Richmond, in the central part of Cape
Colony, and re-enfOrcements have been
dispatched from Hanover Road.
1t is reported at Cape Town that
Commandant-General BOtha, with 1000
Beers, has broken away from General
French's pursuit in the direction of
KomatipoOrt.
Plumer reports that Colonel Owen
has captured De Vets fifteen-pounder
and pom-pOm, as well as fifty-three
prisoners and a quantity of ammunition.
An official statement issued in Cape
Town says it is expected that General
De Wet will cross the Orange river in
Griquiland West and also that Colonel
| Plumer is i'm close pursuit.
1t is reported that the influential
Commandant, Peit Fourie, with several
hundred Beers, in the Dewetsdorp dis
trict, is willing to surrender if the Com
mandant receives a proposition direct
from General Kitchener.
General De Wet will evidently try to
recross the Orange River. He is greatly
depressed by the logged pursuit and he
wept when told of the British approach
He had already tried Intellectually to
cross the flooded brake.
The Beers have destroyed culvert
between Natal Spruit and Kip river on
the railroad just south of Johannesburg.
They captured trainload of foOdstuffs,
and, after taking all they could carry,
set fire to the rest and disappeared.
General De Wet, accompanied by
Steyn, recressed the railroad north of
Kranskuit and south of the Orange
River station February 24th. A heavy
rain was falling, and it is believed to be
impossible for the Beers to cross over
the stream. They are being closely fol-
lowed by Colonel Thorneycreft.
General Plumer engaged General De
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the Orange river, capturing gun and
a pom-pom and taking fifty prisoners.
The Beers were scattered and are being
pursued by Plumer. 1t is reported that
General De Wet escaped to the opposite
bank of the river in boat and fled with
a handful of followers.
French reports from Piet Retief that
the result of the columns sweeping the
country east of Middleburg, is that the
Beers are retreating in scattered and
disorganized parties to the number of
some 5000 in front of him. Amsterdam
and Piet Retief have been occupied and
troops are protecting the Swat frontier.
French will push on but is much ham,
pered by the continuous heavy rains.
A correspondents of the London Daily
Mail with Henniker's column, says that
General De Wet was routed by Colonel
Plumer, with whom were Colonies
Henniker, Craddock, Jeffreys and
Drabbo. This success was preceded by
a series of desperate attempts on the
part of the Beers to escape from the
water belt of the Orange and the Brak
rivers.
! A Pretoria dispatch says that 500
Beers have passed Piennar's river, NOV
ing in the direction of Mushroom, a
point about seventy-five miles north of
Pretoria and on the railroad between
Pretoria and Pietermaritzburg. 1t is
supposed they purposed discussing the
question of deserving and surrender.
They were IN deplorable state; their
clothing was in rags, and many were
riding donkeys, while Others trudged
afoot.
| General De Wet, after unsuccessfully
attempting to cross the Brak river at
Kip Drift and the Orange river at
Reads Drift and Marks Drift, moved
along the Orange river with one gun
and one pom-pom and laagered OppO-
site Kameel Drift. At dawn Colonel
Plumer left Welgeverdon, twenty-five
miles west of the BOer camp, and went
northeasterly. At Zurugat he attacked
the enemy, taking forty prisoners. The
pursuit was continued, the Beers NOV
ing toward Hopetown.
| Lord Kitchener states that Methuen' s
force marched to KIerksdorp, having
cleared the country through Wolmare-
stadt. At MISUNDERSTANDING, HOO of
Beers under Generals De Villiers and
Lienbenberg opposed him. They held
a strong position obstinately, but were
turned out after severe fighting in which
the YeOmanry, the Victorian Bushmen
and the Lancashires distinguished
themselves. The British casualties are
three officers and thirteen men killed
and five officers and twenty-five men
wounded. The Beers left eighteen dead
on the ground and suffered severely.
A deserter who has arrived at Stand
erton relates Commandant General
Louis Botha has assembled his men and
addressed them, declaring that they
should never surrender so long as there
were 500 left. He would always be
ready to lead them, he said. Botha re-
minded them that the American colo
MES fought for more than six years to
secure independence and appealed to