The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-01-11
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thr lrfrr" river and Care TuN. HfI
in spite '' optimism uf the London
rrr.a o.. Government action or
t'"...f iI calling frr volunteers t.t ..Ist
rUt tHe u.srt show o. .s s.r.u#.it ...
Invasion ls regarded there. The oni,
thing that really touches the British
public d. the loss ~ blk naval gum
The Times today. however. draws at.
tcntlon 90 what might prove a serious
danger namely. the possibility " an
other outbreak ~ cnteric fever among
the soldiers worn down by the hard
ships and privatlons of a prolonged
and exciting campaign.
! LONDON. Dec. 3i.-Lord Kitchener,
In n dispatch to the war ONCE, dated
December 3ist. says: "a small portion
OF the enemy's forces which entered
| the colony to the east broke away In a
southwestern direction and crossed the
railway at point between Bangor
and Sherborne. They did some damage
TO the railway. The column under
Williams will be in touch with this
body today.
"The force which entered the colony
to the west passed the road from Car
navon to Victoria West at O'Clock
yesterday morning. They were going
south and were closely followed by
Thorneycroft and de Lisle. Very few
recruits from the colony joined the enc
my Hertzogs men are already drop
ping their worn horses"
General Kitchener, teiegraphing from
Pretoria, Sunday December 3Oth, says;
"The post at Helvetla was surprised al
2:3O a. m, the enemy first rushing ~
gun. At dawn the officer commanding
the post at Swartzkopje sent out a pa
troll and shelled the enemy out of Hell
vetia making them abandon the gun
temporarily. The Beers, however, formed
our prisoners around the gun and got
away eventually. No ammunition belong
ing to the gun was captured The cas-
ualtles were four officers wounded, eleven
men killed, and twenty-five wounded. A
column was sent out from Machadodorp
but owing to bad roads 1t failed to ar
rive in time"
1t is now ascertained that the Beers
who trekked westward from Vryburg and
who were supposed to be going to De-
MARYLAND, are making for the Prieska
district of Cape Colony.
a dispatch from Cradock says: 1.-THE
Beers burned an empty goods train neal
Rosmead junction. The authorities al
Rosmead have sent the women and chill
dren away to Cradock. 1t is reported
that a commando has crossed the line
and is making toward Middleburg."
I PORT ELIZABETH, December 81
Reports are in circulation here that the
train which was held up near Rosmead
was not empty, but had sixty of the
Prince Alfred Guards on board, who were
returning from the front, and about forty
passengers, women and children. The
Beers numbered 200 with supports that
could he seen in the distance. The sol
diers defended themselves until the small
quantity of ammunition was exhausted
when all We're captured, though subse-
quently released.
An officer and three soldiers were Sc
verely wounded. The railway traffic mas
been stopped, but the Beers do not APP
pear to have injured the roadway.
CAPE COLONY VOLUNTEERS.
CAPE TOWN, December 31.-The Cape
Government has called upon the loyal
lists in twenty-seven districts, including
Cape Town, to assist the military to
Irepel invasion by the forming of paid
orce. In a preamble to the call the Gov
ernment announces the situation as fol-
lows:
forces of the enemy have penetrated
outh of Carnarvon in the west and south
of Middesburg in the east, 1t Is neces-
sary to repel the invasion promptly and
the Government calls upon loyal inhabit.
ants to aid the military in this duty by
the formation OF n colonial force FOR the
sole and exclusive purpose of repelling
invasion, guarding lines Of communica-
tion and maintaining order in the dis
turbed districts.
Volunteers should enroll with the
Civil Commissioners in their respective
districts. They will be paid five shillings
day. with rations, forage. arms and
horses The term OF service is not ex-
pected to exceed three months. This no.
tiCc especially aDDlies to the diStriC Is
named in it, but other districts may as
sist. Enlistng will begin Thursday"
1t Is estimated that no fewer than 1900
Cape Dutch have Joined the invaders,
who have penetrated further south than
ever.
KIMBERLEY ALMOST ISOLATED.
CRADDOCK (Cape Colony). Friday.
December 2S.-Kimberley is almost isolat-
ed by Boer raiders. No mails have
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