Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-03
NRATHY IN LONDON.
All the Papers Discuss the
 War Situation.

The Boers Lost Heavily at Fort Itata
 and Port Prospective Hundred
 and Fifty Were Killed and Three
 Hundred Wounded Commandant
 Tobias Boshof Was Killed at Moed-
 will.
 London, Oct 3.-The Boer reverse at Moedwill occurred September 29. The BoefS are reported to have been 200 strong. Lord Kitchener, in his dis patch, says the British repelled the at tack with great vigor. After the close of the fighting, Colonel kekewich was slightly wounded in two places. He says that all ranks behaved extremely we'll. The wounded were taken to Rustenburg, half way between Preto- ria and Mafeking
 Lord Kitchener confirms the heavy losses of the Boers, about 25O killed and 300 wounded, during their attack on Fort Itala and Port Prospect He says the guns recently captured at NlakfOntein have been recovered from the Boers.
 Moedwill, the scene of the bold at tack by Commandant De La Key on Colonel KelSewichas camp, is seventy five miles west of Pretoria and fifteen west of Rustenburg. As the wounded | were being brought back to Rusten- burg, it looks as though MoedwilI, which is close to the Magatos pass in I the NIagaliesberg range, has been abandoned.
 4 telegram from BlOemfontein indi- cates that the guns Lord Kitchener re- ports having recovered were dug up, I the Boers having buried them A mixed column under General Kitchen I CT, with Lord kitchener's brother has been sent presumably tO1relieve Natal l froms Gommandant General Botha' s forces. It has reached yryheid. The i casualty list shows that in the fighting l at Caledon river last Friday Colonel l Plumer lost two officers killed and ten | men killed and wounded.
 Among the Boers killed at Moedwill was Commandant Tobias Boshof, a wellknown leader. Kemp's scouts picked up the body. Most of the oth- CTS killed were foreigners. l ..For months past ave have been told" says the Daily Graphic this morning, that, if the Boers would
 
 come to close quarters we should see I what we should see The Boers have taken us at our word and the results are certainly not encouraging" The chorus of disatisfactionfwith the iner tia of the government is daily gather ing force. Winston Churchill, speak ing last night at Oldham, described the situation in South Africa as 'seri ous and disquieting." He said the wal could not be ended by. proclamations or by threats but only by vigorous military operations.
 The Standard says: "The Boers arc fighting with a determination and : contempt for their own lives such as were seldom shown in the early per 1 iods of lne war. Their plan is tt keep Lord Kitchner's army busy il the north and to give the rowing com mandoes in Cape Colony an opportun ity to raise the Cape Dutch against tn British
 It is believed that the government at last recognizes the necessity o1 meeting the renewed Boer activity Preparations are being made to re place Lord Kitchener's exhausted men by fresh drafts. Lord Kitchenel has sent home fresh batch of imper ial yeomanry suiA ering from organic diseases uniting them for life on th' veldt. together with strong protes against the waste of public time ant money in enlisting such men.
 There is further evidence of th' seriousness of the situation in Cap' Colony. The Cape premier, Sir Johl Gordon Sprigg, has gone to Johannes berg to meet Lord Kitchener and Lort Milner in conferences probably on tn subject of declaring martial law il Cape ports.