The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-20

force led by Colonel vlllebois Mareull,
French officer who has the credit of
having wisely advised as to the siege Of
Kimberley and Ladysmlth His diary, re-
Gently published, discloses the fact that, to
his intense disgust, the Beers did not much
regard his advice, especially rs respects
strategic matters, understanding better
than he what they could do On March 10
the Beers had success at Driefonteln. in
nicting a loss Of 402 There was also Il
fight at Karee, near Brandfort, March -,
In which the British loss was 172 killed and
wounded.
At sanna's Post. March 81, by shrewd
stratagem, the Beers captured six cannon,
in1icting besides loss of 5i4. including
Al6 prisoners taken. on April De Wet
began his series OF successes with the cap
ture of 397 British at Redersberg. nn'ct-
Ing total loss Of 40. Wcpener at this
time underwent a brief siege.
The advance on Pretoria began May g.
and on May ~ the British entered Johan-
nesburg after several minor actions and
on June Pretoria. releasing some 1000
British prisoners. Butler had soon after
reoccup'cd Dundee and was pressing north.
ward via Lang's mex into the Transyaal.
on August . he met Roberts at Belfast
and entered Lydenburg September :.
Meanwhile Mafcking had been relieved,
on May l0-after a siege Of PIT days. This
event lifted a heavy load of the British
heart and there were
MAD REJOICINGS
all through the British empire. The Brit
ish were no longer on the defensive any
/ where, but with a capable general and
/ army Of 265132 men were In a position to
( be aggressive. The annexation of the
| Orange Free State as the "Orange River
Colony" took place May %, 1900 tine
Transyaal suffering the same fate Septem.
! Der l.
After Pretoria was taken It remained TO
clear the railway eastward to Komatipoort.
on the Portuguese border to Krugersdorp,
| in the west, and to Petersburg in the
north The movement eastward resulted in
a battle on june If and L. In which the
/ British suffered loss Of 1871 men other
columns were at this time operating In the
eastern part Of the Orange Colony where
| General prinSloo, with his commando of
4ooo men, was corncred and cap urcd on
July 20 by General Hunter. at Ngauwpoort
/ De Wet escaped Some weeks before this
the British had had minor disaster AT
Uitvurs mex. where they suffered loss of
253 including lsG taken prisoners.
! Guerrilla warfare dates from midsummer
1900 ana this phase Of the war continues
to the present time II Is species Of war.
fare in which the Boers excel and 1t seem,
they neycr seriously contemplated forna
warfare and stond-up fights. such as Eu
ropean military men consider regular "
De Wet soon asserted his skin in II. captur
ing British attachments every few weeks
and eluding capture miraeuIously, though
chased persistently by six or eight column,
at time.
French occupied Barberton on September
13, and on the oath the Guards occupied
Komatipoort, many Beers surrendering and
over thousand more crossing into Portu
gueSe territory whence they were later
taken to Lisbon About the same time
President Kruger took refuge in Lorenzo
Marquee and afterward went to Europe on
a Dutch warship. TO be received wi h great
enthusiasm In Fra0Ho o"7 t1oNnnI.
THE BOER RESISTANCE
now became conferred iu Louis Botha 10 tho
northeast, in Delarcy west OF Pretoria. and
In De Wet Ia the orange colony The las,
kept the colony in a ferment tin ne cross
cd over into Cane Colony for an cycitlnl
campaign there In the early months Of 1901
pelarcy, on December u. at Nooitgedarat
attacked General Clement ana captured
227 Of his men, besides inhictng q further
loss Of li3 In killed and wounded
General Roberts, on November 20. re
signed the supreme command 90 Genera
Kitchener, considering the war as a mat
ter Of strategy ended. aud left for England
In December.
Since the beginning Of 1901 the war ha.
consisted ohle6y OF guerilla operations. am
buscades, capturing trains etc. but Their,
have been from time To time bloody fight,
OF some magnitude, suca for example, "a.
Delareys actions at Vlakfontein and Mood
VIII, and B0tha's recent attack at Itala
where he suffered heavy loss De Wei
after hghtins Knox near Thabanchu T.
January, 1901, crossed into Cane Colony
He was pursued with such pertinaolty thar
after a few weeks he rverosscd l1t1 e.,
Orange Colony and dissolved his command,
st Senekal. being worn out by his ex,raorji
nary exertlons Other leaders have con
tnued the invasion of Cape Colony for oyer
six months. living on the country and aid
ed by their Dutch eompatrlots. Letter hai
been captured and condemned 20 death al
being a Cape Colonist. who Killed two Kaf
frs aud siomboked several whites. Scheep
ers has also inst been captured after hav
ing indicted INFINITE worry and loss on th,
enemy. His and Ave or six other com
mandocs wander at viii, defylng capture
many OF the local Dutch joining the IN
vaders. Very recently Botha essayed IN,
Invasion OF Natal, but after several con
siderable captures of British detachment