Evening star., 1902-02-17
ANOTHER BOER VICTORY
PARTY OF BRITISH INFANTRY.
MEN CAUGHT IN TRAP.
Twelve Killed and Forty Wounded
Boer Delegates Coming to
This Country.

A dispatch from Pretoria says: One hun
dred and fifty mounted infantrymen, while
patroling the Kip river. south Of johannes
burg February II, surrounded a farm
house where they suspected Beers were in
hiding.
A single Boer broke away from the house
and the British started to pursue him. The
Boer climbed kopje, the British following.
Immediately a heavy fire was opened upon
them from three sides. The British found
themselves in a trap and in a position
where they were unable to make any de-
ferse.
Eight of the British officers made gall
liant effort and defended the ridge with
carbines and revolvers until they were
oyerpowered. The British had two officers
and ten men killed and several officers and
forty men wounded before the force was
able to fall back under cover of a block
house.
A dispatch from Durham says: Mrs. De
Wet, in an interview held at the Maritz-
burg concentration camp. said that two
of her sons were still fighting with their
father. She regretted that the govern
ment had not permitted her to communt-
cate with her husband, and said she was
certain he would never surrender. Mrs DE
Wet declared she would rather see her hus-
band die than submit
Lord Kitchener, in addition to reporting
the Kip river affair, says: "A party from
the South African constabulary line. on the
Watervale river, encountered February 1O,
superior force Of the enemy near Vanton-
dersbek and was driven back with loss"
According to special dispatches from Pre-
toria the mounted infantrymen who were
trapped at Kip river were all fresh from
home and unused to Boer tactics. The bulk
Of the casualties occurred during the re-
treat Of the British. The killed included
Of for
In dispatch from Amsterdam the cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says Mr.. Kru-
ger expects favorable results from the tour
in the United States of Messrs. vessels
and Wolmarans and that they intend to ex-
plot the diplomatic disclosures in the mat
ter Of the Spanish-American war dispute.
Messrs. Vessels and Wolmarans expect
to land at New York simultaneously with
Prince Henry The Boer delegates will
visit New York. Philadelphia. Boston, Chi
cago, New Orleans, St. Louis and San
Francisco.
The Paris Temps. in an authorized note.
saws that only Messrs. Vessels and VOL
marans Of the Boer delegates In Europe
have sailed for the United States and that
Mr.. Fischer remains in Brussels.
The note says that the journey OF Wes-
sells and Wolmarans has no diplomatic OBJ
ject: that 1T simply appeared necessary that
they enter into direct relations with the
prc-Boer committees in the United States.
with a view to mutual understanding ana
organization.
Messrs. Wolmarans and Vessels sailed
for New York on board the Holland-Am
lean line steamer Rotterdam from Boulogne
February Ia. Their trip to the United
States was decided upon at conference
held in the house of Mr.. Kruger February
H. Messrs. Wolmarans and Vessels intend
to tour the United States in the interest or
the Beers
A dispatch from Salt Lake, Utah, yester-
day says: Three thousand western horses.
known as "cayuses,' gathered from the
ranges of the ntermountain states, are to
be shipped to South Africa for use In the
British army.
The animals were purchased by agents
of the British army. who had been securing
the country for weeks. and have been con-
centrated in corrals in this city and Grand
Junction, Col.
II has been announced that DR.. Mueller.
the former consul Of the Orange Free State
to The Hague, was one of the passengers
on the steamship ST. Paul, which arrived In
New York yesterday. 1t was said that Dr.
Mueller was sailing under the name or r.
Castberg" SO that his departure from
Europe might be kept secret. Inquiry
was made of John v. L. Pruyn concerning
the visit of DR.. Mueller. Mr.. Pruyn said:
Henry Mueller, the Boer emissary, has
been in this country for a month. He mas
been travelling through the western part
of the state.