Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-01
WANING HOPES REVIVED.
Kitchener Sends Dispatch Con-
tanning Welcome News to
British Parliament.
Six Hundred Beers Killed OF
Captured on Maiuba Hill
Anniversary.
Two Thousand Horses, and 49,
600 Cattle Fall into Hands OF
British.

London, March Following the
nounced Gen. Cronje's surrender at
Paardeeburg on the anniversary of the
battle of Majuba Hill (Feb. q, 1850
Lord Kitchener apparently selected the
same anniversary to achieve big sue
cess by combined movement. lasting
| two days. against the Boer forces with
| in the Harrismith and Van Keenan, line
Of block houses. The Boer losses aggre-
gate 500 men killed or captured and
1000 horses and $4,000 head of cattle
| fell into the hands of the British troops.
| This news was so welcome to the
| British that it was read out in the
house of commons yesterday by the
| war secretary, Mr.. Rroderecik, from
| Lord Kitchener, as follows:
| "Harrismith. Feb. 2S.--Yesterday the
combined operations of the columns
terminated in driving the Beers against
the Harrismith and Van Keenan, block
house line. The river Wilge was held
by the Leinster regiment and Elliott's
mounted infantry from Harrismith.
while the columns formed on the
Frankfort and Botha's pass block house
line and advanced south, holding the
entire country between the W'ilge and
the Natal frontier. On the first night
a very severe attempt to break thru
was made at a point between Riming-
/ tons and Bying's columns and the NV
Zealanders behaved with great gallan-
| try. The fighting was at close quarters
and the Beers, as usual, drove large
herd of cattle in front of them. Mamie
Botha, the Boer leader, was killed and
thirty-fi five dead Beers We're found on
the ground. Over 100 horses Were killed
and 5000 head of cattle were left in our
hands. Other small attempts to break
out were made and In two cases sue
ceeded. On the last day $50 Beers, with
rifles and horses, We're captured. All
the column have notgyet reported and
the operations have been very wide, but
over 500 Beers have been either killed
CIR are prisoners in our hands: also q,
900 horses, $4,000 head of cattle, zoe
wagons. 10000 sheep. coo rifles and So
COO rounds of ammunition The prison
ers include Gen. Dewet's son and hjs
secretary, Commandments Meyer and
Truther and several field corness. These
SdtlSldClOIy results DIE very aPPlopI4s
ate on the anniversary of Majuba.'
The war secrtary, Mr.. Frederick.
replying to question in the house Of
commons yesterday, said no "Details,
with the exception of the list of casu
alties, had been received of the recent
capture of a British convoy of empty
wagons near klerksdorp. No men had
been reported killed, but there were
about 100 wounded.
In response to an inquiry made by
the government as to the fate of an
escort or convoy of empty wagons
which, according to dispatch from
Lord Kitchener. made public Feb. 26.
was attacked by the Beers southwest of
Kerksdorp, Transvaal Covnys Feb. "a.
Lord Kitchener has cabled the f6Sow-
ing message:
"a report has just been received that
sixteen officers and 451 men were taken
prisoners. OF these one officer and
1,105 men have been releas Nj. Col. An
derson. Of the imperial yeomanry. who
commanded, is still a prisoner. Maj.
Enderhy was wounded"