New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-01
CAPTURES on BOTH SIDES.
KITCHENER REPORTS SUCCESSFUL RE
SUITS OF WIDESPREAD OPERATIONS.

| KITCHENER REPORTS SUCCESSFUL RE
| SUITS OF WIDESPREAD OPERATIONS.
London. Feb. 2S-Following the precedent Of
! Lord Roberts. who announced General Cronje's
surrender at Paardeberg on the anniversary of
the battle Of Majuba Hill February D. 1SSD,
| Lord Kitchener apparently selected the same an
| niversary to achieve a big success by a com
| bined movement lasting two days. against the
| Boer forces within the Harrismth and Van
| Reenen line Of blockhouses. The Boer losses ag-
! gregate six hundred men killed or captured. and
! 1000 horses and 2S.0OO head ~ cattle fell into
| the hands Of the British troops
| This news was so welcome 20 the British that
| # was read out in the House Of Commons to-
! day by the War Secretary. Mr. Brodrick from
a dispatch Of Lord Kitchener, as follows:
Harrtsmith. Orange River Colony
February 2S
Yesterday the combined operations II the col
umns terminated IN driving the Beers against
| the Harrsmith and Van Eeenen blockhouse
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 hlockhouse line and
advanced south, holding the entire country be
tween the Wilge and the Natal frontier.
On the first night very severe attempt 10
break through was made at a point between
Rimngtons and Byng's columns. and the New
Zeaanders behaved with great gallantry. The
fighting was at close quarters. and the Beers, as
usual, drove a large herd of cattle in front OF
them. Mamie Botha, the Boer leader, was killed,
and thirtv-fve dead Beers were found on the
ground. over hundred horses were killed
and six thousand head OF cattle were left in our
hands. Other small attempts 10 break out were
made and in two cases succeeded. on the last
day four hundred and fifty Beers, with rifles and
horses, were captured.
All the columns have not yet reported, and
the operations have been very wide. But over
six hundred Beers have been either killed
prisoners in hands, also 1000 horses, 2S,O 900
head of cattle, 200 wagons, 10000 sheep, 600
rifles and $4,000 rounds of ammunition The
prisoners include General De Vets son and
his secretary, Commandments Meyer and Truther
and several field comets These satisfactory
results are very appropriate on the anniversary
of Majuba.
Mr.. Brodrick. replying 10 a question In the
House Of Commons to-day, said no details with
the exception of the list of casualties had been
received of the recent capture of a British con-
vOy Of empty wagons Klerksdorp. No men
had been reported killed, but there We're about
a hundred wounded
In response TO an inquiry made by the gov
eminent 10 the fate of the escort Of the con
voy of empty wagons which. according 10 a
| dispatch from Lord Kitchener, made public
| February 26. was attacked and captured by the
| Beers southwest OF Klerksdorp, TransvaaI Col
| ony, February p, Lord Kitchener has cabIed
| the following message:
| report has Just been received that sixteen
! officers and 41l men We're taken prisoners. OF
| these one officer and 105 men have been re-
! leased. Colonel Anderson, of the Imperial Yeo-
| many, who commanded is stilI prisoner
! Major Enderby, who commanded the infantry
| was wounded Hence the delay in obtaining
| definite information
Lord Kitchener says nothing in his responses
! about the two guns that the Beers captured
| with the convoy, and Mr. Brodrick the Score
tary Of State for War announced in the House
Of Commons to-day that the government had
no further information beyond that contained
in Lord Kitchener's dispatch
The censorship in South Africa has been ex-
cessively strict for some time past and dis
patches have consequently suffered serious de-
lay. In some cases they have been held up for
one or two days, both at Cape Town and
Pretoria.
A dispatch received tonight from Harrismith
shows that General De Wet and Mr.. Steyn were
within the net described by Lord Kitchener but
escaped before the line completed.
To-night's dispatch from Harrismith also saws
that Colonel Rawlinson scored the biggest sue
cess of the drive. He succeeded in completely
surrounding a laager OF four hundred Beers
and gave them one hour in which to decide
whether they would surrender or fight The
Beers, finding escape impossible surrendered at
discretion, and not a single shot was fred.
The war news faVorably affected the mining
market curb business (after the close of the
market). Kaffirs We're strong. at II to u above
| the regular closing prices of the day.