The evening times., 1902-06-02

Causes Of The Struggle is Canralgns Battles, and Peace
Negotiations Recessed

frontal attack at CoIenso. losing many
ca-rcE and 1854 men. including Is
killed and eo7 prisoners.
Roberts Takes Command.
Buffers want CT ability to direct the
w-r being cr5dcrt. General Rotert= was
sent cut with Gen Lord EcrEort Kitch-
eneE as chief Of staff. ana arrived at
the Cape January 10. TO fnd that on
J5nUary C. 1906. a fierce attack on lady
smith had been repulsed. General Rob
erts at once proceeded to gather to-
Eether wagons. oxen and hcTses with
view Of bciuz able to get away from
the railroads. to which the British had
hitherto been tied
on JeC-Gr- / Gen. !. D. y. French
captured CcIcsburC. Gaze Colony. but
tha chief events were CT the Tu-eIa
River. in Natal. II frcat CT Ladysuith.
where General Butler made a flank move
Ec-1t to reach the tesieGeG city from
tire west ty way CT Actcn Homes It
might. Ecrhdbs. have succeeded. but
General Warren, without orders. al
tackled ard took Spi3n kCp January y.
Re1inrufshing the KEEP precipitateiy after
q handful cf EoeTs had climbed its steep
SIDES aud riJ6led his troops with bUI-
les he thus spoiled BulleT's flank
ntvCnent at a less TO the British OF
i-i.3 men, including 20 prisoners Naal
[T5nz was next occupied ~ Butler on
February Q. bat he was once driven
back With heavy loss
Meanwhile Roberts had assembled
&C eco men near AIagersfcntoi2, and on
February u entered the Orange Free
state to relieve Kimberley by flank
movement to tie right. French wss
sent with large cavalry force to kim
~erlcy which the Beer besiegers, under
ETonia's command, abandoned On see
-r what Roberts was about
Crorje was pursued by the infantry
and. being delayed by his wagons, was
overtzken at PaaFdc5UTg Pc trUary p
While coraeTi1g him and While awaiting
French's arrival a frontal attack w2s
-ade u7on CTCnje. with loss OF l-434
-rer To the British. On the 27th, the an
ri~crsary CT Najuba Hill, Crcnje SUI
rendered with 500 mcr and six guns.
after one of the most heroic defenses
recorded il history
Ladysnith Siege Raised.
Butler. after much hard fighting. ex-
ending from February 70 10 february
=. at length won his way 30 Ladysmith.
the Beer forces. ably commanded BY
Gen. Louis Bctha. having been with
drawn in large numbers to cope wita
Roberts. and On the 2Sth Lord Dundon-
ID entered the starved city.
The Beers now withdrew from Cape
Colony and Natal, while Roberts pushed
cn across country 20 Bloemfcntein-
reaching that place March after fsht
st Poplar Grove. Roberts hastened TO
oDen railway connections with Cape
Town and thus obtained food and met1-
cines. y long halt was made at Bloem-
fontein to rcmount the cavalry, which
--~d boeu worn cut by the hurried rush
from Kimberley.
zen. p. J. Jcubert. the Boer 2omman-
der-in-cEief. died March p being much
regretted by friend and foe Botha sue
ceeded him.
On April >. for the first time. a Beer
commando was captured. being a force
led by Col VIIIeboig N2reUiI a FTelcl
officer who had the credit Of haviRE
wisely advised as TO the siege OF kim
berIey and LadysEitn- &aI euil was
killed. The Beers had a success at
Dr.cfcntein March IG in1iCting loss Cf
4C2 There was also q fight at karee.
near Brandf0rt. March %. in which the
British loss was f72 killed and wounded.
At Sanna's Post March 81, by shrewd
stratagem. the Beers captured six can
non. inGicting besides q loss Of 544. in
Guiding 40 prisoners taken On April
2 Gen Christian De Wet destined 10 be
the most brilliant soldier produced by
the whole war. began his series o sue
cesses with the capture Of 39. British at
Re5ersbe-g. inficting a total loss OF 40
Wcpener. at this time underwent q brief
siege