Welsh Newspapers

Search 15 million Welsh newspaper articles

Hide Articles List

55 articles on this Page

BOER WAIj,

News
Cite
Share

BOER WAIj, To-Day's Wires. Yeomanry Surprised. (REUTER'S TELEGFRAM.) DURBAN. Monday. News has reached here from the Orange River Colony, though difficulty is experienced in verifying the statements, that a. body of Yeomanry, under Major Williams, in camp to the north of Bethlehem, was surprised and attacked on December 25, and suffered the loss of two guns and 75 taken prisoners. It appears that the Boers descended stealthily on the camp from an adjacent hill, and, avoiding our pickets, got to close quarters, inflicting severe punishment before the British were in a position to respond. After the first shock of attack the Yeomanry made a gallant stand, but were eventually overpowered. Major Williams was killed. The prisoners were liberated later, after being deprived of their boots and portions of their clothiug. The Calvinia Road Fight. (PRESS ASSOCIATION WAR SPECIAL.) CERES (CAPE COLONY), Monday. Further details which have been received of the comuineù Boer attack on Colonels Wynd- ham and Crabbe on Calvinia Road show that the Boers attacked the rearguard 40 miles from Clanwilliam on the 22nd inst. The enemy were driven off, but attempted to oppose the advance of our coiumns next day from a high ridge where they had entrenched them- selves. The 16th Lancers rushed the position and drove the enemy off. In addition to about 50 casualties, the Boers lost eight horses. On the 24th inst our .scouts rushed a. laager, capturing some blankets. The return of the columns from Calvinia met with no opposi- tion. The Clanwillian Scouts captured two Boer scouts near Modderfontein on Christmas Day. In ,most of the commandos recently en. countered there is a large proportion of un- I armed men. The Boers are, apparently, still collecting stores in Bushman's Land. (PRESS ASSOCIATION WAR SPECIAL.) HEILBRON, Sunday. The Boers who attacked Colonel Damant on December 20 were under the supreme command of Weasels. Two hundred men, hidden in kraals, covered Colonel Damant's position from two sides. These Boers were responsible for most of the British casualties, as Colonel Damant had no cover. Three hundred Boers who charged the charged the British met with an awful recep- tion when they appeared on the hill. The first Boer to show himself fell riddled with bullets, and others met with a similar fate. The struggle was brief, but fierce. Daman't guns kept np a hot fire at point-blank range until the ammunition was exhausted. The captain of the pom-pom, whose belts were emptied, was standing beside his gun when he was killed at a few yards' range. Within half an hour after the Boers retreated all the British guns were repaired and again ready for action. When Colonel Damant's reinforce- ments arrived Briton and Boer lay side by lide on the hill. Many cases of individual heroism are reported. Colonel Damant's staff fought with their revolvers until they were shot down. Captures from the Enemy. (PRESS ASSOCIATION WAR SPECIAL.) MIDDELBURG (Cape Colony). Monday. The Maratsburg scouts came into touch with a few rebel stragglers on the 26th inst. Patrols from Somerset East captured two j horses, with saddles and clothing, from fifteen rebels. who were near Darlington, last week. Colonel Price engaged sixteen of Fouche's men to the south-east of Burghersdorp on December 28. Field-cornet Jan Veuter was killed and a Cradock rebel was captured, together with twenty-four horses and saddles. seven rifles, 330 rounds of small-arms ammuni- tion, and the kits of all the Boers. The remnants of the enemy escaped on foot.

The Nice Train Murder.

SCOTCH COLLIERY FIRE.

GERMAlTsTEAMER WRECKED

BONZOLINE BILLIARD TODRNA-MEXT.

! TERRIBLE END OF AN ARTIST.

FOUR SEAMEN ARRESTED.

Advertising

--- -----Athletic Notes.

MOTOR-CAR IN A SHOP-FRONT.

MISS MÃ-U-t- GO-NNE.

[No title]

Strange Stabbing Story.

# A VOSGES TRAGEDY.

RELIGIOUS RIOT IN THE ISLE…

DEFECTIVE SANITATION.

THE MERTHYR RECREATION GROUND.

THE ADAMSDOWN MISADVENTURE.

ROYAL GIFTS TO WINDSOR.

Fur Women Folk.

Drift.

CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA

LOCAL WILLS.

QUEEN AT SANDRINGHAM.

DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER.

[No title]

- Lady Doctors.

DEATH OF MR. C. A. AUBREY.

DISTRICT COUNCILS,

DANGER OF LEVEL CROSSINGS.

[No title]

England and Russia.

STATES AND THE CHINESE INDEMNITY

Wesleyan Million Guineas Fund

Sentence on a Bank Clerk.

FOUR AT A BIRTH.

Married Life at Oldham.

Trade and Shipping.

Shipping Casualties

f On the Stock Exchange

Advertising

TO-DAY'S MARKETS.

COAL AND IRON FIELDS OF CANADA

The Visit of the Marquis Ito.

[No title]

Chronic Alcoholism.

RUSSIA AND MANCHURIA.

GREAT FLOODS IN AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL BANK FRAUDS.

THE DR. KRAUSE CASE.

A GREAT CHINESE COAL TRADE.

YESTERDAY'S LONDON BETTING.

OFFICIAL SCRATCIDNGS.

DEATH OF MR. LIDDELL.

MR. CECIL RHODES COMING HOME.