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THE WAR.
THE WAR. MACHADODORP ATTACKED. MOUNTED INFANTRY SUCCESSES. Saturday. In a brief despatch from Pretoria Lord Kitchener reports that the Boers attacked Machadodorp, on the Delagoa Bay line, on Wednes- day night, but were driven off before dawn. Small successes have been gained by parties of mounted infantry to the west of Pretoria and near Ventersburg.
THE CAPE INVASION.
THE CAPE INVASION. GARRISONS RELIEVED. In Cape Colony Hertzog's commando, Lord Kitchener states, is in the neighbourhood of Sutherland, about 80 miles north of Matjesfontein. General Settle is organising a force to head them off. The enemy on the Midland line and the eastern invading column are reported to have broken up into small parties, some of which are returning north. General Bruce Hamilton has relieved the garrisons of Hoopstad and Bnltfontein, in the north-west of the Orange River Colony.
RAILWAY ATTACKS.
RAILWAY ATTACKS. BOERS DRIVEN OFF. Monday. A Despatch from Lord Kitchener was last night issued from the War Office, in which it is announced that about 1,400 Boers on Saturday morning crossed the line between Zuurfontein and Kaalfontein, attacking both stations. They were driven off East and followed up by General Knox's Cavalry Brigade from Elandsfontein. Several Boers were killed and wounded, and one Field Cornet was captured. Zeerust was attacked last Monday, but the enemy were driven off.
BOER COMMANDANT KILLED.
BOER COMMANDANT KILLED. Colonels Gorden and Plumer have been engaged with parties of the enemy North of Krugersdorp, while in Colonel Boyes's engagement near Senekal Commandant Dupreez and eight Boers were killed.
ATROCITIES BY DE WET.
ATROCITIES BY DE WET. FLOGGED AND SHOT. Lord Kitchener adds that three agents of the Peace Committee were taken prisoners to De Wet's laager near Lindley on Thursday. One British subject was flogged and then shot; two Burghers were flogged by De Wet's orders.
A GALLANT DEFENCE.
A GALLANT DEFENCE. CHESHIRES AT BAY. A correspondent at Pretoria telegraphs a de- tailed account of the fighting mentioned in the first part of the Commanding Officer's message. He says the small garrisons posted at Zuurfontein and Kaalfontein, which are between Pretoria and Elandsfontein, had been warned of the approach of the Boers. The attack on Zuurfontein was beaten off after the station had been freely shelled. The defence of Kaalfontein, where 90 of the Cheshire Mounted Infantry and 85 details, with no guns, under Lieutenant Williams Freeiran, beat off, &fter nearly six hours' fighting, a force of nearly 800 Boers, with two twelve-pounders and one Maxium, is said to be oue of the fiuest achievements of the war.
CAPETOWN CITY GUARD.
CAPETOWN CITY GUARD. PARADE OF 3,000. A parade of three thousand men of the City Guard took place at Capetown on SaLurday, General Brabant, commanding the Colonial Defence Force, in a speech expressed the hope that many members of the Guard would volunteer to serve at the front.
EDITOR COMMITTED.I
EDITOR COMMITTED. DE WET AND DISSENSIONS. Mr Malan, the editor of Ons Land, has been com- mitted for trial on a charge of high treason. It is reported from Maseru that there is a split in De Wet's force, several Commandants and their men having left to carry on hostilities on their own account.
THE ZUURFONTEIN ATTACK.
THE ZUURFONTEIN ATTACK. BRILLIANT DEFENCE. Tuesday. A correspondent at Pretoria telegraphs that in the attack on Zuurfontein on Saturday the defence of the station was brilliantly carried out by detach- ments of the Norfolk and Lincoln Regiments, The jailway has been repaired, and trains were running through on Sunday morning. A Cavalry patrol captured Commandant Beyer's Adjutant, near Kaalfontein. Like other prisoners recently taken, he was dressed in khaki. When the Boers attacked Zuurfontein they were led by a Kaffir through the only entrance in the wire entanglements guarding the British position. Commandant Beyer's entire force, numbering two thousand men, has now gone Eastward.
ZEERUST ISOLATED.
ZEERUST ISOLATED. SURRENDER DEMANDED. Both postal and telegraphic communication with Zeerust have been suspended for many duys. On Tuesday last the Commandant received an un- signed message asking for the surrender of the garrison by three in the afternoon, failing which the town would be shelled. The demand was refused. In the firing that ensued, the British casualties were three Yeomanry and three of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment wounded.
REBELS SURRENDERING.
REBELS SURRENDERING. COMMANDO GOING EAST. WEDNESDAY. Lord Kitchener, in a despatch reporting that there are no important changes in the situation in Cape Colony, states that some small patties appear to be returning into the Orange River Colony, and that some Cape rebels who accompanied the commando into the colony are surrendering. He also reports that Commandant Beyers crossed the Pretoria ling near Kaalfontein on Saturday with all his men, going east.
MORE YEOMEN WANTED.
MORE YEOMEN WANTED. ENLISTMENT OF 5,000. VOLUNTEER REPLACEMENTS. It was on Tuesday night announced from the War Office that, it having been decided to send drafts to the Imperial Yeomanry units now in South Africa, the Secretary of State had authorised the enlistment of 5,000 Imperial Yeomen. This force will in no way supersede the South African Constabulary, for which recruiting will go on as before. An Army Order will shortly be issued, setting forth the pay and conditions of service. The Was Office has inquired of the commanding officers of Volunteer Battalions who have service com- panies at the front, how many men they can fur- nisb to replace the Volunteers who have completed twelve months' service in South Africa. It is stated that is desired to prepare a force of 5,000 men. The transport Algeria left the Albert Docks, London, on Tuesday with Cavalry reinforcements for the Cape.
PRO-BOER FALSEHOODS.
PRO-BOER FALSEHOODS. Under the above heading the London Standard of Wednesday contained the following paragraph —A leading article published in the Marc, enter Guardian on Monday last opened with the follow- ing settlement It is a pity that as often as our Armies are checked in South Africa a part of our Press should raise a cry for the killing of Boer prisoners in cold blood. On October 17 the London Duily Telegraph urged that after a short Fme any Boers taken with arms in their hands should be shot without mercy.' The Standard had already urged, on October 16, that every prisoner taken should be put to death. On January 2nd The Standard renewed the proposal, and last Friday the Daily Telegraph, slightly modified its previous proposal and suggested that after the surrender of General Louis Botha, which it seemed to expect at once, the killing of prisoners should begin." We call upon the Manrhest^r Guardian to furnish us with the passages in which The Standard either on October 16th or at any other time, raised a cry tor the killing of Boer prisoners in cold blood." It is much to be regretted that the friends of the Boers in this country should be obliged to have recourse to such gross and scandalous mis- representations,
KRUGER AND BARBARITY.
KRUGER AND BARBARITY. COMPLETE APPROVAL. A Brussels correspondent says that De Wet's barbarous treatment of the envoys of the Boer Peace Committee meets with the complete approval of Mr Kruger and his followers. They declare that De Wet's barbarity is a proper revenge for Cordua's execution by the order of Lord Roberts for con- spiring against his life. In Transvaal quarters it is considered that De Wet's deed is a sign that the Boers are determined to pursue the war.
ISIR ALFRED MILNE R.
SIR ALFRED MILNE R. MALICIOUS ALLEGATIONS. A POLICY OF CONTEMPT. Sir Alfred Milner, writing to a Hndder>fie!d gentleman, who had sent him a report of a meeting held at the Liberal Club in that town, to discuss the South African settlement, says if he were to attempt to deny all the lies or correct all the misrepresentations of which he is the object he would have practically no time to do anything else. Against attacks which were not ùonâ ftde-as most of those against him were not—it was useless to contend bv bond fide explanations. It was better to neglect them, and to leave to time and the ultimate good sense of Englishmen to put things right in the end. WAR ITEMS. The Lord Mayor of London has received from the Central Committee of the Mansion House Refugees Fund at Capetown a summary of their relief work to November 30. From this it appears that JE203,100 had been received from the central fund and £23,593 collected locally, and the expenditure to date was £ 212,798, of which nearly £10,000 bad been disbursed during the month. The people still receiving relief numbered 5,977, or 800 less than in the previous month. In all 46,017 people had been relieved, of whom 12,220 had been assisted with free passages. Second Lieut W L Herd, 4th Shropshire Light Infantry (Herefordshire Militia), has been ordered for duty with the draft of signallers leaving Alder- shot for South Afrioi. Large quantities of rifles are being shipped to the Cape, and it is stated that all the cavalry, like the regiments just going out, are to substitute Lee- Enfield rifle for carbine and to abandon the lance. There are 12,000 cavalry in South Africa. A News Agency understands that Messrs Roths- child have sent a contribution of £ 1000 to the Colonial Troops Entertainment Fund, from which the Canadian Contingent entertainment expenses were paid, and from which a further 5',00 troops will be entertained in the spring. The Agent General for Natal has received a very large number of applications from would be recruits for the Natal Mounted Police. Selections are being made, and the first batch of the newly-enlisted men will leave for South Africa on the 24th inst on board the steamship Galeka.
ILOCAL CASUALTIES.
LOCAL CASUALTIES. 31st Compauy Imperial Yeomanry—8169 Pte J W Hughes (severely wounded), near Heiibron, Jan 3rd. Deaths.-2nd Shropshire Light Infantry—Ptea 1785 T Bowen (wounds), and 2777 H Slauey (wounds), Belfast, Jan 8th. DANGEROUSLY ILL. 3rd South Wales Borderers—4005 Pte J Kearli, enteric, Bloemfontein, Jan 12th. 2nd South Wa!es Borderers -3088 Lance-Cpl W Vizor, 6345 Pte S Jones, 6136 Lance-Cpl G Waters, 6319 Pte n Croxford, and 6314 Sergt H Gower, disease not stated, Kroonstad, Jan 12. 2nd Shropshire Light Infantry- 5768 Pte J Taylor, gunshot wound, chest, Belfast, Jan 12, The following casualties occurred at Belfast on Jan. 7 :-2nd Shropshire Light Infantry.-Lient. C Marshall (severely wounded, gunshot wound left knee), 1136 Sergeant J Connor and 1414 Private T Jenkins (killed), 5763 Private J Taylor (danger- ously wounded), 3J32 Private G Hayward (severely wounded), Privates 5955 W Guy and 4246 R Mere- dith (wounded and missing), Lance Corporals 6128 J Daviesand 5941 E Dyas, Privates 4434 W Clarke, 5579 H Jeffery, 5939 W Rowlands, 3654 A G Moore, 5571 J Grigg, 2856 H Malpass, 1479 F Grindley, 5213 J Ellis, 5563 J W Farrell, 2653 G Wood, and 3247 H Baker (all missing).
I PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
I PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry).—The promotion to the rank of Lieutenant of Second Lieut. C D Giles is antedated to August 1, 1900, on augment ation. The Royal Welsh Fusiliers.-Maj)r F Morris retires on ratired pay.
"NOBLE SIX HUNDRED."
"NOBLE SIX HUNDRED." A SURVIVOR IN DIFFICULIES. The Rev Edward J Reeve, vicar of Fleetwood Lancashire, informs The Standard that William Butler, late Sergeant 17th Lancers, and one of the famous "Six Hundred," is now lying in the Preston Infirmary, having met with a serious accident and broken his thigh. The veteran is over 70 years of age, is possessed of four medals, has only a small pension, has a wife dependent upon him. It will be some time before he is able to get about again, and very probably he may never be able to walk agaiu. A fund is being raised whereby his declin- ing days may be rendered more comfortable, and he may have something to fall back upon when he eaves the Infirmary. Contributions for Sergeant William Butler's benefit will be acknowledged by the Rev Edward J Reeve, vicar of Fleetwood and Chaplain 3rd V.B. Lancashire Fusiliers.
WELSHPOOL VOLUNTEERS.
WELSHPOOL VOLUNTEERS. ALLEGED SHAMEFUL TRE ATM KNT. Mr W Mills, 33, Wellington Crescent, Waterloo, Welshpool, has received the following letter from his son, Private W Mills, at present serving in South Africa, with the Volunteer Company of the South Wales Borderers: — Providence Siding, near Bethulie, Sunday, December 16, 1900. Dear Father and Mother,- Since writing you last, we have had another move, mid-way between Bethulie and Sprinfontein. We relieved two Companies of the Scots Guards, and our Company does the work of the two. It was an awfully wet night when we arrived here. The rain and wind were something terrific, hut we lived through it the same an < wry t i, intr el-e i'ommy takes everything as it comes and uiukcs the Ue&c of it, except these few details which I am going to tell you about. Of course you know we left, the regi- ment on October 7th, and those of us who had very bad clothes were given a new suit, that is a coat and trousers. But since coming down to this locality, we have been given to understand that if we want any more clothes we must pay for tbem out of our own pockets. Well, you ought to see the state some of our fellows are in ;-boots just off their feet, battered helmets, and some with their shirts through their breeches. Yes, even our own Sergeant Astley is in this predicament, and it is the resolution of one aud all to do cur duty with the sr. me app-i-retthatAdam wore, rather than spend a farthing of our own money on cloth- ing. As you know we get the large sum of Is 3d per deim, but of course we didn't volunteer to fight for money. When we were at Springfontein and Bethulie we were having bread every day, and boiled ham at the former place but now that we are midway between the two towns, with trains run- ning up and down the line every day, we are living worse then when we were on the march with General Hart. We get biscuits and very hard ones too-in fact some would do to pave the streets with -and they give us either Maconochie's rations or bully beef for dinner. This, with a quarter of a small pot of jam forms our diet, and I can tell you IT IS GETTING IICKENING, having the same thing day afier day. If we could buy some estra3 here (which we can do in some places) we haven't much money to spa! e for cloth- ing. It isn't the same as if they hat.n't got bread, etc., but they have got it aid the troops do have it abf ve and below us. Seeing that we have lost so few men in this campaign, and that our Company ij a strong oDe, 1 expect they want to have a few of us here for ever, so as not to go to the expense of sending us a'l home. It is a strange thing that the Volunteer's services cannot be dispensed with bat the gallant C.I.V.'s services were easily dispensed with. I should think the C.I.V.'s would be just the men they want out here, as according to all the papers, they have done practically a the work, and besides they are models for the British Army." Look what they gave up to come out and fight for their country—homes, life, liberty, good situations, &c. But what did we give up? We gave up exactly the same as thuy did, but you see we haven't got a Lord Mayor nor a General for our Honorary Colonel, or else we possibly might have been home by now. I forgot to say that we haven't had a pair of t-oeks from the Army ince we have Seen in tuis country (over nine months ago) and haven't seen a Boer this last two months. Am glad to say I am in splendid health. Hoping you are the same, with best love, from WILL."
GUARDS AND C.I.V.'s.
GUARDS AND C.I.V.'s. "HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR." We have received the following letter from Sergt As-tlev, of the Volunteer Company, S.W.B. Providence Siding, O.R.C., 22/12/00. Sir,—About three weeks ago our Company was ordered from Bethulie Bridge to Providence Siding, midway between Bethulie and Springfontein, and there relieved two Companies of the Scots Guards. It was a miserable day, rain falling unceasingly for 24 hours. The following morning I picked up the enclosed letter writtett by a Private of the Guards, which was evidently meant for publication. Therefore there will be no harm done by inserting
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NEWTOWN.
NEWTOWN. TEMPERANCE ROOM.—On Sunday evening a very successful gospel temperance meeting was held at the Temperance Room, in connection with the Nil Desperandum Lodge. Stirring addresses were delivered by the Rev E P Hughes, Groeslwyd, and Rev G Sadler, Wrexham. The chair was occupied by Mr Geo Newell and Miss Wilson presided at the organ. DEPARTURE OF THE REV J S AND MRS LEWIS. -On Sunday afternoon Mrs Lewis was made the recipient of a handsome writing case from the members of her Sunday School class. The Rev J S Lewis was also presented with a gold embroidered festival stole.— Mr Wall, on behalf of the teachers and scholars, formally handed over the stole to the rector, in doing which he said that they all were very sorry to lose Mr and Mrs Lewis, especi- ally now that they were beginning to know them. No doubt, however, that their loss would be Ruabon's gain.—Mr Lewis feelingly responded. He thanked them very sincerely from the bottom of his heart for the handsome present they had made him.
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GUARDS AND C.I.V.'s.
it in the columns of our own local paper (The COUNTY TIMES). I have enclosed with the original letter (which was damaged by the rain) a copy of the same.—I am, sir, yours sincerely, J T ASTMY, Sergeant, Service Section, 5th V.B. S.W.B. (The letter referred to is here appended.) Sir,-In your issue of October 20th there appeared in a letter from a member of the C.I.V. to his employer a statement to the effect that Col Mackinnon informed his Battalion that Lord Roberts had given the highest possible praise to the C.I.V., and that they were models for the British army. Now, sir, I should like you to clearly under- stand that the Guards' Brigade make models of no corps whatever. I can assure you it will be a bad day for England when she has to hold up the gallant 0.1 V. as a model for her Guardsmen. No doubt you may think that I am writing in rather a prejudiced strain, but I hasten to assure you that is not the case as I have relations who served with the C.I.V. who I should be very sorry to cast any slur upon. I must say that although the C.I.V. had a share of the hardships of the campaign it did not expect them to do marches like the one from Watervaal Under to Komati Poort through bush almost devoid of roads, during the last week on rations of raw flour on which paraffin oil had been spilt and which had been captured from the Boers. I think that the engagements of Belmont, Enslin, Modder River, Diamond Hill, Belfast, &c, &c, are as good a record as the C.I.V.'s, so I fail to see whAre either in marching or fighting that the Brigade of Guards should hold that gallant corps. as a model. I think Lord Roberts told the C.I.V.'s (not Colonel Mackinnon) in a final speech that although they had gained a good name he must not forget to tell them that Tommy is quite as deserving of honour out here as the C.I.V., and that is a very poor way in my humble opinion to go about it. Hoping you will insert this, I am, sir, yours sincerely. A PRIVATE. 1st Scots Guards. .+-