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FRENCH IN HARD PURSUIT All Over England I'ubllcJuy h Mani fested Uullcr Kcportcd to Have Aijaln Crossed tbc Tutjcla. LoMjoN, fib. 17, 4 p. m. -nci al 'iiij", with a start of a day or two. In seemingly In full rctrent from I.ord lt"l) r(ii, moving northward. General French, with bin cavalry, simply stayed over vi 1 k tit ul KIinIm-i 1-y and thin IiumIumI on (i) Ki- n touch with lh retiring enemy. A lonu Boer wukoii train : itios Iiik t'"wurl lilti'iiiif.iiit-lii. follntt i i, r, m ii it i ii tl', by a lar(t? fun " ..f l.riilHii lnfiiiitry. In tln-lr hiiKty ilf imrttiiv lb.- IIim ih l..it bir.- Uiint li l.x 'f mi'jIi-j nut iiitiniuiiltliin. Tli inllit.'iry j . I it I tt hi-i.' In thin l.oi'l UkIltih will i)ni j.unh fur aft.-r lb), i Im i liiuii.'dliit-l)-, b. ratine of t: e tiiiH) i't urobilin un-1 ihi; m-vd of i'nl for tin. troi-im. lie bun to Iwil iu.iM irii.ii In hli uriny aii'l thi ttbi l- Klinli. rl-y popuLitlon. He iiiiihI k IiiiiI'I 'l... i.ilKMiy from Modd.-r tlvi-r lon to Klinbi iU-y and i-vli luul lat.-r. -- ill Fli'lK'h loht ii few Hii'i) only In iiitlu!i, but thi fun- .1 nan -lira uinl bm Iih .v in'ointbly mail" ninny 1:1. Nllll.l). 1 of Itlll'HIMlH niUt t' il'll Vlilul. I.nril l..il rtn ban wrmiKlit a tf.-milii.' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ti t niii l inn uml th" Itni'i'i-x-ili'ii Ik that hi. bus dmii' .niiui;h for thf m ci-iit an l lll nft'd ! t to prfuiiH tor iinnllti r itlilUi. f All ovr Kimlund tnnlK'it thcrt- Vfia ! n f l.li im. of publio Joy. Id every ili-atre uivl publle m.ftluK, uruuinl the rnlltt;iy Klatlona and In the alreeta, th.'re have b- n exprrKHlonH of KluiJnes u n-J Jubilation over the new. The rx-wppiipi-r arc editorially n Jolelntt. Thone who r.ii.1 the newa rloaely me only yn... (llturbinK factor In the fiipr ltuii(loii; Btiil that la the preuie of the Itoira imvanl Lor J Huberts' line of miiiply throtiKb Ie Anr, which waa never in. ire Important than now. T1k Uimtk, uniler ConinitttiJuntu le Liu-ey and Oobler. are makliiR a per- ilr.tent effort to penetrate to the rail way. They have pimheil Omeral Cle tnenta b.i' k to Arundel and have out llunkeil blm. All are within nlxty miles or two day' march of the Central rail way. DoubtlHiia la)rJ Itoberts has left con siderable forces Rlona- the line and can send bai k more If necessary, In the lobbies of the house laat night It was rtimop'd that General Duller had auiiln crossed the Tugla. THE HOEIl ACCOUNT. Descilbes the I'rltlsh as Ilepulsed on on the Klmberley Road. PllirrOHIA. Feb. 16,-The Transvaal government hat made public the fol lowing oinclal dispatch: "Yesterday at Kondeval drift. In the neighborhood of Jacobsdal, the federal troopa were enKngod In a severe fight with 2,nW Hrltlnh who were trying to reich Klmberley. "Comniand.ini l)e Larr continued the engagement until this morning, ;he fed eral casualties being five wounded. "After another two hours' hard fight ll'i It 1.' reported the Btltlsh retired, leaving Colonel Henry dangerously wounded, Colonel Henry with bis ser vant wus taken to Jacobsdal." KOIiICUTS' HISLATED DISPATCH. He Describes the Movements Lending to Klmberley. LONDON, Feb. 16. 9:30 p. m.-The following dispatch from flemral Itob erts fills a gap In bis earlier dispatches: "Modder Klver, Feb. 16. The Sixth division left Waterfall drift early yes terday morning und murched here, go ing on the name evening to iteondt.val drift to hold the crossing of the Mod der river and have General French ree. to uct. Shortly after arriving here the mounted Infantry visited Jacobsdal and found It full of women nnd children with four of our wounded men, doing well. "On the way back, the mounted In fantry were attacked and nine men were wounded". "Colonel Henry and Major Hadhell and ten men were missing. Both of ficers were subsequently found at Jac obsdal, subtly wounded. "The cavalry division is moving In a northerly direction and has apparently already reduced the pressure on Klm berley, as Kekew Ich signals that the enemy h:ts abandoned Alex ind. rsfon tein and that he has occupied It. "French has advanced as far as Abons.lam, with slight loss, and Is now pushing on his posts, his rear being held by the mounted Infantry. "Clements, having been pressed by tit.? Mucin hrm retired to Arundel to cover Nuauponrt." Tbe war ulllce points out that wnrl "here" In the above dispatch means some polt 1 an the Modib-r river, otliT than Mdder rlv.;r station. Fltl'NCII'H ADVANCK. J I)etnllS of Ills HoVemifit l'p Ul TU'S- ' ilay Night. ' ! KIKT HIVKIt, Orange Free Htale, 1 Wednesday jtierul Krenrh, with a cavalry ih-vlslun and a strong mtlliery ilel.n hnii'iit, Itft Sunday morning for Ktiinbaii, 12 lull's from lOiisb-n, where the whole division coiicentruted. Th next day be made a rapid march to It-It river, where a party of liners contested blK iiasHHKe at lH-kle ami Waterfall dilfts. Aft'-r some hours of shelling, Krurh drove the I'imts ewsy and t roKited the river. Yesterday (Tuesd.iy) the column con tinued its march to Klip and Itornda val drifts on t the Mod. I- r river, where again a shoit eiuaxement ensued, Gen eral French shelling the Mists vig orously and forcing a fassag. The liners prei Ipltitdy retired, leaving five lungers In the hands of the Urltleb, beetles a ur.-ul iiu.iiillty of cattle and 2,000 sheep. The rapidity of ('rcich's march and the overw lielmimj nature of bis fore" enabled blm, l'i hpite of the (lllln ulty of water tram'pi'r'ittloii, to thorough;)' outwit and surpn. the ltoeM. The ClllWil cusual'icn were sllKbt. They wire Intoriii'-J that an agree ment had b en nu'hed b-tween the Itrlllsh oltli er i imati'ling the extreme I. ft and th" eoiiiiiminT.-int of tbe lioer ambulance corps .bat half a company of HlllUll ).hollli lie permitted to fetch w utcr from u n'-Ulilioriiig farm house. The ambulance then 'etii'-d and the Hie rs ruhcl out of roie e.tlnn-nt and cut oIT the wat-r party. ieiieMI Kr -neli now holds both the M. Nliicr and Hiet ilxers b-tween the Kh.i'm and M 11; . rsfonteln and their base at Wocmfoiiti-lii. Throughout the march the Fr.-e Stale farms were re spiM ted Imt tfielr ow ivrs almost In variably tied, luAing th Ir effects with llielll. The health of til-" troops Is 1 xc llent, but sickness Is prevalent emong the horses. Al: VNlX'N TIIIMIt TUI'.NCHKS. Hmcih Are Facing From the Hritlsdi at Magersfoiiteln. LO.VIxlN, Feb. 16-;eneral Itoberts sent the following dispatch: "Ja obs'lal, Feb. 1. I have good rca s n to believe tbe Magersfonteln treiich'ti hav been abandoned and that the Lners ale endeavoring to escape. One of Genual Ktlly-K. nny's brigades of infantry Is In pursuit of a large Boer convoy moving towards Bloemfont.'ln. THE BOKItS KKTKEAT. Il Wus Much Harassed by the British Fire. Ol'Tii IDE JACtiBSDAL, Orange. Fre State, Feb. la. -The road between Modder river and Jacobsdal Is now opened. The distance la only 9 miles. The roid is available for sending re inforcements und supplies. W hen the Boers evacuated Jacobsdal they were obliged to pass over the ridge where they afforded a splendid mark for the British guns, which showered shrapnel uxin the retreating enemy. A convoy which had been attacked at the Blet river had been countermanded, but the order did not arrive In time and the experience was a very warm one, although the Boers did little ma terial damage. As General French, with a utrength ened division, pushed forward toward Klmberley, he found the beleaguering Boers deserting their positions at Alex anderfonteln. thus allowing a portion of the Klmberley garrison fto occupy nnd entrench the place. GOOD KIMBERLEY HOSPITALS. LONDON, Feb. 16. The war office to- j night Issued the following from Lord Roberts: "Jacobsdal, Feb. 16. 7:43 u. m. I was much gratl'led upon arrival here to find admirable hospital arrangements, made by the German ambulance corps, under Drs, Kaettner and' Hildebrand, who. w ith their staffs, have shown I the greatest kindness to our wounded, as they have to the Boer wounded. Some of our wounded have been here since December. Some were brought In yesterday." BOER RAID ON ZCLULAND. Proposition to Arm the Natives Not Taken Seriously. LONDON. Feb. 16. The Morning Leader says: "It was no vain report which told us of a strong Boer column in Zululand. It bus been strong enough to drive back Colonel - Addison's column, w hich had been working up from Tchow . . This 1 place Is unpleasantly close to the sea. and If the I'.o.rs should get there they would practically have a port. Not a blii one, but still a port. Kven at Chrvelcy camp the Boers are keeping General" Buller's men lively. "The !tatements of Mr. I'haiubei-laln and Mr. Balfour In the -house of com mons it sarding the arming of natives opens up a new prospect of horror In this calamitous war. However great the provocation, we should regard arm Injr the undisciplined and uncivilized Kntllrs as an act of the greatest folly. To put a rltle In the hands of a savage Is to invite him to commit atrocities. He has no other conception of warfare." SEVERE BATTLE AT RENSEURG Boers Attack tbe Britisb Force With Overwhelming Force.' COLONEL C0NYNGHAM KILLED A Kctircment I'poD Arundel finally Effected Kith Heavy Loss Pight Near Cape Town. LONDON, Her. 17.-The Dally Ts:le gruph has the following diypalch from Nunuwpoort, dated February 13: "Hevere fighting has occurred on both our Manks near Kensburg. The em my gnatly outnumbered our troops, b-.-Ing ali.ut t.'M In number. They attacked thi Wotcestershlr'? regiment on their hill :ind made a desperate demonstra tion, charging borne, only to experl nee heavy a Maxim and rifle fire from our men that the death roll of the Hsaf.'unt must have been considerable. A patrol of th'- Innlskilllng dragoons was surround, d by som 500 Boers and gallantly cut Its way through without loss, but a company of the New South Wales 11 ounted infantry was unfortu nately innlhllatecf, most of the men's bayonet !, however, bearing the Impress of a sanguinary conflict with their f'M-8. ''Colonel Ccnyngham was shot through tbe ln-ait. The en-my chose th- time of the moon's setting for their onslaught. Out of Ave colonial officers, only i-ne returned to camp. "A fctraiegtc and concentrative move bin k to Arundel haa be.n decided upon. Nine wcunded officers and Zo men were brought Into the Naaupoort field hos pital. Our death roll ut present Is not known." LONDON,' Feb. 17. The correspon dent of the Dally Mall at Naaupoort, telegraphing Wednesday and describ ing the evacuation of ltensburg, says: "Two companies of the Wiltshire reg iment, withdrawing from the Kloof camp, lost their way and are missing. Their whereabouts, however, is pretty well known, and they will probably be relieved tonight. "Doer losses around Colesburg on Monday are reported to have been ex tremely heavy.-' FIGHT NEAK CAPE TOWN. Boer Report Says British Were Forced j to Retreat. LONDON, Feb. 17. A dispatch to' the Daily Mall from Lourenco Mar- lues, dated February 15, says: j ."Heavy fighting has occurred at Ra- ' man In the Free State, not far from J Cape Town, Cape Colony. The Boers say they held all their positions, the British finally retiring." IS KLMBERLEY RELEIVED? General French Has Arrived There but His Communications May Not ! Be Open. i LONDON, Feb. K, 1:45 p. m. While ! there -is tremendous satisfaction and! Jubilation here at Lord Roberts' and j General French's success .those best 1 suited to Judge the situation are In- j dined to the opinion that, pendlnsr I more definite Information, the news i J had better be regarded as assuming , I rather than ai accomplishing the re- i lief fif Klmberley. Careful study of the ambiguity of th wording of Roberts' dispatch leads to . the belief that the actual relief of the place isa matter of time. Klmberley, ' It is pointed out, can scarcely be term-1 ed "relieved" until It Is feasible to take ! provisions through. The rapidity of ; French's march indicates that he was . unable to do this, and whether he '.eft , his lints behind him open is only a matter of surmise. It Is considered most probable that Roberts' and J French's brilliant tactical success re sembles the first relief of Lucknow, i when the disposal of the enemy's forces : was by no means immediately effected. Another remarkable feature of Rob-1 erts' laconic cablegram is that It Is ' dated at Jacobsdal, which was Cronje's advance base of supplies, yC there Is : no word explaining the British com-1 mander's presence there, nor a word of 1 any opposition which he or French en-! countered. Hud Roberts indicted a' decisive victory over the Boers It Is be- : lleved he would have mentioned it, as , ch success would greatly paramount J to tbe relief of Klmberley or throwing Into that place a garrison which could I assure lus holding out. However, French's entry Into Kim-: berljy has been effected, and doubtless : t rinss joy to the hearts of those who have been shut up in the city for 2J , days. Their defenders number about 4.111HI. while' French's force Is estimated ! at between 6 M and 8.000 men. The Sixth ami Seventh divisions have al- ready crossed the river and are proba- -bly with Roberta at Jacobsdal. What 1 has happened to Cronje and tlw whereabouts of his forces puzzles the experts. A dispatch from Cape Town, dated February 14, received this morning, says: ! "The Boers are leaving Magersfon- tein to r'-lnforce other positions. Tt is estimated that tetween 7,0)0 and 10, Wi) men remain thre." Huberts' wide turning movement, via Jai obsdiil, may have cut off t; es troops from Bloemfonteln, but while tbe Lrltixh forces are endeavoring t.i Intercept the Boer communications, tnere Is a parallel Boer column trying to cut off the British from De Aar, and It Is app-irently meeting with some suc ct ss, A Bo' r dispatc h from Tnii t-iico Mar oues says the Initial attack on Coles burg on February 12 resulted in a fed eral loss of nln kllle-l. 14 wound-d and five prisoners. The flrltish. It Is ad ded, were driven out of their camp and one of their Maxims captured. The news of Fr-m-h's entry Into Klm berley was received on the stocK ex change here wllh rousing cheers. De beers rose W, but subsi-onently fell 1'4 on a ParU rumor that French had merely fuller) int t a Boer trap. A dispatch referring to the condition of Iadysmlth Is regarded as fi-assur-Iriy. Th -re Is no furttvr word from Buller, and nothln startling Is f7pect ed to occur In Natal in the Immediate future. SOl'TH AFRICA ' SIT CAT ION. Ci.mmen-.' of !( neral S-'chofleld on th ? Purp.;.;e and Ext.-nt British ' p -rat'oni. NEW YOf'.K. Feb. 16.-Lieut-nant-Ocneral John M. Schofteld.ln a dispatch to th Herald from St. Augustine. Fla., reviews the war In South Africa as fol lows: "Th.. experience of the British In South Africa up to mar the prow-nt time has been the natural result of a la k of preparation and previous exper-I'-nc? and nverconfldence In Britl:h 1 rowers. The have suffered defeat in attempting to do what a cool and fully enlightened military Judgment would have decided tp be Impossible. "The situation thus created may in evitably lea l to furth-r losses, espec ially that of the garrison of Ladysmlth. But the worst feature of this situation Is that It has forced upon the British general-ln-chicf the moral necessity of pressing aggressive operations before b Ing fully prepared for them and along a very difficult line. In the h"p of raising the siefc'-; of Ladysmlth before the garrison may be compelled to sur render. "But the general estimate in England and on the continent of Europe of the magnitude of the results already reached or probable In the near future Is out of all proportion to the facts. The British reverses so far have been In comparably less than those suffered from strikingly similar causes by the t'nlon army In the east arid by the Con federate army in lh? west during the early stages of the Civil war In this country. The present situation hardly affords ground for conjecture as : what the ultti.-nte result will be. From the military standpoint of this country the war in South Africa has only be- In making a Just estimate of tne more .-ecent operations of the British forces it is Important to bear in mi ad that the situation compels their com manders to press aggressive operations. n rnnstantlv and vigorously as possi blefirst to prevent the Boers from detaching large bodies of troops to op- j pose the advance along the line chos.n by Lord Itoberts and. second, to take advantage of any eonsi'lerabl-.' weaken- I Ing of the Boer lines which the other movement of Lord Roberts may cause, to break through the Boer lines and relieve the beleaguered British garri sons. "Thus. It may possibly happen at any time in the near future that General BulDr may find the Boer line at some point in front too far weakened to re fist his vigorous assaults. If not. Gen eral Buller's vigorous operations and those of General Methuen on the other tlank must so oeonny the Boers as to make sure Lord Rots rU' advance In an internietliat.; line. "Strategic principles suggest that the British operations In South Afrlci should be conducted on at least three lines. If a fourth from Delgoa bav were available it would be greatly to their advantage. Such a division of a superior force increases very greatly the possibilities of the success .if some one of the three or four gmnd divisions and the success of one is the success cf all. When the Union army of the west, after three years of bard fighting, were able to march through Georgia and the Curoilnas, destroying all the military resources of the Confederate army in Virginia, the end necessarilv came, in spite of the fact that the Confederate armv of Northern Virginia had been able to defend Richmond nearly four years. Vet the Army of the Potomac, though tt n.ade little progiess In all that time, performed the most heroic and difficult task of all by holding the m st formidable of the Confederate armies while the western Vnion armies did their deadly work. "So General Fuller may yet perform the most Important British service in South Africa bv holding the Boers along the line of the Tugela river until Lord Roberts penetrates Into the heart of Boer territory. In the meantime, whether the troops at Ladysmlth are able to hold out to the end or must surrender before they can be relieved, the course of Oenei-ul Buller must be the same. He must press his opera tions there to hold the Boers, while Lord Roberts advances on the other line. "Of the Boers, the information re ceived in this country, though meager, appears to Justify us in saying that their operations have been conducted with considerable skill and courage. A long time may be required to determine which side is most powerful. "Unless our British and Dutch cous ins on the other side of the Atlantic are degenerate, our own Civil war must be accepted as a fair Indication of what the character of the condict In South Africa must be. We can only hope that the ultimate result may be as beneficial to civilization and human progress in Africa as it was in America. "Th late dispatches indicate that General Buller's operations hitve al ready borne legitimate fruit by ena bling Lord Roberts to make his Initial move with little or no opposition. This should result In forcing upon the Tloern the necessity of attacking In their turn troops In favorable positions and In trenched, thus reversing the conditions which have heretofore existed. The re sult of such an attack must be looked for w:th keenest Interest." 1 THE SITUATION IN LADVS.'IITII Fever Is Atatio? and tbe Health of the Troops Is Good. A CORRESPONDENT'S ESCAPE His Account of Life la tneI5clcagiircd City Horse Meat the Staple Article of Diet. LONDON. Feb. 16. -The correspon-d.-t f the Associated Press at Lady smith, from which placo he escaped on February V) and arrived at Durbvn, February' 11, send the follow-in, writ ten W.,r... he left Ladysmlth: "Sipce the furious rontmnade the arly part of tha week, quietness has reigned. The hills on which the relief column's lyddite shells were bunting In hundreds a few days previously nre now only occupied by grazing cuttle. Farther away ,m the north side of jSpionkop, the Boers' laagers ran be seen, evidently blggtr than before, showing they have no Ll -i ut on sent of retiring from the position. "Th re Is much disappointment at the non-a pearanc-- of Buller, as from" the severity of the fire, every heart was b-lowing with hoie and excitement at the prosjiert of Immediate relief. . N t that we are at all In the blues, for everyon- capable of shouldering a rllle Is confident In our ability to hold the , town against any force the Boers are ratable of putting In the fi.-M, but still the continued use of horse and muie tbsh Is getting somewhat monotonous, aUhongh the health of the camp, tak ing everything Into consideration, Is better than could be expected. "Enteric fever and dysentery are abating, camp fever is not severe, but is slightly increased. The scarcity of vegetables Is very trying 'to the troops, and they are luxuries beyond the ni'-ans of the majority." Egjs are 16 shillings a dozen, a small fow l is IS shillings 6 pence, pump kins 12 shillings each, a tin of Jam 12 i shillings t pence- a box of sardines 3 I shillings, tocacco 9 shillings a pound. i eee nf u-lii.1.etr ueaa r.H.J C i li? "The Boers are smuggling tobacco into the camp through natives. A local factory is turning out excellent horse sausages and another is making nour ishing soup which Is much appreciated by the troops, who certainly have in creased In strength since this was served out." The escape of the Associated Tress correspondent was most adventurous and arduous. LADYSMITH QUIET. HEAD LAAGER, (near Ladysmlth), Feb. 14. The British at Cheveley have been bombarding the Boer forces at Blaau.v Krants, east of Colenso, since yesterday afternoon, the bombardment continuing throughout the night. The Boers responded with rltle fire. Partic ulars are lacking. All Is quiet around , Ladysmlth. , MORE MONEY FOR THE ARMY.,. LONDON, Feb. 16.-The house of commons tonight passed the supple mentary army estimates, .ClUion.iWO, by ill votes, against 32. FIGHTING AT COLESBERG. The British Reported by the Boers to , . Have Lost Heavily. PRETORIA. Feb. 15. An otlk-lal dis patch from Colesberg says the fighting was resumed Tuesday (February 12)' and that the British had sixty killed and wounded and lost eighty captured. The federal forces had no casualties during the tiaht. BACK TO FRANKFORT. Kentucky Democrats Conclude to Join the Regular Legislature . LOUISVILLE, Ivy., Feb. 16-The democrats of the legislature will re sume their sessions In the state capl tol at Frankfort. Both houses met at noon and after short sessions took a recess until later In the afternoon. A quorum was present In the house but not in the senate, and the Interim was spent In securing one. A quorum Is necessary for the passage of the current resolution to resume cessions at Frankfort. The committee appointed to investi gate conditions at Frankfort will muka no formal report. CHOYNSKI BEATS MAHER. CHICAGO. Feb. 16. Joe Choynskl got a decision over Peter .Maher In a six round contest before the Dearborn Athletic Club tonight. WASHINGTON CONVENTION. Republicans Have Postponed the Statu Meeting Until April 5. SEATTLE, Feb. 16 Tte republican state central committee has decided by a mall vote to postpone the state con vention at B:ilensburg from April 4 to April 5, on account of the municipal election at .Tacoma Apni i. "r f