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FEARS IN LONDON.

Feb. 22.—4 a. m.—Lord of 49 killed and wounded officers, including two generals, in the ep- gagements upto Suoday evening, causes anxiety, especially as in the officers’ lis! neither the Joases of the Welsh and Essex regiments or those of the Xiounted Iniantry

LexD Ny, Robert’s list

are included This is about the number that feil at Colenso, where the non-commissioned

officers and men bronght the tot»! loss up

to 800.

It is considered strang2 that when send-

ing his cagualties, Lord Roberts gives no information as tothe result of the fighting. If be has sent euch a report the War Office is withholding it.

Moreover, nothing is known as to what took olace on Monday, Tuesday and yes-

terday.

This absence of details from Lord R»b-

erts is cortrasted with his rather full narratives during the first part of his operations, and produces uneasiness among military observer.

All the comment in the morning papers, both editorial and critical, is threaded with the disturbing suggestion that, des« pite hard fighting, General Cronje has been able to beat off his pureuers, hae escaped and is being reizforced by rail from Ladysmith and by forces oa foot and horseback from Northern Cape Colony, as well as the late beleaguers of Kiuw- terley.

A CAPE REPORT.

Carztowy, Feb. 21.—The special cor- respoudent of the Cape Argus says: Geo. Cro je is surrounded at Paardeburg Dreift, but is offering a stubborn resistance.

The British are shelling the Boers vig- orously and expect tocapture the whole

force. A COLLAPSE. PrererMarRrizpuas, Feb. 20.—The col-

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THERE HAS BEEN HARD FIGHTING.

Roberts’ Losses Are Heavy.

Hard Fighting is Still Going On. CONTRADICTORY REPORTS CON-

CERNING CRONJE’S FORCE.

Forward Movement on Ladysmith

SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE EXAMINER.

THIRD EDITION, —

DETAILS. OF ?HE aCrion.

Mopper River, Feb. 21.—The action began at daybreak on Susday, the British Mounted Infantry driving the Boer rear~ guard from the river towards the main body. .

While another body of mounted infap- try manoeuvred on the right front and flank of the Boers, the British main body advanced to outBank the Buer leager on the North bank of the River.

General Kelly Kenny having seiz+d two drifts from the Boers strengly en- closed aed erdered an attack with the Highland Brigade en the left and General Knox’s en the centre and . right, whil- General Smith Day Dorien’s + Brigad2 crossed the river and advanced along the north bank. ;

Ovo both the aorth and south banka the ground was level. Tke advaoce across this wasedead! and the British losses were heavy.

The battle, which was an exact replica of the Medder River fighting, centioued allday.

Ube Britich guns shelled the laager.

The Boers since captured have confeis-

SECOND EDITION,

ROBERTS IS aLL RIGHT.

| Loxpox, Feb. 22, -4.17 p. m.—The War Office has received from Lord Rob- erts che followiag meseage which was de~« layed in transmiseion, dated, Paarderberg | Wednerday, Feb. 21s: :

“ Yesterday aftsrnoon, I was eatisfied by a careful reconnaisance in force of the epemy’s position that I could mot assault it without very heary loses, which I wae most anxious to avoid,

“Accordingly I decided to bombard him with artillery and tura my attention to the enemy’s reinforcements,

“The result was most satisfaetery. The Boers were driven off ia all directions, losing a good many dead and wounded, besides 50 prisonere who say -they arrived from Ladysmith two daye ago by railroad.

“ They alco say that it was our artil< Jery fire which caused them to absodon kopjes they were occupying. -

“Our losa was two officers, Capt Camp- bell, of the Ninth Lancers, and Lieut Houston, of the artillery, and four meng ali elightly wounded.”

ed . loss of 800. ; The terrific shelling was resumed on ; Monday when General Cronje asked for an ° armistice.

Theshelling continued on Tuesday, over fifty guns pouring lead into the Boer camp.

CASUALTIES.

Lospox, Feb. 22.—General Buller re- ports the casualties of Monday : Killed, Capt Thorburn of the Royh!l Fusiliers; wounded two offisers and 14 men. Paarpeserc. Feb. 21.—A Boer kopje In the trenches of the tw» captured ' has been captured with fifty prisoners. camps, largequaetities of ammunition and! Cronje’s position is unknown. stores were found which points to a bur- PaarDeserG Dairr, Feb. 2).—Oae of ried fl ght. the costiiest actions ef the war occarred Ladyam‘th is now in sight of our front. | here oa Suaday when General Kelly< A BOERREPORT. | Kenny, in his pureu:t of Cronje, caught i his rear guerd at Klip Drift and followed

Lorenzo Marques, Feb. 21.—The Boer | tie Barghers to the Boer laager at Kood- papersofthe dat-of Monuay report that

lapse of the Boers on the Tugela appears complete.

oosiand, Generai Dewet has wona brilliant victory | iidine thialncdea over the British troops as Modder : River. THE HOTEL DAViES }

General Cronje got through a message to |

Koffyrontein stating that he was hold- An Addition to be Built—What ic ing b's position acd that the cordon was Will be Lik é.

arouod Kimberley again.

Mr. Doherty is determined te make the ‘always popular Hotel Davies even more | deserving of patronage than ever, and is ,doing all in his powerto keep it iu the

A BIG BATTLE. Lonpon, Feb, 22.—A great battle bas

| Biaauwback, but is doing emal] damage.

been raging all along the line of the Mod- | der river between Paardeburg and Koo-— door, aad for feur days the gevius of Lerd , Roberts has bee pitted against the; etrategy of General Cronje.

No official details of the big engage-' ment have been received in London bes | yond ao incomplete list of the caeualties among the officers, which is exceedingly | heavy and seems to indicate fierc> fight~ ing.

Despatcbes from Cape Town state thet the Boers are seurronnded, and their dis- comfiture assured.

Io the absence of official information this fighting is enveloped in doubt.

LADYSMITH ADVICES,

Lonpon, Feb. 22.—The Morning Post’s second edition publishes a despatch from Ladysmith dated, Feb. 19, which saye that the bombardment continues with uougus] p rsistency and activity from Bualwana aod

The garrison isin good spiriw cover Lord Robert’s success and the ad.

visible.

vance of General Buller which is aow

ACKNOWLEDGMENT. —Abont three weeks -ago Mr. Jae. Corcoran, ksaown as the “Ah Wa Go man,” lost his watch on the train between Hun'‘er River and Charlotte- town. John Wetherbie, of Summerside, a train poy, found it, aad believing he knew to whom it belonged kept it till be met the owner a few days age, who wae sur- prised at having itrestored Mr. Corcoran feels that he owes Mr.Weatherbie a com- pliment and begs to tender it threugh The ExaMINER, adding that he believes a eredit- able future is in store for the yeung lad who, without expectation of reward, acted 89 commendably.

The John Bull range imported by Dodd & Rogers for the new P. E. I. Hospital, arrived yesteniay This is one of the finest ranges imported here.

No child ever bern could do erough to repay a mother for all she ¢@:2e for it.

front rank. Ever since Mr. Doherty ac- quired this va'uable prope-ty he has been making alierations and improvements, and now he is sboui to materially extend his premises,

Pians are being drawa by Mr. C. B. Chapprl', architect, fer the construction of ao addition to the hotel from ite western ead. The additien will be of wood, five stories high, aud will rua on Water etree. a di-tance of 60 fees and on Great Cieorge ttreet 43 feet.

The groaod fivor has nine bedroom:, a lavatory and a writing room, ard ili ve reached from the present offi+. Jhe eecood, third and fourth flours wll each have eight bedrooms and a general lava- tory. They will also have five suite of rooms with private bathrooms attached .b-- sides the general lavatory. Toe fifth floer is com posed entirely ot bedrooms, eight i2 number. The addition wil! supply 41 ea- tra roome.

There will be no newestrance, the present one being ol! that ia needed. A large cew staircase finished in hardwoud leads from the office through the anew bu lding.

There will be absleony on thé second story ¢o both streets, about five feet wide A-similar balcony is to beon the fourth story on buth sides of the corner. From the feurth siory up the corner rises into an octagon tower 72 feet from the ground. The building will be heated by hot water.

Operations will begin in a few days, aod the building will be ready in July.

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—From the political point of view is has been rewarked by one of the Loudon gerresponden's that one good effect of Lord Rober:«’ campaign, with the new felling of hopefulness inspired by it, is the cessation of fault- finding respetnog the lack of fore- sight at the opening of the war. The intrigues against the ministry have been a>andoned; carping criliciem of the gen- erale in the Geld is atan end; the vo- cates of peace with dishonor cannot find better material than gossip of Sir William Butler’s unheeded warnings.

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A TRIBUTE FROM LORD ROBERTS.

Ortawa, Feb 22.—His Excellency the Governor General has received the follow- iog telegram from Field Marshal Lord Roberts :

PARDERBER, Orange Feb. 22.—The Janadian has dove admirabic service since rival in South Africa,

I deeply regret the heavy loss it suffered during the fighting on the 18th inet I beg you will assure the people hew much we all here edmire the conspic~ urus gallantry displayed hy our Canadian comrades on that occasion,

[Signed]

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