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of Driefontein farm yesterday evening, and DETAILED ACCOUNT. Yi } 4 was witnessed by several of my own etaff DaieFonteIN, March 12.—Tbe Boers le } ° . zi officers, as well as by myself and, result- fought a stubborn rear guard action yee 7 : ed in the wounding of several of m : i ’ & Y | terday; but just as our parallel advance ; 8 Aga + PS ’ She's been telling #| WERE FORCED TO RETREAT oficers and mea» A large quantity of] threnened to. envelope them, they ‘ you for a. long time, explosive bullets, of three Seeeaee kinds | aeg. ‘| 7 : FTER, STUBBORN FIGHT was found in Commandant Cronje’s laager| wo gayanced from Poplar Grove with about the n eed for A ' and this has been the case after every) three columus,each of which had a bri- engagement with your Honor’s troops. | paie of cavalry atiached te it. hew . Such breaches of the recognized usages . a

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CHARLOTTETOWN P: E ISLAND MONDAY MARCH 42, 1900

BOERS RECEIVE ANOTHER BEATING.

Discovered in

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Advancing British.

Boers Again Treacherously Using

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t Umpry, Australian PRESIDENTS WARNED. Loxpos March 12.—The War Officc

Lord Roberts, dated Driefontein, Sunday March 11,9.45 a. m.—“The following teie- gram has been addressed by meto their Honors the State Presidents of the Orange Free State and South Afriean Republic

abuse of the white flag and of the signal of boldiag up bands in token of surrender, it is my duty to inform you that if euch abuse occur again I will, most reluctantly be compelled to order my troops to disre- gard the white flag ertirely.

‘The incident occured on the kopje east

of war and of the Geneva Convention, are a disgrace to any civilized power.

‘A copy of this telegram has been sent to my government with the requeet that it may be communicated to all the neutral powers.’

“A large numberof Australians were engaged yesterday,

The first Australian horse brigade, with the Scots Greys, advanced within 800

art liery, (severly. '

has received the following advices from

‘Another instance having occured of gro#,

MAFEKING IN PERIL.

Lonpox, March 12.—The correspon~ deat of the Daily Mail at Loreuz> Mar- quez, telegraphing oo Saturday saye :

“According to Boer reports the fall of Mafekiog is certain.

“There has been heavy fighting this week and the Boers have been shelling the town from all the outlying forte which they have eaptured.

“Col. Baden Powell cleared all the natives out of the town, but the Boers drove them back.

“The Boers are preparing for a fiaal ascault witn the idea that the capture of Mafexing will raise the drooping spirits of the Burghers.

General Tucker to the southward occu pied Petrusburg unexpectedly and met no opposition. Kelly-Kenny, afver moving along the river bank, turned his force in- the direction of Abraham’s Kraal.

He then moved acrossthe country to Driefonteiny where he found Gerveral Colrilie coming along the higher Bloem, fontein road. The enemy posted them~ eelves struogly on the ridges connecting a series of kopjes. They had mounted seven

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| ss Q4 ‘ 1x7 ; r | ae | British Advance Steadily Advancing Towards yards of the Boers ander a heavy fire. | gune, with which they opened on our ia- q The cure 18 Cas) . Bluemfontein—The Ficht at Driefontein was The New South Wales Mounted Infantry faniry and cavalry, of both columns who Dro ) in an d fet us + mi i | joived in the pursuit of the Boers north-| vere aeable to cutflank them until the in. iF JTOp In , . Unexpected —-The Enemy Lost Heavily 1m ( ward.” susie alee: Fj show you our fresh Killed. Wounded and Prisoners—Boer Report; REACHED THEIR DESTINATION, | Soon afterward Kelly-Kenny’s corps Bi ; ; iii Oia i crossing to the spot attecked the kopje i o handsome new same about Mafeking. rr paree 31.23 een ee avd ridges onthe left of the Boer position. te Driefonteia tothe War Office from Lord} : i les > , » te The Weish gailantly rushed some of the fe Pp De { Robert-, daced March a 4eae & &., : : p- ‘ . * . - senlisutetiaiieiciniiiial loose: “The enemy opposed us through- entrenched koy jes and then the Highlan: & ie _ Che prices are @asy . , ers cotmliag up to the front tue Boers rao. iy ; Py out yesterday’s march, aad from their in- Th ial aad a HA prices to pay. SpecraAL DeEspATCH TO THE EXAMINER. timate knowledge of the country gave us FE. ra ee eee ee ay . considerable trouble. several thousand strong. i . : ’ . . te Bring me 10 of . = The Boers retired during the night. “O wing however, tothe admirable con- The Welsh took - fifteen prisoners, & a) BOERS DEFEATED. : : rtof a Pretoria commando, Kruger’s a ’ room sizes when you gr OT LORD ROBERTS’ REPORT. duct of the troops,they were unable to pre | PAY! ® Fre = a r reer mae ho nan gy . Loxpox, March 11.—A despatch from | vent us reaching our destination. — : fi { cole. 11, 635. a. m+ —- aero ‘ Cavalry Driefontein to the War Offize, from Lord The bruat of the figbtiog:relly on Kelly- sone 9 be oer : i 1 Brigade, advancing oa Bloemfontein, uu- Roberts, dated March 11, 9.55 a. m.,| Kenny’s division, two bat‘alions of which, Our advance is proceeding. Yesterday's a expectedly found tbe Botes in a strong says: “I cannot get the preciee number of | the Welsh and Essex, turned the Boers out cugagenpat was & vangrie a parently to z paedes 6 te Sree See] casualties vefore | march. but will coms | Of two strong positions at the point of the both sides. The fighting coemed likely a day. ; b t.? at Petriesburg, where none took plac ; a oh 3 municate as 800n aa possible. ayonet. oo ; LS : General Kelly Kenny’s division arriving, The B fered heavily, 102 of their : while the direct line was reported clear ei severe tighting ensned d oe oo as ok peg ae LAYING DOWN ARMS. yet a strong opposition was made. TV rr ead being left on the ground. : i The Boers resitted stubbornly, but} w, coal andi eons prisoners,| Care Towx, March 12.—The news| — ae ne by pd — 4 were driven from their centre positions Among: the ‘killed:..aed® tounded>are: from Lady Grey, Herschel, and Aliwal line of -ajvance. They hed taken their _ losing a number dead aud forty prisoners. Killed, Captain Enstece of the Baie; North, show the retels laying down their position ahead of the rigot fleok of Gen- f The British force is moving forward Capt Sate “ch Welsh regiment ; Mr. | 8°ms in large numbers and ube Boers all, eral Kelly-Kenny, thinking his ieee Te-- . today. McKaitie, a seblebe Indian civilian of | long the border are in serious straits. presented the general advance. They a W ll During the fighting, in which five regi~ |) ¢. ” a ; found, afterward, that a parallel colume Be The a Paper Men. ments took part, with artillery, the Boers | <a Hisk in the le rere ee threatened their sear, = - though forced from their centre position cap es oe Teal re: Loxpox, March 12.—Spencer Wilkxis-| Unfortunately our infantry moving h ” clang tenaciously to the other kopjes ae a ns uh Welsh ‘“ filed son, in the Morning Post, rays: With] slowly were unableto arrive in time and Py a aa shelling the Britieh freely with three guns tay Tia ss ae Cie one hundred dead at Driefontein the | the Boers thus succeeded in escaping. F and Vicker maxims. ies a - ; on Ca se ery Boers must have 500 wounded. Kelly-Kenny’s force sustained the brunt Aa. ESTABLISHED 1879. imberley, Welsh regiment; Uap We may expect Lord Roberts to con-| of the figntig, advancing against # horse~ i

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The British eavalry began to turn the Boer position, but the night fell before |

wood, Essex regiment; Lieut Devenish, field artillery; Mejor Waite,Medical corps;

the movement was completed.

Lieut. Herne, Medical corps; Colonel

tinue hi march at the rate of about ten miles wu day.

shoe shap-d position. It was not unti! the Welsh carried the Boer vight that the po-ition wascleared. But it was theo im- povsible for General Colville’s infantry on Kelly Kenny’s right to have entered the actién in time to crash the retrea’ing foe. ———— a

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St Joan, N. B., Merch 12.—Senator Lewin is dead.

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