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Interesting Farticulars cf the Struggle Ketweon

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LAST BOER WAR. A SKET OH OF THE WINTER CONTEST 0! 1880-31, It was in the winter of 1880-8: that we had the last Boer war. Sir Owen Lanvon, the British administrator of

the lransvaal, had the greatest con- tempt for the Boers, and he wrote home that the agitation against British rule, which all through been carried on by Kruger, Pretorius

and Joubert, would come to nothing. He s destined to be most Cisagree- abiv undeceived. In December, 16, i880, several thousands of Boers met near Heidelberg, a Transvaal station now some 43 miles southeast of Johan- nes x, which latter city had not then

been tounded, declared their indepen-

de of Great Britain, and hoisted the Vierkleur, asthe crimson, green and white flag of the Republic is termed. ‘Th Uritish authorities were totally un prepared, and a few days later a strong party of Boer horsemen entered

Potchefstoom, the old capital of the ‘Transvaa\, torced the British civil of-- ficer, with his guard of 120 men of the 21st Kegiment, to surrender, aud then printed the declaration of inde-- pendence. The next thing was a mes- sage to Sir Owen Lanyon, summoning him to surrender inthe name of the provisional government and the gath-

ering of commandoes on the borders of Natal. Still Sir Owen Lanyon could not believe that war was intended, and the few British troops the authorities

had available were moved from point to point with leisurely indifference. It required a massacre to open the eyes afihe government, This was provid-- ed forthem on Dec. 20, through the azcrcy of Alfred Alyward, the Fenian, ‘this fellow, whom it was afterwards discovered had acted as agent for the

t'2 s aission of Fenian funds to Kru-- ge., Toubert and Pretorius, to assist tnem in the agitation of 1880, and who

1879-80 had |

‘just saving the two guns, but leaving

| Evelyn Wood arrived at Newcastle

later oecamne Joubert’s secretary, had wormed himself into the confidence of scm. of the British officials, who never fxr > moment suspected his real char- Throzg them he got to knéi ahat “vo hundred and fifty men of the o4 Regiment were to take stores in

OX izons from ] ydenberg to Pre- to He at once inforited Joubert, aa

Nicolas Smidt and Cronje of the in--

ten le] movement and the Boers laid the r plans accordingly. At Bronck- er’s Sorutt a Boer patrol carrying a

wiicte flag. su!diny appeared before the astonished soidiers, who knew nothing of the hostile demonstration their

at Potchefstroom, and gave

cv.uLel two minutes to surrender the

a°ms and stores. Naturally the de- i. was met with a prompt refusal.

"The white Jag was immediately drop pec, and concealed Boer marksmen opened fire on the troops, who had no tim: to depley or retaliate effectively, and in seven minutes two-thirds of the whole force were stretched out wound

ed o: dead

THE COLONEL IN COMMAND Leing mortally wounded gave the orde1 for surrender, and the Boers seized the

arms and stores. On Dec. 29 Captain I's. who with Captain Lambert had been deprived of his arms and set at liberiy, was treacherously shot in the hack and killed as he forded the Vaal

His companion, Captain Lam- ber’, was slightly wounded and manag- ed to make his way into the Orange Free State three days the unfortunate officer was deniad any food or assitance by the Free State Boers, though they were supposed, and pretended to be, friend- ly to Great Britain. In January, 1881, a few troops were sent from England, the. authori-ies still assuming that to crush. the rebellion would be an easy task, aud Sis George Colley, appointed governor of Natal in 1880, took com- mand. Gereral Joubert, with 700 men, had crossec the Worder on Jan. 3, and occupied i.aing’s Wek. Sir George Colley with his force, consisting of 12 companies f infantry) 120 half-trained mounted men, and soo hlue-jackets, advanced t) meet him. The engage- ment took ; lace on Jan. 38, the British troops atte! \pting to storm the heights on which the Boers were ensconced in

river.

Here on a journey of:

Britain and the

losing seventy three killed and having one hundred wounded, the other regi- ments suffering in similar heavy propor- tion. After this repulse General Colley

resolved to wait for the reinforcements

Boers.

orders from home to oppose the Boers no further, and on March 6th an armistice was declared. The Boers eventually agreed to the British terms and on March 22 peace was proclaimed.

which had been ordered up under Sir { This was exactly three mcnihs and six

Evelyn Wood. Prospect, however, was menaced in the rear by bodies of Boers, and in order

to keep the road open to Newcastle |

he made a_ reconnaisance in force to

the Ingogo river on Feb, 8, and stum- bled into a

CAREFULLY SET TRAP. He had with him 2Sorifles and two big guns, and this force was suddenly attacked on three sides at once. The fight lasted till nightfall, the British, as

before, being picked off by Boer marksmen hidden in the kopjes or

mounds near the river. The British again had to fall back utterly beaten,

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behind

killed and wounded on the field them. On Feb. 17th, Sir)

with reinforcements, and on the night of Feb. 26th General Colley, with a force of twenty officers and 627 men

of the 58th, 6oth, and 92nd regiments, | and the Naval Brigade, marched and | occupied Majuba Hill, a flat-topped | eminence overlooking the Boer camp at Laing’s Nek. At 19.30 the next morning the Boers assaulted the posi- tion, one party keeping up a withering fire on the British at the top of the hill to cover another body that, taking ad- vantage of the numerous jutting rocks and big stones as cover, climbed to the attack. When the top was reached the British, quite out of hand, their officers not knowing anything of manoeuvring troops under fire, attempted to reply with shots instead cf the bayonet, The result was they were shot down before | they could load, and, eventually out- ; numbered, the Beers being over 2.000 } strong, beat a retreat. Sir George Colley, Capt. Romiliy, of the Naval Brigade, and seven other officers died facing the foe and refusing to retire. Fifteen other officers were wounded ang captured. The total loss of all ranks Was 240, be*ics 4 great Aumber who surrendered. ‘This defeat ended the war. Sir Evelyn Wood received |

His camp at Mount | days from the time of the first hoisting

of the Boer flag at Heidelburg. Raw- fication of the peace took place on August 8, and the Transvaal Voiksraad met on September 21 as the legislative chamber of the republic to confirm the treaty.

DELIGHTED BOERS.

After the Boers at Paardeburg had been captured and disarmed they were extended in a long trailing line across the plain and as tar as possible were arranged in commandos. The Free Staters were kept separate from the Transvaalers. The look upon the faces of the men as they passed, made it impossible to arrive at any other con- clusion than that they were ail over- joyed at their release from the daily hell of shot and shell, which they had been experiencing lately. Many did not even take the trouble to conceal their delight from the soldiers guard- ing «hem. They chatted freely with the British, discussing the different battles in which they had fought. All the prisoners have an intense admir- ation tor the bravery and pluck of the Highlanders, and they freely confess that they are incapable of the dash and go of the British. Some of the sick prisoners have given a vivid descrip- tion of General Cronje’s night march. It began in a panic, and terrible confu- sion prevailed throughout. The huge wagons crowding the narrow road, (here was an utter lack of order and desertions were numerous.

CANADIAN DUTY.

La Presse, the Independent Conser- vative newspaper in Montreal, drawsa consoling moral from Canada’s losses in the war.

It tells us that six thousand miles from home and amidst murderous bul- lets there has been signed a concordat

of lasting Jove between the. different nationalities which are preparing the future of Canada,

“Let that confraternity of the last slumber in a distant land,” adds La Presse, “be also a guarantee of joint existence on Canadian soil without the

yesterday,”

How strongly this contrasts with the gospel of racial hate preached by Mr. ‘Tarte in La Patrie.

Mr. Tarte calls upon his compatriots to suspect Ontario, and pronounce: Ontario people “Orangistes,” and | French Canadians who are loyal, lay

figures of the Oringiste faction.

He proclaims himself French first a « Briish afterwards, and warns his followers that the English of the other provinces are preparing t. drive them out of the country with muskets.

A dangerous and untruthful man, Mr. Tarte is sowing discord in Canada and distrust of the Empire for his own political purposes, while sound Cana- dians of all nationalities are battling for union.— Mail and Empire.

La Presse, of Montreal, in a recent issue gave utterance to sentiments which will be echoed from Charlotte- town to Victoria: It said:— “Six thousand miles from home, there has just been signed, under fire on on a fielcl of carnage, amidst murder- ous builets, what might be called a concordat of lasting love between the | different nationalities which are prepar- ‘ing the future of the Canadian nation.

The mourning is great, but the hope is

still greater. If our first thought, that of the heart, is for the bereaved families the second, coming from rea- sop, goes to our country, which has valor to register in its annals. Those were men, then, that we sent there. What could we know about it in the long period ot peace with which Canada is favored ? The art of war is not learn- ed; it is in the blood. Our men have just proved it. As regards our country it seems that the roots of a nation will be strengthened in that pure fertilizer extracted trom our veins. There is nothing like a common fate, dangers shared, solidarity in glory. We have just sown, side by side, blood in the same furrow; the promised harvest must be union, good will, confidence between us, for nature has fixed it that life should proceed from death. Let that confraternity of the last slumber in a foreign land be also the confraternity of joint existence on Canadian soil, witheut the odious suspicions and re- servations of yesterday.”

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