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DASTARDLY BOERS BRAVE CANADIANS

Boers Offer to Surrender, Canadians Accept

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BRAVE GANADIANS REPORTED

General Hutton’s Glow- ing Despateh,

ONLY TWO OF THE CANADIAN DRAGOONS GUILTY OF SELL- ING ARMS.

TWO MEN SHOT DEAD THREE WOUNDED.

Bravery of Canadians Recognized

and Praised. Their Namés are Privates Hopkins

and Pears’of Toronto.

(Speoia, to Tae Examiner. }

Lonpox, Aug. 8-—A party of Boers (Sproat to Tax Examiner. }

near Standerton notified the Eoglish offi~ Orrawa, Aug. 8.—General Hut- oers commanding at Watervaal of their/tg9n in « report to Lord Minto Willingness te surrender. speake in glowing terms of the

Fifteen of Strathcona’s Horse were sent to accept the submission of the offi- cer in charge.

When the Strathconas approached the rendezvous in extended order the Boers opened fire.

conduct of the Canadian Mounted Rifles o¢ the 2nd battalion in the engagement at Honing Spruit June 22nd. He says:—~I havethe honor to submit to your Excel. lency the names of the following officers and men for their conduct in the engage- A sergeant, who raised a troop in Can-| ment and which I bave especially brought ada, rallied his men. In doing #0 he rode | tothe notice of the com mandersia-chief: amonog the Boers who demanded his sur-' Lent, 9 JA Davidson, Supt. N. W. render. “Never !” cried the sergeant, wh? Mounted Police ; Lieut. W MI nglis, late while turning his horse was shot dead. | captain Berkshire Regiment, (wounded) ; The Canadians lost two dead and three | Corporal Fred Morden, (wounded 4nd wounded out of aparty of twenty-two. | subsequemly killed); Lauce Corporal (now A. letter inthe Daily News from its sergeant) Thos Miles; (wounded); Pri- correspondent at Pretoria says : “ The’ vate Kear, ‘wounded, subsequently killed); Canadian Mounted Riflemen with Smith- : Private Miles, (wounded.) Dorrien have‘dietirguished themselves by | courageous deeds that will rank high among the most brilliant episodes of this

et eee se {too true, al.aough the number is not as eferring to the Houing Spruit fight the. great as intimated in the private letter

correspondent speake in the highest terms | | tered to in lastjnight’s despatch. .Inatead of praise about the courage and bravery °f of 20 men it appears that 2 have each Lieutenant Inglis, Corporal Morden,Lance ha sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment Corporal Miles and his brother, and Pria' for selling eupplies and arms to the vate Keer, of Pincher Creek, Rocky | enemy.

Mountains, whose men are famous for | The news came in the form of a report theif courage and hardibood. It never to the Department of Militia from Colone] boasted braver sons than those f-ur who Lessard. ‘Ibe men are privates Hopkins lay side by side behind a low bank keep- eed Pears. -Both. were metsbers of 44"

ing Sar Sanew! ot ‘my. Morden was the Squadron, RB. C. D., Toronto, before they first to fall dead with a bullet in his brain: eaitietind

Keer was also killed just as help arrived. STEYN SEVERELY ILL.

Kroonstapt, Aug. 8.—Mr. Steyn ia seriously ill.

The news that certain members ef the Royal Canadian Dragoons in South Africa ditgraced theuppel ves is unfortunately only

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P. B. ISLAND CBEST CHINAWARE,

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CHARLOTTETOWN P. E. ISLAND WEDNESDAY AUGUST 8 1900 5 oe acne THE SITUATION

AT PEKIN

Minister Gonger's De- scription.

LI HUNG CHANG’S DICTUM

Chinese Must Fight if Allies go to Pekin.

(Speoist To Tas Examiner)

Wasninaron, Aug. 8.—The following

cablegram from Minister Conger was re- ceived last night by the State Depart- ment: ‘‘Tsi Nan Yamen, Aug. 7: Still besieged. Situation more precarious. Chinese Government insisting upon our leaving Pekin, which would be certain death. Rifle firing upon us daily by Imperial troops. Have abundant courage but little ammunition or provisions. T'-wo progressive Yamen ministers beheaded,

United States are weli at present mos ment. (Signed) * Concer.”

LonD Nn, Aug. 8.—In case the troops of the allies advancethe Chinese must fight, The suggestion that the allies tshould be allowed to enter Pekin in order to escor' the Ministers to Tien Tsin is absolutely im possible.

This is the dictum of Li Hung Chang. it was tranemitted last evening to Wm. Prichard Morgan, member of Parliament, by his agent at Shanghai.

The agent had carried to Earl Li the mess2ge from Mr, Morgan urging that the allied troops be allowed to enter the capi- tal, stating that a settlement could be made at Tien Tsin.

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