DISILLUSIONED BOERS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 17, 10 July 1900, Page 4

DISILLUSIONED BOERS.

' .Writing from Maaera^r^(i6»tly, . I Reuters agent says i'^l^jiiv^j^fe-, ' 1 seen, a man who arrived )*&&ioigjf ,'" | days ago from the , i t'Onlr- an^he ' 1 gives- the" fpllo.wirig i^teres|in^;a.(»l count ]io^ his, eaqapad?s';^psij^n^ > " J eommandered in the.Free>4^ate^lo^'3 gjojand d Jive the 'BjitiahToo^aM J hearing the news eaeh^'dafi^bfl^e f\ victories %of/ thd Datofei^^dh engagement, with the I a few woubded, all, m^Gpnijeadea 1 were;in very high glj eVan,^ sj^fced J full of .Hope of helping toT; conquer 1 the British. We were,, wi|h' Com- V J mandanji Diederich'a- coi^manko, | and were ordered to ;j proQeedTHo m Eiraberley district 'witn'?dlf -j| which we did by forced' lh|rei|es, ' J until we met seven wduiide*dl)ulch- ~i men, who were returning, from~ the M front. They inquired M horses looked so fatigued/tfnojpot- 1 sore. ' We explained \ thatiwe 'were M anxious tb^e't at 'the^^Re^-ißuil'""^ j Knglfsh. _ They reylifdj be '\ so = anxious ; ; 'it * is^nsir; alV;plary°aia *J you- expect," and' s^yen "recorded* J their injuries in ; the , *7slj,ape Jpf | wounds, which, were ali-Csejbjous. 1 They entreated- us noi ,to'^iurry, 1 saying we would soon 'have enough M of it, and detailed, the fearful battle ,'J they had been in at'Mod^ef Ei|er. 1 Chr Rearing, this our^jip^dyopp|.cl M and our hearts sank, ahd,we took-ij four days -to do the -reMainiiig« four jM Hours journpy— we r wer6 sy presfc-vp fallen." £ The narrator of thWfore-*l going was, in charge ofajW,aggon^ when the fight, at Sch'ol& : i?ek;took;^ plac%,- and being 'on ; a kopje} gi vesjij the, following 'graphic^deSefiption of i| the Vattle : — The Bbersjnui^b'ered^l about ,14,0p6 men, I §oh,s^|mg , of i j fifteen laagers with thirteen <Jannon,"J and were all undercover inWe Dush ; || sconces or intrenched 'W^el^itfe fi qM wa ! s opened by th'e'Brifisffiat^range 1 ! of about ..seven- mile|^ei,ih Y the>big^ guns: They- came.'gi'adjiall^rnearer m dbifag T tremendous^diM«ig^>to : tbsl Boer aM;' sconces. J All ,iie could see. afterV the-tiursfang^ of^these shells we*"c idcks filing >up in- the 'air^anidd rollings down on th^ men a'nd-,h'o|%eU witlt| deadly effect. He treinbiejd^alloveea twith the .force of Jhe>jca^»c|B, ahdj tthe- liddite . ehell_s:f pl^ed^earfull kavoc among the Boers^TEe vapoucj jaiidfirfuieß i arising"'f/om^eB9'"sHellBlJ i maflß : th6 ( : Y>\^ti^Wito^QJ}^i\M several, succumbed! been told.Jbhnt.tUe n Q|| s6dot,- but "what ".h'e-*Baw^at. thatj battle- thoroughly: Ic6nv!iEtced!- hiraii kiaUhW^e^expell^ttfe^^el Hi^ieyBS were opened.gtill^mpre sol when \h&' saw Dhei6»it*qhr\f ailing iik all^ifecfcionsr-WhWthe^BdOTshadl ihe big-gurf iOnglisfisj?^ r gt£iss,'a l nd^^wisec^^ later a^sneli- omsh^debnii^eßoeel cainnon^ rendering it ;u|eie^sr^Of i th^ Boers' thirteen g^anHywhlcfe-yerei^ action*; 7 of damaged'as' W.be' un^pjckapre^-* Hyy FieleT-Coicnet;, . : MoV/ I? hi§^hat J a^nt^b : Qri;%wjß^^illei3| And r - y theW;,were^5 J 'n?a^'^ound^o| thlr a!^p)^saal| Bbshaf and BlhfniionMSifre^uii fulh,, E[e estinia^s'itKe^numbero| horses killed^ arid^^nd^ed >_un^ fiegi|eabff '- at :^p^^|M||# ml| bllTeves* that camp after the ba||fe4:wa^y3ver wu '. |hat} if 11 fa\ ereat^^victory 'fbr4h"em#^l|tnelß(}eM ||^esßiiftsM%d3|^|^^^y i$