Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1900 — BOERS HARASS BRITISH [ARTICLE]

BOERS HARASS BRITISH

JM ltihuxli it l'arljr of I i.ginecrs ion) Onu»c lleav} Ciiaunlttea. "KjOliduil, (let. 11. —liTe following dis-fjnb-h has lieen received In.in Lm ' ■Koborts: 'flVotorfci, iQct. It). —Au engine with • tniek conveying a party of engineers BhrVmgtug i<> Paget's ri tie brigade, wlille proceeding yesterday to Ka.tpvnnhlen, was ambushed bv Boers, .aio Stew art, with forty men of rifle brigade, went to their eupjxirt. y&b* casualties, unfortunately, were Stnrvy. Stewart-and one private, were Kail led, Captain Paget, Lieutenant Btw.bbs and live engineers were 'wounded and Lieutenant Sewell and •hen of tlx* ride brigade were made pris•lskhv Del.isle’s mounted men and 'ttrifawinls, after three days’ lighting. iHuive ilfivyu I'eWct nortli of the Vanl, Ifccar v V\tiAerskroon. DeWet lias been •fltsjiring the burghers that Europe would stop the war Oct. 10. The Boers wv-re thus luioyed with the hope that •ometiiing would intervene to end the war In their favor. 1 trust they now cmlize how futule were their expivtn(■fams.”