Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXXVIII, Number 9, 2 Malaki 1900 — NA PE LEKANE E UHAI LA IA CRONJE. [ARTICLE]

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NA PE LEKANE E UHAI LA IA CRONJE.

LADANA, Feheruari 21.—Aia he 40,000 ka nui o na koa Pelekane e uhai-a-holo la mahope o Cronje, ka Alihikaua Nui o na koa Bua o ka Repubalika Aani, a e aneane la hoi ia t>oe koa P.elekane e hoopuni loa ae i ua Kenerala Bua la, ua ikeia he keehina hoonee kaua eleu loa keia e lawelaweia nei e Kenerala Roberts, a ke kali nul ia nei ka hopena o nei uhai anā a na Pelekane i na Bua e kuemi hope la me ka •awiwi nui. -

A hoea i ka hora 2 o keia kakahiaka aole i hoolaha ae ke Keena Kaua i kekahi mau lono e pili ana i ke kulana o ke kaua e nee la ma Aferika Hema, oia hoi, na mea e pili ana i na hana mawaena o Kimberley ame Bloemfontein, koe wale no ka hoikeia ana mai, aia ke kahualioomoana o ka alihikaua nui ma Paardeberg, he kanakolu mile ma ka hikina aku o Jacobsdal, a ua kokoke hoi ia wahi i ke alanui aupuni e hele ana a hoea i ke kulanakauhale poo o ke Aupuni Repubalika Alani. Mai keia wahi aku a hoea i ua kulanakauhale la, he kanaha mile. Aole nohoi i loaa mai he mau lono hou mai laila mai. Aia ma ka akau o Kitchener na koa kaualio apau o Kenerala Farani, oia ua mahele eono, ehiku a-

m,* eiwa, a po'a pu hoi me oa koa 1 Hilana o MacDonald. 0 keia ka poe e ulni aku nei mahope o na Bua. 1 Me h€ mea la, eia me Kenerala Con- ' je, laawaho ae hoi o kona poe koa mua o 10,000, he 8,000 poe koa hou mai Lae Koloni mai, a oia poe koa, o lakou ke- | kahi i komo iloko o na hoouka kaua I ana ma Colesbevg a o kekahl poe hoi ma Stormberg. E hoike ana hoi kekahi mau lono e aa, aia he 10,000 poe koa j o ua Repubalika Alani nei, ke nee la īnai Colenso aku a mai Ladysmith aku nohoi, a ina e hui ana keia poe me Cronje, alaila, e iioopuipui nui ia ana j kona mau koa. I

Iloko o keia wa e kuemi hoi>e nei na Bua me nei mau heluna nui o ko lakou mau koa, he mea pohihihi loa ka ole'io ana ae, ua ha'i pu ke kikala o ko lakou kaua, e hiki ole ai ia lakou ke haawi puupuu hou mai i na Pelekane me ke aolea. Ina aia keia nee ana a na poe Bua, malalo o na alakai ana a na kenerala ike kaua o waho aku nei, a ua hooiohe hoi o Cronje ia mau alakai ana, a pakele oia niai ka paa pio ana i na Pelekane, alaila, e loaa ana he hoouka kaua ikaika loa i na koa Pelekane ma na pae kuahiwi mamua pono mai o Windburg. Ma Natala hoi, aia no o Kenerala Buller me kona mau koa ke nee la no mua. Ma ka la i nehinei, ua lilo mai la i na koa o Kenerala Hart o Colenso, aoka lono hope i loaa mai nona, aia oia ke a'e la ma kela aoao o ka muliwai Tugela, mai ia wahi aku. O keia mahele koa aia lakou ma kahi o kimikumamaha mile ke kaawale mai La<tysmlth mai. Aol« paha e liuliu a kau hou aku no i kekahi pualikoa Pelekane ma kela ao|aoo ka muliwai Tugela. Ua hoomaoIpopoia k'a heluna mahuahua ole o na 1 Bua ma keia mau wahi a na Pelekane i e nee aku nei, oiai ua emi hope aku ka nui o lakou no ka paio ana mai ia Robērtfl, e nee la no ka Repubalika Alani. O ka haalele ana o na Bua i kekahi o ko lakou mau kulana, a kuemi Jakou, aole ia he hana akahi walenoa lawelaweia iho nei e lakou, aka ua hoonee ia no ia ano hana e lakou i i kahi mau manawa i kaa hope ae nei. [Ua manao hoi kekhi poe, aole he mea no na ua e waiwai ai a e pomaikai ai ' ke lilo pio mai ia lakou ke kulanakauhale o Ladysmith. " Ua hiki no ia lakou, a ma na kulana ikaika e loaa hou ana ia lakou, e hoouka kaua hou mai ai no lakou i na Pelekane me ke j oolea loa, elike no me ko na wa i kaa hope ae nei. He kulana hoonee kaua hoonawaliwali liilii ka lakou e hoouka mai nei maluna o na Pelekane.