The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-05-12
Beers ARE STILL RETREATIKG
HE WAS HELPED BY BRABANT.
End OF Seven Days Fight to the.
North OF Thabnnchu-Boers VIII
Put Up Strong Fight.

London, May 4.-The war office has
received the following report from Lord
Roberts, under date of Bloemfontein. Nav
3:
General Hamilton met with considera-
bic success and dove the enemy out of
the strong position they had taken up at
Iloutnek with comparatively small loss
to us. The Beers dispersed IN several
directions, mainly to the east and south.
leaving many prisoners in our hands, in
Guiding one commandant and l6 other
wounded men.
General Hamilton is now in camp at
jacobsrust. AS the men needed a rest
after fighting seven out of the last 10
days, ordered them to halt for the day.
General Brabants brigade. of cavalry
arrived upon the scene in time to afford
valuable assistance by threatening the
enemy's rear During the afternoon
General Ian Hamilton was joined by Cen
eral Bruce-Hamilton's brigade of infan-
try. The enemy admit having II killed
and 40 wounded Amongst the former
was Lieutenant Gunther, German officer
belonging to the Fifty-fifth regiment, and
amongst the latter was Maximoff the
Russian commander of the foreign, legion.
Iwenty-one out of the 81 of the enemys
casualties occurred among the members OF
that legion. Two Frenchmen were among
the killed.
General Hamilton speaks in high terms
OF the good service performed by the
Eighth Hussars, under Colonel CLOVIS, and
of the regiment of Lancers, which came
into General Broadwood's brigade and as
sisted in making the Beers vacate their
position.
The final stroke to the enemy's rous
was given by the Gordons and two COM
panies of the Shropshire light infantry,
who cheered loudly when they got within
200 yards of their position.
"Kitchener's Horse is also spoken of in
terms of praise"
As Told at Pretoria
Pretoria, May 3.-An official war bull
letln issued here reports that on April
70 the tederals captured nine prisoners
and 10 horses east of Thabanchu and that
on April 30 British mounted corps APP
tackled them on two sides and the British
retired. Two federals were wounded and
ii prisoners were taken.
Another account, semi-officially, of this
affair says that the Wakkerstroom and
Ermelo commands had a skirmish with
the British near Brandfort, and after a
sharp fight ii prisoners were taken and
10 British were left dead on the field, in
cludnig Captain Liddy. "A few federals
were wounded.
Heavy bombardment by the British has
been resumed at Fourteen Streams.
The correspondent of Reuters Telegram
Agency in the Boer camp at Brandfort
wires that when the British appeared 10
miles east of Bandfort, General Delarey
ordered a charge by 500 Beers, who drove
them back to their intrenchments. The
federals found four dead upon the field
and took II prisoners, mostly wounded,
including Lieutenant Crane
Later in the afternoon General Delarey
learned that the British had forced their
way 20 miles east of Brandfort and seven
miles north of the Modder river.
With $50 men Delarey set out in pursuit
Of the British, who numbered 1900. The
forces met in the open, battle followed
and the British retired. AS the Beers
had had a heavy day they were not pur-
sued. The federals had five men wound
ed.
An American has been arrested in con-
nectiOn with the Begbie explosion