The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-04-06
F|GHT|NGAT MAFEK|NG
Col. PIumer Again RepuIsed in
Attempting Relief, TeIe-
graphs Pretoria.
DETAILS OF BROADWOOD's DEFEAT
Beers Put Up Card Job in the Way
of an kmbuscade.

Oh an hnDuSCaQes
British Scouts Walk Right Through 1t
Without Knowing 1t Was There-Brit-
ish Loss Was Seven Guns, All the Bag
gage. and the Total Casualties Are $50.
of Which 200 Are Prisoners.
London, March 31.--The war office
has issued the following from Lord
Roberts to the secretary of war:
"Bloemfontein, March 80, 2:25 p. m.
Owing to the activity Of the enemy
on our immediate front, and their
hostile action towards the burghers
who surrendered under the terms of
my proclamation, l found it necessary
to drive them from some kopjes they
had occupied near the Karee Siding
station, q few miles south of Brand
fort. The operation was successfully
carried out by the Seventh CTucker's)
division, assisted by the First and
Third cavalry brigadeS under French,
and lie Calais regiment of mounted
infantry. The enemy retreated to
BrandfOrt and our troops now hold the
kopjeS. Our casualties We're: Scot
fish BOrderers, killed Captain Going;
wounded Captains Sellar, Lizard,
PEBBLES, Curgonven and Edwards,
LieHtenants Coulson and French, and
about 100 rank and file"
London, April 2.-The following tele-
gram is published here:
"EBuShman KOp, March 81. - The
British force commanded by Colonel
BroadwOod, consisting of the Tenth
hussars, Household cavalry, two horse
batteries and a force of mounted in
fantry under Colonel Pitcher, which
had been garris0ning Hhaba N'Chu,
was obliged in consequence of the near
approach of a large force of Beers, to
leave last night Colonel BrOadwood
marched to the BloemfOntein water
works, south of the MOdder. where he
'encamped at 4 this mOrning. At early
dawn the camp WAS shelled by the en-
;emy from a near point.
Colonel BrOadw0Od sent off a con
vOy with the batteries, while the rest
of the force remained to act as rear
guard. The convoy arrived at a deep
Spruit, where the Beers were concealed,
and the entire body walked into anl-
bush and was captured, together with
six guns. The loss of life was not
great, since most of the British had
walked into the trap before a shot was
fired. General ColWille's division, which
left BlOemfontein early this morning,
arrived here at noon and he is NOW
Smelling the Beers"
Pretoria, Sunday April 1.-Cannonad
ing was again heard in the direction
of Brandfort Saturday, and it is re
ported that heavy fighting occurred
Saturday around NIafeking. 1t is add
ed that Colonel Plumer's relief column
was compelled to retire with loss. No
details have been received
London, April 3.-The following has
been received here concerning the loss
of Colonel BroadWOOds guns:
"Bushman's Kop, April 1.-THE
Beers who were hidden in the sDruit
when the British guns were captured
yesterday were commanded by Reich
man, a German-American The Beers
retired this morning when they disc@v-
cred the British scouts, leaving two
Dutch military attaches, one of them
dangerously wounded, in the hands of
the British. All the wounded are do
ing we'll Every one agrees that but
for Colonel Broadwood's splendid
handling of his troops not member
of the force would have escaped. The
Beers are still holding the waterworks
and the line of hills behind them.
Scene Was Cine of Carnage.
Following the scouts of General
hrench'S cavalry division to the scene
Of battle, this correspondent witnessed
one of the most terrible spectacles of
the war. Horses lay .stiffened in the
various attitudes of sudden death, and
mingled among them were CHASTITY
human bodies, with the wrecks of wag-
ons and food and forage scattered
widely. Everything told q terrible
tale Of surprise and carnage. 1t would
be impossible to conceive anything
mere ingeniuS than the Boer trap, and
the only wonder is that a single man
escaped.
Beers Fired from Three Sides.
''On crossing the spruit where the
ground rises Immediately toward
grassy knoll, with stony slopes facing
the drift, one came upon an enclosure
from which it was possible to fire over
the drift. At this point the spruit
makes a circular bend, while the south
embankment, which is protected by the
partially constructed railway embank-
ment enabled the enemy to pour in
CALLING fire on three sides as we'll as
double tier of fire in front When the
convoy was first attacked a scene Of
frigtful confusion followed The na&sas
stampeded and the wagons wee, over
turned, while the concealed enemy
DOured in q deadly fire
Battery Gets into Action.
when the first battery appeared the
Beers seemed industrious of continuing
the slaughter and called upon the
British to surrender. At that moment.
however, battery B, which was escap-
ing from the rear of the convoy under
heavy fire, wheeled into action and be-
gan Smelling the Beers with the four
remaining guns. The Beers confess
that this battery accounted for five
killed and nine wounded Of their losses.
Early in the afternoon the Beers col
iected about the convoy began remov-
tha nd