The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-11
is FORCED OUT or BETHLEHEM
BRITISH ARE NOW IN POSSESSION
OF THAT FORMER BoER
STRONGHOLD
BATTLE IN ROUGH COUNTRY
Forces Attacking Dewet Found IT
Difficult to Utilize Cavalry
Probably Last Big Bat
tie of War.

LONDON, July 10.-LoId Roberts has
sent the following dispatch to the war
office:
Pretoria. July 1O.-Clements and
Pagets forces entered Bethlehem July T.
The former, on nearing the town, sent
in a flag of truce demanding its sur
render, which was refused by Dewet,
when Paget, making a wide turning
movement, succeeded in getting hold Of
the enemys most important position, GOV,
ering the town. This was carried before
dark by the Munster fusileers and York
shire light infantry. This morning tie
attack was continued, and by noon the
town was in our possession, and the
enemy in full retreat.
"Our casualties were four officers and
thirty-two men Of the MINISTERS wounded,
one missing; Capts. Macpherson and
Weeks and Lieut.. Conway severely, and
Lieut.. Boyd -Rochefort, Scottish rifles,
slightly wounded; seven men of the York
shires wounded; one killed; two wound
ed of the Imperial yeomanry.
''Paget reports that tut for tho accu-
rate practice of the Thirty-eighth royal
artillery and the Fourth city imperial
batteries, the casualties would have been
many more.
"Baden-Powell reported entered Rus
tenburg during the evening of July 8
without opposition. He found all quiet
there and all satisfactory, thanks to the
sudden and bold grasp taken py Maj.
Hanbury-Tracy.
''The district west Of this is somewhat
upcat+Iad ouioor RI +ba e,,oa II eoroa 1.,h;oI,
attacked Rustenburg being still in that
neighborkood Measures are being taken
to meet this.
Further information regarding the cap.
ture Of Bethlehem has now been received
from Clements. He states that the coun-
try there is broken and difficult. Con-
seQuently his and Pagets cavalry were
unable to make any wide turning move
ment. Clements attacked one position
while Paget attacked another. The po-
sition assailed by Clements was gallantiy
captured by the Royal Irish, who cap
tured a gun of the Seventy-seventh bat
terry, lost at sStormberg. The list of
casualties has not yet been received, but
Clements states they are few, considering
the strength of the positions assaulted.
Hunters cavalry under Broadwood re-
ported at Betnlenem, july ). Hunter
with his main force was within nine
miles of the town, when Clements dis
patched his reports
BOERS ABANDON SENEKAL.
sENEKAL, Orange River Colony, Mon
day, July 9.-An extended reconnaissance
today resulted in the discovery that the
Beers had evacuated all their positions
around Senekal. Numbers of them ap-
pear to have gone towards Ficl1sburg
and the remainder in the direction of
Bethlehem The British commanders ex-
press the opinion that the retirement
of the Beers foreshadows a speedy end Of
the war in this section 0f the country.
BRITISH LOSSES IN SOUTH AFRICA.
LONDON, July 1O.-The war office has
issued another casualty list from South
Africa, showing that during the week
ended July Z, there were killed, wounded
or captured fifteen officers and 1S0 men;
accidental deaths, two men; died of dis
ease, four officers and 1874 men; invalided
home, Y officers and 1,306 men The total
| casualties as a result of the war are
4S,1SS officers and men,