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EARLY AFRICAN WAR NEWS
DISASTER 10 n BRITISH BAIAT-
LION At ROODEVAL.

ofCommunicntion-F Fourth BattaliO IL
| wounded, or Made Prlsoners-L0Td
| Methurn Fighting Near Het1br0n,
| London, June 11-Lieutenant General
Sir Frederick Forestier-Walker, i'll COM
mand of the lines of communication in
South Africa, reports that in the dis
aster to the British troops on June 7,
| at Roodeval, where the Beers cut Lord
| Roberts line of communications, the
Fourth battalion of the Derbyshire reg
iment were all killed, wounded or made
prisoners, except six enlisted men. Two
! officers and fifteen men were killed and
five officers and seventy-two men were
wounded many of them severely.
| The Beers returned the wounded to
the British. The officers killed were
Lieutenant Colonel Baird-Dougless and
Lieutenant HaWley. The wounded in
cluded Colonel Wilkinson and Lieuten-
ant Blanchard of the Canadian infantry
| General Forester Walkers dispatch in
| full Is as follows:
Cape Town, June 10,-The following
| telegram has been received from Colo
mel Knox:
" Kroonstad.-Th following casual
ties, reported from Roodeval June Z, re-
| ceived from Stonham commanding the
Imperial Yeomanry hospital, dated
Rhenoster river, June 8, received here
by flag of truce June 10: The Fourth
battalion of the Derbyshire regiment
(the Sherwood Foresters)- -Killed, Lieu
tenant Colonel Baird Douglas and Lieu
tenant Hawley and fifteen of the rank
and file. Wounded-Colonel Wilkinson,
Captain Bailey, Lieutenants Hall, Law
der and Blanchard, and fifty-nine of the
rank and file; the Shropshire Light in
fantry one; Cape Pioneer Railway reg
iment, seven Ammunition Park, Royal
Marines and Imperial Telegraphs, one
each; postoffice corps one
'Stonham reports that many We're
severely wounded, and the remaining
of the Fourth Derbyshire and the details
of prisoners, except six of the rank
and file, are in his camp, All the wound
ed are in his camp, lately occupied by
the Fourth Derbyshire. Inquiries are
being made as to the names. /"
1t is inferred that the Beers captured
more than 500 men, and as late as June
10 held positions cutting off the British
forces north of Kroonstad from REIN
forcements.
Another dispatch from General Fores-
tier Walker says that General Lord
Methuen was fighting within ten miles
of Hebron on June 8. 1t was as fol-
lows:
Cape Town, June 10.-Ke1ly- Kenny
reports from Bloemfonten this morning
that Methuen with a greater part of
his division was fighting early in the
morning of June ten miles south of
Hebron where Colville was reported
to be with the Highland Brigade Meth
uen left Lindley on June with ample
supplies for himself and Colville leav-
ing Paget to hold Lindey with a suffi-
Gent force and supplies. Kelly Kenny
has ordered Knox to press in the enc
my's outpost, believing the enemy's
strength to be exaggerated
"All is quiet and there is no anxiety
as regards the district to the south
Communication north of Kroonstad has
been cut since June g."
The news that the shutting off of
Lord Roberts communication with the
outer world was accompanied by such
serious loss came to the people of
Great Britain like a bolt from a COM
paratively clear sky. In London, until
the news came, it was thought that the
destruction of the railroad was accom-
plished by Free Staters who were
avoiding rather than annihilating the
British attachments stationed at the
point attacked, nor are General Forces
tier-Walker's vague statements regard
ing Lord Methuen and the situation at
Heilbron looked upon as reassuring.
The Beers appear to be in sufficient
strength completely to separate all the
British forces north and south of a line
reaching some fifty miles between Roo
deval and Hebron, Lord Methuen's
march upon the latter place seems
somewhat in the nature of a movement
for the relief of Colvile The only
British officer left at Roodeval appears
to be the doctor in charge of the hospi-
tai, which is full of wounded. What
has happened to the troops Immediately
north Of Roodeval is still a matter of
NVilJVStulH' fAlloSttHel, Tue DAY ulS-
patches reveal that the situa ton is far
more serious than any one imagined.
Reports from Maseru, Basutoland on
June 8 say that the Beers around Ftcks-
burg refuse to surrender, and severe
fighting is expected, though dispatch
of June 8. from Hammonia. which is
only few miles from Ficksburg, says
that the situation in the southeast cor
ner OF the Orange River colony is UNI
changed, that General Rumble has re-
ceived the Boer delegates sent to ne
gotiate peace terms, and that the result |
of the negotiations is not known.
MIR. SCHREINER READY TO RESIGN |
London, June 1.-THE ministerial eau |
Gus at Cape Town has resulted unfav |
orably to Premier Schreiner, only fen
him, and Mr.. Schreiner has
given notice of his intention to resign. |
The question at issue is Mr.. Schreiner's
iesire to introduce Immediately bills
the colonial rebels and ipdem
oifyfng the government for acts COM
nitted under martial law
GENERAL BULLER'S INVASION J
His Force Concentrated on the Kip
River Beers Beaten at Botha's !
Pass.
London, June 11.1-The following re-
>Ort from General Butler giving f,rrthe,
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