The sun., 1900-11-30
400 BRITISH SURRENDER.
BOERs carr RE IHE DEWETSDORP
GARRISON aSTER a vIGRT.
Get AWAY with Prisoners and Two Guns Ne
fore the Arrival Of = British Reii-f vorc"
Gen. knos In Pursuit Reverse Expected
toIncrssss Danger of Revolt Inc pe Csion,
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NT~fiM faNs Ds'jdfrh 70 IHF StN
1ONDON Nov - The most startling proof
that N" war IN South africa - still full ~ vs"r
ls contained in Gcn Roherts's desps,chr.
received to-day announcing that ~, British
troops with two gam. have surrendered 20 tn"
Boer' al Dewetsdurp, southwest Of Rloenif"n-
TEN. 1t l. poor consolation that the British
hav" snce reoccup"i the town after the Boers
had Withdrawn. 1hI- striking success cannot
fail Ia encourage in Cape Colony a revolt Shicn
u now an imminent danger
The truth - according to tho most renabl"
Information, that the situation ~ tnpo ioIout
i now more perInl- than At ANY time sin.
the outbreak Of the war The farm h4rnlnc
policy IN the Bo"r>' "ountrv l. having iJs rti.
uril elect. and n Wall be surprising II IA. Brit
i>h escape the dilemma IN which they h1v'
involved them,ey", without precrptrttur :
rebellion winch viii severely tc>i all their ui.l-
tarv re- ~ources IN Africa
II /. not likely that the Bocr- will at'emr'
70 hold the prisoner, taken az Dewet-iorp. -.
this Is 40 longer their policy. but the mora
effect Of the blow To British prestige will he
none the less serious Gen. Robert-'s fill
despatch follows
1t l. reported from Dewetsdorp that the
garrison. consisting OF two guns of the SiNtv-
eighth Field Battery aud detachments of the
Worcestershire Regiment. the Hinhand
Light Infantry. and Irish Rifles. total of about
400 men. surrendered at $50 p NJ. Nov
% Our losses were IS killed and a.
wounded The latter included Major Ansrr
of the liighlanders, Capt Digby of the Gloucr'-
tershireS. and Lieut. Coils Of the Irish Rife.
slightly The enemy are said to have been
$3.50 strong 4 column Of /, ,aUo men was de-
spatched from Edenburg 70 relieve Deweta-
dorp, but did not succeed In reaching there IN
time to effect the relief Gen Charles Knox
Joined the force on Nov 20 and entered pewpts-
dorp. which was found to have been cvac-
uated. Is sick and wounded being lsit in the
town. Knox pursued the enemy. and Pitcher
reports from SInlthneld that Knox fought
a successful engagement yesterday near yaal-
bank with Steyn and De Wet who retired
west and southwest knox's messenger failed
TO get through. go | am without details as vet
Gen. Roberts also reports a skirni,h on Nov
II at Bultiontein. Three hundred Beers wers
dislodged and pursued losing several men
Bruce-lIamilton has cleared the country be-
tween the Wge and Vaal rivers. capturing
eleven Beers and q very large number OF cattle
and sheep
On Nov IS Col Plumer drove $40 Beers from
| DeSagen Drift. killing three. On Nov. ~ Col
Campbell carried the Beers main position al
| liserskloof. The British had a Lieutenant killed
and a Major severely wounded and one man
/ killed and two wounded
| Unofficial reports give some details Of Gen
Kno1s and Col Pitchers operations after
the reoccupaton Of Dewetsdorp. Accord,
| ing 10 these Gen Knox succeeded In inter
cepting On. De Vet south Of Dewetsdorp
and compelled him TO 60 west Col Pitchard
and Col Baker came to close quarters with tho
Beers and captured two wagon loads of stores
and 800 horses The Beers shelled the British
with one Of their captured guns.