The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-12

fontein, the places being 100 miles apart.
Gen. Gatacre's return to England IS In
the nature ia recall, though no reason
is given for it, and it will be associated
in the public mind with his lack of sue
cess.
BOERS FIGHT BRAVELY.
The war Office has received the follow
Ing dispatch from Lord Roberts:
"Bloemfontein, April n.-Methuen re-
ports that the party of Beers defeated
April made a good resistance for four
hours, and only gave in when our troops,
with fixed bayonets, were within fifteen
yards of them. Seven of the enemy were
killed, eleven were wounded and fifty-one
were made prisoners. Beside Lieuts.
Boyle and Williams, Sergeant Patrick
Campbell was killed and two of our men
We're wounded. Williams was killed de-
hberately after the white flag had been
held up. The perpetrator of the crime
was at once shot.
Methuen speaks in high terms of the
intelligent manner in which the imperial
yeomanry and the Kimberley mounted
corps behaved.
Butler reports that the enemy at
tackled his right flank yesterday while
he was engaged in changing his posi-
ton, but our artillery silenced their
guns and they did not press the attack.
Our losses were four killed and eight
men wounded.
There is no further news from Wepe-
ner.'
CHICAGO MEN SUSPECTED.
The correspondent of the Daily News
at Lourenzo Marques, telegraphing on
Wednesday, says:
1.-The departure of the Chicago ambu-
lance corps for Pretoria was delayed on
suspicion of filibustering. The mem
bers left by a special train this after
noon accompanied by a motley following
OF. French and Germans, 100 in all. The
departure only occurred after many
stormy interviews with the Portuguese
authorities. The members have no pass
ports and no credentials beyond a letter
from Miss Clara Barton to the effect that
she knows some of them personally and
believes ttem to be genuine, but many
have openly expressed their intention of
fighting The Beers are paying from $50
to 940 per month for such recruits.
'Thirty-five Thousand Beers with nine
ty guns, are concentrated on the range
of hills between Kroonstad and Win
burg. The whole line is fortified and is
almost impregnable."
TO SAVE THE MINES.
The Lourenzo Marques correspondent of
the Times, telegraphing Wednesday, says:
"Epler, an Austrian fnancier who is
acting as captain of the Rand mines po-
lice, in order to Illustrate the destruction
of the mines, sent remonstrance to Pre-
tor1a against boring, with the result that
State Engineer Muniks order for boring
was cancelled"
CONFUSION AT MAFEKING.
The correspondent of the Times at
Mafeking, under date of March 80. COM
ments upon the hopeless confusion and
fuctuation Of spirits of the garrison as
to prospects for relief since Tuesdays 8
terrible bombardment, and upon the va
r1ety of rumors regarding the location of
the relief forces, such rumors involving,
as far as the soucn column is concerned,
discrepancies of 100 miles
GEN. GATACRES RECORD.
The Bloemfontein correspondent Of the
Times, telegraphing Wednesday, saws:
1t is announced in general orders that
Gen. Sir Herbert Chermside has been ap-
pointed to the command of the Third di-
vision, vice Gen. Sir William Gatacre. or
dered home to England
Gen. Brabant's force is confident of
being able to hold out The Beers. after
showing considerable dash, have wavered
when 1t came to the final issue, and have
struck at last the vital point, where they
are greatly handicapped by their proxin-
ity to Basutoland. Owing to the strate-
gical concentrations since the enemy's
movements became defined, there need be
little anxiety as to the safety of the Cape
border. No organized invasion of Cape
Colony is now possible, except under. ex-
treme risk, which Commandant Olivier IS
not likely to take. especially as his horses
are reported to be greatly exhausted"
The Durham correspondent of the Stand
ard, telegraphing Wednesday, says:
"A brigade is being sent from here to
join the main army under Lord Roberts
1t Is under command of Gen. Hunter"
BRITISH TOTAL LOSSES.
TIE war Office issued this afternoon a
return Of the total British casualties up
to April Z. 1T was as follows: Killed in
action, 211 officers and $50 men: died Of
wounds, IS officers and 465 men; missing
and prisoners, 1853 officers and 3,722 men:
died of disease, Al officers and ], ass men:
accidental deaths, officers and "a men:
repatriated invalids 2SS officers and 1891
men; total, 1885,. exclusive OF the sick
and wounded now in hospital.
FOREIGNERS TO BE EXPELLED.
DURHAM, Wednesday, April LIT is
said that State Secretary Reitz, Of the
Transyaal has asserted that all British
ers and Americans, with a large proper
ton of the Germans, will be expelled from
the two republics within a fortnight.
Twenty-Five out of seventy arrivals at
Delagoa bay by German steamer have
been refused passports to the Transvaal
at the instance of the British consul, ow-
ing to the fact that ammunition was
found in their possession.
RRTTONS TO RIIY HORSES
CHICAGO, April 11.-Not less than TO-
900, and perhaps as many as $4,000 horses
for military service In South Africa are
to be purchased in the Chicago stock
market by the British government. An
English officer, who has been in Chicago
three weeks making arrangements for
the extraordinary purchase, has left for
New York to meet the government in
spectors who recently arrived from Eng
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