Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-03
HAMILTON
SUCCESSFUL
British Commander Drives
i Beers From Position
at Houtney.
.BOERs TAKE PRISONERS
Drive BrltAS ,ck Ten Miles East Of
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Il tureil-rl. ofFederal Sue.

London, May s (By Associated
Press. III he wal ,e has received
the following fro oberts, under
datesof B'loemfontel MAY 2: sHamil-
ton met with considerable success and
drove th,s enemy out Of the strong
position they had taken up at Hout-
ney with comparatively small loss to
us. The Beers dispersed in several di-
rections, mainly to the east and north,
leaving twenty-six prisoners in our
hands, Including commandant and
sixteen other wounded men. Hamilton
is now i'm camp at Jacobsrust. AS the
men needed rest after fighting seven
days out of the last ten, I ordered
them to. halt for today. Broadwood's S
brigade of cavalry arrived upon the
scene lin time to afford valuable as
sistance: by threatening the enemy's
rear.
During the afternoon Ian Hamilton
was Joined by the Bruce-Hamilton
brigade of infantry. The enemy admit
having twelve killed and forty wound
ed yesterday. Amongst the former
was Lieutenant Gunther, German Of
ficer belonging to the Fifty-ffth regi-
ment, and among the latter was Maxi
moff, Russian commander of the
Foreign Legion. Twenty-one out Of
ifty-twe, of the enemy's casualties oc-
Cured amongst the members of that
legion. Two Frenchmen were amonm
the killed.
M Hamilton speaks in high terms of
4 the goodl service performed by the
Eighth lIussars under Colonel Cloves
and who were made up into regi-
ment Of lancers, which came. into
Broadwood's brigade and assisted in
making The Beers vacate their posi-
tions. The final stroke to the enc
1ny's route was given by the Cor
dons and two companies of the Shrop-
shire lightinfantry, who cheered loud
ly when they got within 200 yards Of
the position.
.Kitchelner's Horse is also spoken of
in high terms
Boer Successes Near Thaban Chu.
Pretoria,, May 2.-By Associated
Press.)-G1 official bulletin issued
here reports that on April %, the fed
erals capt ured nine prisoners and ten
horses eastward of Thaban Chu. and
on April 80 British mounted CORPS
appeared near Brandfort. The feder-
ais attacked them on two sides and
the British retired. Two federals were
wounded and eleven prisoners taken. A
( heavy bolnbardment by the British
has been resumed at Fourteen
Streams. The correspondent of Reu-
ter's teleg raph agency in the Boer
camp at iBrandfort wires that when
the British appeared ten miles east
of Brandfcort, General Delarey ordered
= charge by 500 Beers, who drove them
back to their intrenchments. The fed
erals found four dead on the field and
took tour prisoners, mostly wounded,
including Lieutenant Crane. Later in
the AFTERNOON Delarey learned that
the BIRTHS h had forced their way
twenty miles east of Brandfort :no
seven niles north OF the Modder river.
With 30 imen Delarey set out in pur-
suit of the British, who numbered L.
200. The forces met in the open coun-
try and al sharp engagement ensued.
The British retired. The federals had
five men wounded An American has
been arrested in connection with The
Begbie explosion.
Rumol.s Affect Stock Exchange.
London. May 3.-By Associated
Press. )--F'rices became buoyant on the
stock exchange after a dull opening.
This is due to a variety of rumors, ali,
however, requiring confirmation, in
cluding ain important British victory
in South Africa, the death of Kruger
and the relief of Mafeking.
Danish Trade is Called OFF:
London, May 3.-The negotiations
between Denmark and the United
States relative to the purchase of the
Danish West Indies, according to the