Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-06-15
GEN. BULLtR FORCES AHEAD
Had several Guns IN Posltioa-Brit-
tsh Loss smalI-BOers Claim They
R~caDtured onfontein and
President steys In Charge.

London. June l3.-The war Office
posts the following dispatch from Butler:
headquarters in Natal, June
l3.-We have forced Almonds mex. 1t is
not marked on the map, bu, is The last
: deiile to the Charlestown flats. The enc
my were in considerable force, with sev.
eral guns in position The brunt Of the
lighting fell upon the Second Dorsets, who
carried the position at the point of the
bayonet, and the Third cavalry brigade,
who were heavily attacked on our ngh,
from the very broken country around
lkelini mountain.
Il hope our casualties are less than 100,
which, considering the extreme length oi
the position. Is much less than expected
The whole attack Mas directed by Hid.
yard, whose dispositions mere extremely
good. The artillery, Tenth brigade and
Third cavalry brigade did most Of the
work"
"Joubert's Farm, June l3.--l am
encamped four miles north Of Volksrust
lAing Mex and Majuba were completely
evacuated by the Beers. General Cleary,
from lngosso. il now coming over the
mex. have had to camp here for want
Of water"
| Al HOnixspruit.
London, June l3-1hc war Office has
received the following dispatch from Gen.
eral Kelly Kenny;
"Bloemfonten, June l3.-Our troops
from the north are At Honigsprui,
tsouth Of Roodevall, where the Beers cut
the British lines Of communication. Hav.
ing defeated the enemy, they viii be at
America siding. General Knox moves out
from kroonstadt to intercept the enemy"
Claims of the Beers.
London, June l3-A plentiful Gro,
OF reports has been filtering through Lor.
emo Marquee.
According to these, General Dewitt, with
l3,uU burghers, is marching ON Johannes
burg, the Beers have Tetaken Bloemfon.
ten, where President steyn again oc-
cnp'es the presidency; the British have
sustained severe defeat at Elandsfon.
TEN, and have also lost 100 killed and
wounded and l5O prisoners in tight a,
NredefoN
Nothing from any other source lends
color to these stories with the exception
OF the last, which is probably the Boer
version OF the disaster 10 the battalion
OF the Derbyshire regiment at Roodeval.
in regard to President Sieyn being at
Eloemiontein, "A dispatch from Mazeru.
l;asu,oland, dated June II says Steyn Vas
then at Nredeyet, 2UU miles from Bloem.
fontein.
General Butler appears to be making
substantial progress, and ought soon to
be occupying the railroad at Charlcstown,
whence, presumably, he will advance on
Heidelberg and effect u junction with
Roberts.
A dispatch from Iichtenberg, dated
June IL, says that W Johannesburg
mounted policemen with a Maxim gun
have surrendered to General Hunter.
A probable explanation of the reports
that the British force is moving through
swaziland comes in dispatch from Port
Elizabeth, dated June IL, announcing the
return there Of the British cruiser Doris
from kosi bay, whittier she had taken a
number Of whaleboats with the object OF
Landing an armed force, presumably part
OF plan to penetrate into Swaziland. The
boers, however, got wind Of the expedi.
ton and the force was not landed.
According to Cape Town dispatch,
the cabinet crisis continues. 1t is added
that should Premier Schreiner secede from
the bond, as he threatens, his action
would place the bond in the minority in
the assembly.
Among the members Of the yeomanry
killed at Lindley Was W. I. Power, pro-
prieior Of the Canyon ranch, in north
Texas. and a sou Of Sir W. 7. Power.