The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-08
LATE SUNDAY THE CITY WAS
STILL HELD BY THE BRIT
IsH FORCES
RUHoR OF DoER DEFEAT
GEN. WHITE REPORTED TO HAvn
DRIVEN THE BURGHERs BACK
WITH Loss
MORE BRITISH PRISONERS


cident" to the Suffolk Regiment
at CoIesberg by Which Seventy
Hands of the Beers Kuhurman
Surrendered After Bombard-
ment-Gen. Butler Reports Gen.
White in Dire Straits and Gives
the Story of Subsequent Victory
Merely as Camp Rumor without
Official Confirmation.
LONDON, Jan. 7.-Gen. French reports
Serious accident" to the First Suffolk
regiment. Four companies of the rcgi-
ment attacked Boer position. Lieut..
Col. Watson, in command, was wounded
and a retreat was ordered. Three-quar-
ters of the British reached their camp.
but the others were overpowered and
were compelled to surrender. Severity
men were taken prisoners, including seven
officers.
The text Of the dispatch, which comes
from Gen. Forestier-Walker commanding
at Cape Town, is as follows:
Gen. French reports under date
of Jan. 6s "The situation Is much
the same as yesterday, but 1 regret
to report that n serious accident has
happened to the First battalion of
the Suffolk regiment"
From news just come to hand
from them L gather that, with the
authority and with the knowledge
of Gen. French, four companies of
the First battalion advanced by
night against low hill one mile
from their camp. They attacked at
dawn. Lieut.. Col. Watson, COM
manding, gave orders to charge. He
was at once wounded. Orders for
retirement were given.
Three-quarters of the force re-
treated to camp. The remainder
held their ground until they were
overpowered by greater nunalsers,:
when they surrendered. Seventy
were taken prisoners, Including sew
en- officers.
Gen. French reports that the Boer
commando which made the attack
Jan lost fifty killed besides
wounded and prisoners. The COM
mando was dispersed.
LATER REPORT.
Gen. Forester-Walker, cabling from
Cape Town today, says:
There Is no change today In the situa-
ton as regards Lord Methuen and Gen.
Gatacre. referring to my earlier report
Gen. French reports under date of Jan.
6, that medical officer has been sent out
to collect all the wounded to the north
sons missing French has not yet ascer-
tanned. Probably about seventy. The first
battalion of the Essex regiment has been
Suffolk.
The position of affairs, tactical and
strategical, Is without change. All the
Boer officers admit It. was the intention sdGi to
by day by our fire has been heavy.
DoRDRECHT LOST.
LOURENzo MARQUES, Jan. A dis
patch from the Boer headquarters near
Dordrecht says:
The British have been compelled to re-
treat from Dordrecht. Fighting continues
X,
cupy some of the outside kopjes. Bullets
are dropping inside the town
SURRENDER OF KURUMAN.
PRETORIA, Jan. (via Lourenzo Mar
ques).-Field Cornet Wiser, under date Of
Tuesday, Jan. 2, reports as follows from
Kuruman, British Bechuanaland:
I commenced a bombardment of Kuru-
man yesterday (Mondayl, aiming at the
police barracks. The tight lasted ed, until TIL,
rendered, issuing from the forts and yieid-
ing up arms.
we took 12O prisoners. including Capt.
Bates and Capt. Dennison, Mr.. Hillyard,
the magistrate, and eight other. officers
We also captured seventy natives, to-
gether with a number of rifles and revol-
vers and a quantity of ammunition.
Fifteen Beers were wounded They are
being attended by US, with the help OF
DR.. Bourne, an English physician The
horses. oxen, mealies ana nour taken
from the prisoners have been sent 10 Pre-
toria by way of Vryburg
CHARGES AGAINST BOERS.
LONDON. Jan. S.-A dispatch to the
Daily Mail, dated Jan. 6, from Durham,
says:
''H. M S. Widgeon brings from Delagoa
Bay a number Of British ambulance men
who were captured at Dundee and subse-
ouently released. They accuse the Beers
Of harshly treating prisoners taken from
the British irregular corps.
Several Americans among the civilians
complain bitterly that their consul at
Pretoria ignored their representations.
although no charge had been preferred
against them."
BRITISH DEPORTED.
CAPE TOWN, Jan. 6.-An ammunition
column started for the front today. Sew
eral colonial irregulars of Dutch extrac-
ton have been brought here under arrest.
They are suspected Of treachery.
The Cape Argus learns from Pretoria
that fifty British subjects in Pretoria and
johannesburg have received their pass
ports for ABUSES of privileges" The
same paper is informed that several Brit
ish subjects holding permits have been
arrested at Zeerust
WARSHIPS ON WATCH.
BERLIN, JAM IA dispatch from
Rome says that the British warships Vul-
can. Astraea and Hebe have received
orders to keep watch for a steamer which
recently sailed from the Baltic for South
Africa. 1t is believed that she is carrying
contraband of war,
FEAR LADYsaIITH'S FALL.
1t sny BE the Next News From South