The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-13
BOERS GAII some VICTORIES
PRESIDENT KRUGER REPORTS
THE LOSS OF HUNDREDS OF
MEN BY THE BRITISH
BULLER's ADVANCE CHECKED
He Lacked Cavalry and Water, and
Could Not Follow Up Advan-
tage Gained by Taking
Laing,s Mex.

| LONDON, June IL, 1920 a. mlTwo
pieces Of news encouraging the British
| In the official dispatches are that the.
broken communications of Lord Roberts
| are In fair way TO be mended by the
forces moving northward and southwark,
and driving off the rowing commanders
and that Sir Redvers Butler is at last
master of Laings Mex
Telegraphic communication with Lord
! Roberts is expected to be restored today.
as a dispatch from Bloemfontein dated
yesterday says that the railway is in
British possession again, and that the
work Of repairing the line is going on
with rapidity, with the abundant material
Warehoused at Bloemfontein From the
subjoined telegram it would appear that
Gen. Hunter is in command of the troops
referred to by Gen. Kelly-Kenny in his
dispatches from Bloemfontein:
"Bloemfontein, June 12.-Gen. Hunter is
coming up rapidly from the northwest,
having severely defeated a large com
mando Of Beers who had destroyed two
miles OF railway north of Kroonstad'
The Transvaal war Office is also issuing
news cheerful to its sympathizers. The
following bulletin of the Boer version Of
the loss to the Derbyshires was pub
lished Sunday by President Kruger, at
Machadodorp:
''On June four divisions OF burghers,
commanded by SteinBamp, Fronneman,
DuplOy, FouFe and Mel attacked the
British at Roodeval, killed 200, took 700
prisoners and captured immense stores of
food and ammunition-a Maxim gun and
l,OO0 lyddite shells. Some food was taken
by the Boer forces, and the rest was
burned The English mail was taken
The burghers attacked from the open
veldt, and gave evidence of unprecedent-
ed bravery
DEWET FIGHTING.
Gen. DeWet was also fighting June Z,
whether at Roodeval or elsewhere is not
clear, but the Boer war Office give it out
that he captured 5000 suits of clothing
blankets, gloves, boots, etc. Being unable
to carry them with him in his rapid
march through the country, according to
the Transvaal war office, he burned the
whole mass.
Gen. Dewet has also reported that he
has put 1000 British out of action, and
destroyed property valued al G1GU0O0. AS
Lord Metheun is officially described as
fighting on June Z, it is possible that he
WAS engaging Gen. Dewet
According to a dispatch to the Daily
Express from Machadodorp, dated June
10, via Lourenzo Marques, those around
President Kruger say that Louis Rotha
and Delarrey have been offered each &10-
600 a year to lay down their arms, and
President Kruger expects the same offer
to be made to himself, President Steyn
and Dewet. President Kruger believes
that the British make these offers to
close the war, on the principle that it
would cost less than to fight it out.
MANY BoERs LEFT.
dispatch from Lourenzo Marques says
that $1,000 Beers are reported to be re-
firing on Middlesburg from various quar-
ters and that after wedding out the
fafnt-hearted, 10000 steadfast men are
still left
Gen. Butler was unable on Monday to
follow up the Beers from lack of cavalry
as well as water The dispatches de-
scribe him as fighting a spirited advance
over rugged field, under prolonged fire.
The Beers had two guns, which they got
away. Seven dead or wounded Beers
were found. 1t seems probable that the
major portion of the Beers had with
drawn before the advance began.
Lord Methuen, Gen. Rundle and Gen.
Brabant are reported to have $4,000 men
and fifty guns engaged in enclosing the
Beers in the eastern part Of Orange Riv-
The war office casualty returns up to
June 8 aggregate 1864, besides 1872 Of
fcers and 1886 men sent home as in
valids, but not including the sick in
South African hospitals.
KELLY-KENNY REPORTS.
The war office has received the follow
ing dispatch from Gen. Kelly Kenny:
"BIoemfontein, June 12-Our troops
from the north are at Honingspruit
(south of Roodeval, where the Beers cut
the British lines of communication, haV-
ing defeated the enemy They will be at
America Siding tomorrow at a. M
Gen. Knox moves out from Kroonstad
to intercept the enemy
TO BE CROWN COLONIES.
1t is learned by tSe Associated Press
that the government has at last decided
upon a plan for the civil settlement of
South Africa. The details are kept secret,
but it can be safely said that the Orange
River colony and the TransvaaI will be-
come crown colonies, the latter probably
being renamed the Transvaal colony. Sir
Alfred Miner, 1t is declared, is to be high
commissioner of South Africa, in spite Of
the opposition he has incurred.
WILD RUMORS.
A plentiful crop of reports has been
ffltering through Lourenzo Marques Ac-
burghers, is marching on Johannesburg;
the Beers have retaken Bloemfontein,