The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-04-13
THE BOER POSITION.
1t Extends over Fifteen Miles in a
Continuous Row of Hills.
No OmciaI News From WepeDer, and
the Report of the British Defeat
There Is Not Relieved in Lon
don-Otber War News.

Ladysmith, April 11.-Hcavy firing
was heard early Tuesday morning in
the direction of Sundays river. 1t
continued for few hours. No details
of the engagement have been received.
London, April 1.-THE Daily News
has the following from Pretoria, dat
ed Monday. by way of De,agoa bay:
1T is officially announced that n
battle has been fought south of
frankfort, in which 600 British troops
were killed and wounded and 500
taken prisoners. Lord Roberts is de-
clared to be finding great difficulty
owing to scarcity of water"
London, April IA dispatch TO the
Daily Mail from Brandiort. dated
Sunday. says: Yesterday Gen. DeWet
inflicted the third defeat of the Brit
| ish within a week at MeerketsfOntein,
killing and wounding 600 He cap
tured 900. with y wagons, losing five
Beers killed and nine wounded"
No confirmation has been received
| from British sources of the reverse,
and it would be advisable no. at once
to give to statement of British losses
their face value. The present an
Eouncement may be a rehash of the
| BOer versions of Sannas Post and
Reddersburg, although it should GER
tainly be borne in mind that the
Nails telegram speaks distinctly of a
] third British defeat.
Bloemfontein, April 1O.-Gen. Cat
acre has been recalled. He will return
Immediately TO England. s. Herbert
| Chermside viii command the 18th di-
vision.
Gen. Gatacre's recall gives credence
to the story that WepHner, which
| Gen. Brabant had been holding, has
been evacuated owing TO Gatacre's
laggardness in conducting the relief
| of that place.
Simonstown. Afril 12.-Owng to
! the unfavorable conditions for keep
ing rhe Boer prisoners here, the au-
| thorities have decided to Sh them
all to st. Helena with the leGst pos
sible delay. The sickness a-nCng jhe
captured burghers is abating.
London, Apr1l 12.-The war Office
issued Wednesday afternoon return
of the total British casualties up TO
| April :. 1t was as follows: Killed
in action. 211 officers and 1860 men.
! Died of wounds. Is officers and 46j
men. Missing and prisoners, los Of
! ficers and 3,722 men, Died of disease,
Il officers and ABS men. Accidental
deaths. ) officers and "a men. Re
patriated invalids,2SS officers and 4 ,934
men. Total. 1886. exclusive of the
| sick and wounded now in hospital.
To the war Office returns of casu-
alties must be added to the losses of
the last week and the wounded, ag-
! gregating about 10000 men, making
a grand total of upwards of $4,000 Of
ficers and men put out of action.
Elandslaagte. April 11.-Last night
| the Beers set fire to the grass on two
| hills almost on their extreme wings.
/ The motive 4as not been ascertained,
but the incident disclosed the fact
that their position extends O., er fully
Is miles in n continuous row of hills,
from Jones kOp. on the British left,
TO kopie commanding Sundays
river bridge. on the right.
During the night the Beers moved
most Of their cannon. There has been
some unimportant skirmishing to-day.
The British still command Sundays
river bridge. No development from
Yesterdays affair is expected.
London. April 12.-The war office
has received the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts:
'.Bloemfontein, April 11.-Methuen
reports that the party Of Beers de-
feated April made good resistance
for. four hours, and only gave IN when
our troops, with fixed bayonFts, were
within Is yards of them. Seven of the
enemy were killed, II were wounded
and 81 were made prisoners. Besides
| Lieuts. BOYLE and Williams. Sergt.
! Patrick Campbell was killed end two
of our men were wounded. Williams
was killed deliberately after the white
flag had been held up. The perpetra-
tor of the crime was at once shot.
''Methuen speaks in high terms of
the intelligent manner IN which the
imperial yeomanry AM Kimberley
| mounted corps behaved
Butler reports that the e. envy 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 at
tack. Our losses were four KILLED and
eight men wounded.
There is no further news from
WepeDer-"
Aliwal North, April 11.-LO-d Kitch-
ener arrived here to-day and left soon
after y BOer big gun was knocked
over yesterday at Wepener. The gar
rison is holding its own.
Pretoria, April 1O.-The latest news
from the front is that fighting is con-
tinuing at EIandslaagte (NataD and
Dewetsdorp (OranSe Free State), but
no particulars have been received.
Coal Scare in Pittsburgh.