The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-05-05
.BOERS ARESTIlL LRE1REA7IKG'
HE WAS HELPED BY BRABANT
End OF u Seven Days Fight to the
North of Thabanchu-Boer VIII
Put Up u Strong Fight.


London, May 4.-The war office has
received the following report from Lord
Roberts, under date of Bloemfontein, May
|3:
General Hamilton met with considera-
BILE success and dove the enemy aout Of
the strong position they had taken up at
Houtnek with a comparatively small loss
to us. The Beers dispersed in several
directions, mainly to the east and south,
leaving many prisoners in our hands, in
Guiding one commandant and 10 otner
wounded men.
General Hamilton is now in camp at
jacobsrust. As the men needed rest
after fighting seven out of the last 10
days, l ordered them to halt for the day.
General Brabant's brigade of cavalry
arrived upon the scene in time to afford
valuable assistance by threatening the
enemy's rear. During the afternoon
General Ian Hamilton was joined by Gen.
eral Bruce -Hamilton's brigade of infan-
try. The enemy admit having II killed
and 40 wounded. Amongst the former
was Lieutenant Gunther, German officer
belonging to the Ffty-fifth regiment, and
amongst the latter was Maximoff, the
Russian commander of the foreign legion.
Twenty-one out of the 81 of the enemy .
casualties occurred among the members Of
that legion. Two Frenchmen were among
the killed. E~
General Hamilton speaks in high terms
of the good service performed by the
Eighth Hussars, under Colonel CLOVIS, and
OF the regiment of Lancers, which came
into General Broadwood's brigade and as
sisted in making the Beers vacate their
position. fi-t
''The final stroke to the enemy's rout
| was given by the Gordons and two COM
panies of the Shropshire light infantry,
who cheered loudly when they got within
200 yards Of their position.
'kitchener's Horse is also spoken OF in
terms of praise"
As Told at Pretoria.
| Pretoria, May 3.-An official war bull
letin issued here reports that on April
| 2S the federals captured nine prisoners
and 10 horses east of Thabanchu and that
on April 80 British mounted corps ap-
peared near Brandfort The federals at
tackled them on two sides and the British
retired. Two federals were wounded and
| IL prisoners were taken.
Another account, semi officially, of this
affair says that the Wakkerstroom and
| krmelo commands had a skirmish with
| the British near Brandfort, and after a
sharp fight IL prisoners were taken and
10 British were left dead on the field, in
| cludnig Captain Liddy. "A few federals
| were wounded.
Heavy bombardment by the British has
| been resumed at Fourteen Streams. .4a
The correspondent of Reuters Telegram
| Agency in the Boer camp at Brandfort
| wires that when the British appeared 10
miles east Of Brandfort, General Delarey
ordered a charge by 500 Beers, who drove
them back to their intrenchments. The
federals found four dead upon the field
and took II prisoners, mostly wounded,
| including Lieutenant Crane.
Later in the afternoon General Delarey
learned that the British had forced their
way 20 miles east of Brandfort and seven
miles north of the Modder river.
With 25O men Delarey set out in pursuit
Of the British, who numbered 1900. The
forces met in the open, battle followed
and the British retired. AS the Beers
had had heavy day they were not pur-
sued. The federals had five men wound
ed. E
An American has been arrested in con.
nection with the Begbie explosion.