Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-06
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London, April 6,-Lord Roberts re-
ports that five companies Of British
troops have been captured By Beers
near Bethany.
The following Is the text Of his dis
patch TO the war Office announcing the
captures
'Bloemfonteln, Thursday, April g.
Another unfortunate occurrence has oc-
CURED, resulting. fear, In the capture
CURED resulting. / fear. in the capture Of
companies Of the royal irish fuslleers
and two companies Of the ninth regI-
ment Of mounted infantry, near Red
dersburg a little eastward Of Bethany
railway station. within a few miles OF
this ulace. They were surrounded by
a stronger force of the enemy with -FOUR
or FIVE guns.
ALL MADE PRISONERS.
"The detachment held out from noon,
April 3. until Anril 4, a. No., and then
apparently surrendered, for u Is re-
ported that the firing ceased az mas
lime. Immediately after l heard tne
news, during the afternoon OF April o.
! ordered Gatacre 90 proceed from
Springfonteln his present headquarlers'
TO Reddersburg. with all possible
speed. and ] dispatched the Cameron
Hlghlanders hence 10 Bethany lie arr
rived al Reddersburg az 1850 a. ul-
without opposition but could get no
news OF the missing detachment
There can be no doubt that the
whole party has been made prlsonera,'
METHUEN WINS A VICTORY.
London. Aarn 6--The war office has
received the following disqaten rom
Lord Roberts dated Bloemfonteia,
Thursday April g;
'Methuen telegraphs from Boahof On
the Orange Free State, a little north-
east OF Kimberley as follows
Surrounded Gen Nillebois Mareuil
and body OF Beers today and none es-
raped Vilebols and seven Beers killed.
eight wounded, fifty prisoners. our
losses were; .,
Killed: CAPTAINS Boy'e and VIII
llams. both of the yeomanry, and TWO
men Of the yeomanryi wounded about
seven men.
THE BRITISH FORCE.
"The attack lasted four hours The
corps behaved very wen. Our force was
composed Of yeomanry, the Kimberley
mounted corps. and the fourth battery
Of artillery
Gen. DeVmebols Nareui was the
chief Of staff Of the Boer army. lie
was about fifty years old. and Is SAID
90 have been responsible for many Boer
successes In Natal and later In Cape
Colony and the southern part OF The
Orange Free state II Is said he en-
tered the Boer service merely because
war was his trade. He went through
a number Of campaigns In the French
army.
Beers NEAR BLoEMFoNTEIN
Bloemfontein. THURSDAY April g.
Small bodies OF Beers can be- seen in
the vicinity OF this town. and the Beers
are still Ia the nelghborh0od Of the
waterworks
Lord Roberts Is taking steps TO meet
the activity OF the Beers.
GIVING OUT THE NEWS.
London. April G. 1920 p.m.-Thc war or
fee. az about 4 p. m, posted a dispatch
from Lord Roberts announcing Lord
Methuen's capture OF hfty-f0ur Beers
and the killing OF Gen Nilebois Mareuil
the chief OF STAFF OF the Boer army.
This news had been judici0usly start
ed only a few minutes when a second
telegram was bulletined. reporting the
loss of five companies OF British infan-
try
Both dispatches were issued In time 90
be printed In the last editions Of an the
evening newspapers
The lost companies are probably part
Of the force guarding the railroad az