The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-09
BOER DRIVING.
Lord Roberts Reports Success in
His Business.
Work is Not Accomplished With
out Opposition
AND SOME CASUALTIES.
Federal Forces Demand Sur
render of Rustenburg.
Are Beaten Off After an Artil-
lery Fight.
AND SOME CASUALTIES.

London, July 9.-The following dis
patch from Lord Roberts has been re-
ceived at the war office:
Pretoria, Sunday, July S.-As the
enemy for some days had been threat
ening our line OF railway by trying TO
get round our right flank I dispatched
Hutton July with mounted infantry TO
re-enforce Mahon and with orders to
drive the Beers to the east OF Broenker-
spruit. These orders were effectually
carried out during Friday and Saturday
by MahOn, who was attacked by some
5000 men with six guns and two max
inns Our casualties were:
"WOunded-TWo officers, including
Captain Nelles of the Canadian mount
ed rifles. slightly, and twenty-six men.
''Steyn left Bethlehem on the night
Bethlehem and F'icksburg, accompanied
by Christien Dewitt and other Free
State commanders, with troops reported
numbering 5000 men,
"Hanbury-Tracey, commanding at
Rustenburg, reports that a party or
Beers under Limmer called on him yes
terday to surrender the town and garr1-
son, Hanbury-Trac acey replied that he
held Rustenburg for her majesty's gov
ernment and intended to continue to
occupy it. The enemy then opened fire
with artillery and tried to take the
heights commanding the town, but did
not succeed, owing to the good arrange
ments made by Hanbury-Tracey and
his officers. Eventually they were driven
OH with the assistance OF f1OlQSW
and his huSSarS, who made a rapid
march of 4S miles from the neighbor-
hood Of Zeerkrust with the bushmen un-
der Colonel Airc on hearing RuSten-
enemy suffered heavily, and five men
were captured. Our casualties were two
men killed and one officer and three
men wounded"
LONDON GROWS RESTLESS.
New York, July 9-A dispatch to the
Herald from London says: London IS
becoming Enthusiastically restless for
news of decisive action in South Af-
| the elusive DeWet has begun to call
forth criticism, although it is by no
means forgotten that just such lull
| has preceded the accomplishment of
every one of the field marshals vital
| operations 1t is believed that General
! Buffers arrival at Pretoria, capturing
/ the barrier between the Transvaal and
! the Orange Free State, is all that Lord
Roberts has been waiting for before
| striking his long planned blow.
Sister Isabel Wilson, a volunteer
nurse, who has just returned from
| South Africa, in an interview relative
| to the royal army medical service, said: f:
| There is unquestionably foundation for
the charge that the British hospital
service throughout the entire South AT
| rican campaign has been and is now
| miserably deficient. The insufficient
| number of nurses has been the chief
/ cause of complaint At the Pfetermar-
! itzburg hospital, following the pattle OF
| Spion Kop, five doctors and five nurses
! were compelled to care for 140 wounded
men, in addition to being beset by the
! most distracting system of red tape.
| Lack of foresight was wholly respon-
| sible for this undertaking. Hundreds
/ of volunteers for the nursing service
| were rejected early in the war on the
| ground that the regular supply was
! more than ample. Now many nurses
| have succumbed to enteric fever and
| dvsentery, and the capacity of those
| who have not been taken sick is sorely
/ tried by overwOrk.
| 1.-THE volunteer nurses OBJECT TO ths
niggardIy treatment they have received
| at the hands of the government. Our
| pay is six shillings (S1.50) a day, out OF
| which we are obliged to provide our
mess, laundry and clothes. AS result
| have earned less than a charwomans
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