The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-12
BULLER FORCES
ALMONDS mex
Carries the Position at Point Of
the BayOnet.
Hopes His Casualties Are Below
a Hundred.
DISTURBING REPORTS
Reach London by Way of Lorenzo
Marques.
Dewet is Said to Be Marching
on johannesburg.

on johannesburg.
London, June 12-1O:15 A. Mt is Of
fcially announced that Gen. Butler re-
ports Almonds Mex has been forced
The war Office posted the following dis
patch from Gen: Butler:
Headquarters In Natal, June live
forced Almonds Mex today It is not
marked on the map but is the last de-
| file to toCharlestown flats. The enemy were
in considerable force. with several guns
in position. The brunt of the fighting
fell upon the second Dorsets who carried
the position at the point of the bayonet
and the Third cavalry brigade who were
heavily attacked on our right from very
| broken country round Iketini mountain.
I hope our casualties are less than 100.
which considering the extreme length of
the position is much less than expect
ed.
The whole attack was directed by
| Hildyard whose dispositions were ex-
tremely good. The artillery, Tenth brig
ade and Third cavalry brigade did most
of the work.
A plentiful crop OF reports has been
fitering through Lorenzo Marques. Ac-
cording to these Gen. Dewet with 1S,-
00O burghers, is marching on Johannes
Jul Tie DUETS nave IEldhGn 6tOEulloAl-
tein, where President Steyn again oc-
cupies the presidency, the British have
sustained a severe defeat at Elandsfon-
tein and have also lost $50 killed and
wounded and $50 prisoners in a fight at
Vredefort. Nothing from any other
sources lends color to these stories with
the exception Of the last which is proba,-
bly, the Boer version of the disaster to
the military battalion Of the Derbyshire
regiment at RoodevaI.
In regard to President Steyn being at
Bloemfontein dispatch from Maseru,
Basutoia.nd, dated Monday. June. II, says
fPresident Steyn was then at Vredo, 200
miles from Bloernfortein.
Gen Butler seems TO be making sub
stantial progress and ought. soon to pos
sess the railroad at Charlestown lin the
northern extremity of NataD whence
presumably he Will advance on HeideI-
berg and effect junction with Lord
2 Roberts
A dispatch from Lichtenburg dated
/ June II says so johannesburg mounted
< policemen with a Maxim gun have sur
4 | rendered to Gen. Hunters A probable
e | explanation of the reports that a Brit
e ish force is moving through Swaziland
= comes in a dispatch from Port Elizabeth
4 dated June IL. announcing the return
there of the British cruiser Doris from
d kosi Bay whether she had taken a
: number of whale boats with the object
r Of landing an armed force. presumably
= part Of a plan to penetrate into Swazi-
= land. The Beers, however, heard of the
expedition and the force was not land
According to a Cape Town dispatch
the cabinet crisis continues. It is added
y that should Premier Schrefner secede
from the Bond as he threatens his ac-
= ton would place the Bond in the minor
e ity in the assembly. Mr.. Schreiner has
accepted the resignation of J. x Merri-
II man, treasurer and ]. w. Sauer, COM
II missioner of public works.
- Among the members of the yeornanry
! Killed at IinOloV
: | prletor of the Canyon ranch in North
Texas and a son of Sir w T. Power
Is Machadorp has been officially pro-
- claimed the capital of the Transvaal
A Lorenzo Marques dispatch saws that
- the village has swollen into small citv
Z the majority of the inhabitants living
- in tents.
- An official Boer telegram asserts that
the British have been defeated with
70 considerable loss at Donkerspoort in the
~ southern extremity of the Free State or
l. Orange river colony ten miles from
TO NorvaPs Point. It was thought that this
+ district had been cleared of Beers and
= rebels long ago.
lg The Beers still cling to Laing's Mex,
le but Gen. Buffers forces are stilI work
se ing far around in that direction.
at Lord Roberts has wired Cape Town
that prior to Wednesday he liberated
ISL officers and 800 of the rank and ale
900.
A. METHUEN IS LOST.
London, June 12.-5:20 p. m.@The fol-
lowing dispatch has been received al
IN the war Office from General Forester
Id Walker in command of the lines o1
IS communication in South Africa:
Cape Town, June 1.-THE following
is from Kelly Kenny:
n June 11-No communication from
Methuen since June Z. He was fight
ing June to the north of Vetchkop
Steyn is near Reitz.
The British prisoners sent to Vredt
are well treated.
BOER DEFEAT REPORTED
London, June 12-6:32 D. m-The wa
Office has received the following dis
patch from General Kelly-Kenny:
l6 Bloemfontein, June 12.-Our troops
from the north are at Honingspruit
m where the Beers cut the British line
a. of communication, having defeated tn
= enemy. They will be at America sidin,
tomorrow at a. m.
General Knox moves out from Kroon
stad to intercept the enemy.
Fuller particulars later.
Plaxf Will Tafi-e