The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-06-16
MORE FIGHTING At Rand
LORD ROBERTS MUST SOON AGAIN
ATTACK THE
BOERS
HOW DEWET LURED METHUEN
His Ruse Enabled Him 20 Do Great
Damage to British Line of Conn
municatiOn-Presid Steyn
Said to Oppose Peace.

LONDON, June 15.-Lord Roberts dis
patches leave affairs east of Pretoria with
the Beers withdrawn to new positions
Tuesday. News of fresh fighting is ex-
pected at the war office, but none came
last night.
Gen. Rundle's patrol had a skirmish with
Boer videttes again Wednesday. Some
wonder is expressed here as to what he
is doing with three divisions. 1t is as
sumed by some that Gen. Butler will move
into Orange River Colony and cooperate
with Lord Methuen and Gen. Rumble in
bagging President Steyu and his seven or
eight thousand followers.
Part of Christian Bothas force has halt
ed at Paardekop, eighteen miles northwest
OF Vo.krust. Boer parties are still near
Volkrust and fire occasionally upon the
British pickets
The British government is considerin,
whether a substantial force should not
be sent to. China from South Africa. 1t
is thought officially that Lord Roberts
could spare a brigade or two and the nee
essary transports are now in South Afri-
can waters. The commander of the expe-
dition, it is said, would probably be Cen
Sir William Nicholson. dispatch from
Lourenzo Marques, dated yesterday, says:
Persons have arrived here who have
seen the preparations Of the Beers and
learn that they will retire, when forced,
through the Lydenburg district, into the
Zoutpansberg region, adjoining Rhode
sia and Gazaland.'
The Daily Mail has a dispatch from
Bloemfontein, dated Wednesday, saying:
Gen. Dewet's attack upon the railway
was made after he had succeeded in lur-
ing Lord Methuen from where he had de-
stroyed the line. Then he cleverly seized
it north of Kroonstad, blew up the bridge
and destroyed a long section of the line
with dynamite"
BADEN-POWELL PROMOTED.
Maj Gen. Baden-PoweI has been ap-
pointed to the rank of lieutenant general.
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch, dated yes
terday, says:
81 learn that Gen Dewet, in addition
to the Derbyshire battalion, captured two
companies Of the city volunteers and two
! companies Of yeomanry, two men only
escaping to tell the tale"
The Lourenzo Marques correspondent of
the Times says:
1T appears that Steyn, and not Kruger,
is now the stumbling block in the way of
the surrender of the burghers. Shortly
| after the British entry into Pretoria Mr..
Kruger proposed to reopen the peace ne
| gotiatiOns. Mr.. Steyn, bearing in mind
| that his former advice was secuted, de
INJURED to this and pointed out that, ac-
! cording to the treaty between the repub-
| lies, neither could conclude peace with
cut the other. Mr.. Kruger, equally un-
willing to incur the charge of breach OF
| faith, had to continue the war. Nothing
further is known regarding the rumored
| peace negotiations but it is matter of
notoriety that Mr.. Kruger favored peace
on almost any terms, but did not like
| personally to take an initiative that would
involve unconditional surrender. Ninety
! seven burghers out of 200 in one COM
mando have returned 10 their homes"
! PrGILISTIC WARRIOR CAUGHT
A dispatch from Kimberley reports the
/ capture of the well-known pugilist. jim
! Holloway, who was an adjutant in th=
Boer army, and who blew up the bridge
! at Fourteen Streams. Holloway was
among a body Of federals captured in the
western part of the Transvaal.
The Afrikanderbund congress opened
! at Paarl- today with seventy delegates
including seven assemblymen, present.
DEFEAT THE BOERs.
The war office has received the follow
| ing dispatch from Lord Roberts:
Pretoria, June 15-As 1 teIegraphed
yesterday from one of our outposts, fif
teen miles east of Pretoria, the Beers
evacuated their position during the night
| of June r. They had paid so much at
tention to strengthening their flanks thai
their center was weakly held and as soor
as this became evident, on June l2, l di-
rected Ian Hamilton to attack them al
that point. He moved against Diamond
Hill with the Suffolks, Derbyshires and
| City Imperial volunteers, supported or
| the left by the Guards brigade on Inigc
/ Jones.
"It was grand seeing the way our mer
advanced over the difficult ground, and
under a heavy fire.
"The casualties, am thankful to say
were less than 1OO a very small number
! considering the natural strength of the
position which had to be carried
"Our seizure Of Diamond Hill caused
! the Beers to feel they were practically
surrounded, and this resulted in theil
hasty retirement. They were being fol
lowed yesterday by some of our mounted
corps.
| Hamilton spoke In high terms of the