New Ulm review., 1901-11-06
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Rear Guard Attacked by Beers Near
| Bethel, Eastern Transvaal, and
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honuoH, 4toy. 81 4.-Ine ne cneers lnat
gfeeted the ouke ana ouchess o1 Corn
wall Wal anu OTIS Soa aturuay, as tney
Passeu' on tneii return from o tnell
world tour, through the crowded
streets OF Lonooh' were lnterH1lnSleo
Win Tue ~ snrIii CRIES o. tle neWspoys 5
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AFRICA. Beneath the JuDllatlOn on the
safe arrival of + he heir apparent there
is4a 1.,, ,ao,o,,,,,,a,4 80 o,;of
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ana anger over the de1eat OF COl. BEN
sons column. Of the thousands who
1,oa ~ f,,,, y7;o+or;o +,+;r
TO marlborough house, many were per-
sonally concerned in the 236 British
ga sualfies inc,rred in this latest re-
varsa on5 Ill - an1,a and d,,oboss
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ness tba crowds oonld not sbn+ their
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eyes TO the mOcklnS contrast between
the pageant and the serious news of the
rnornino
Disaster Near Bethel.
london Nov 4-Lord Kitchener
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Hds IePoICeu 70 Cne wal olilce ulsds-
ter to the British near Bethel, east
ern Transvaal, in which two guns
were lost, several officers were killed
or wounded and 81 men were killed
and 100 wounded.
The following is the text of Lord
Kitchener's dispatch, dated Pretoria,
November /:
7 have just heard of a severe attack
maze on the rear guard OF Col. Benson
Ratbal 80 ProIYaniaoata dnri,ar tbiclx
mist The Strength of the enemy is re-
nortad 10 ba,1a baa, tbo,Isond Tbev
rnstaa 80 ,,,os ;th 49, 80 ;. a,,and h,,+ =
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roova +be,,, II faar o,,. 90 s,,.ltias 1,are
hea,v Co1 Renso, wos uoundad h1,t
not sa,,aro1, 4 ,alio,,ira ooI,,r,r vii
rsaoh bi,, +bis noorni,.,
T,+a,. To,.5 ISitato, +o1oo,,, "a
Aoiu Ai'eieei Ai'eiieiei 0eieS oPAou
as follows:
"Co1 Rartar who marched from tha Con
stabulary line yesterday, reached Benson's
column early TINS morning (Frioayl uns
If his wounds The ntber oas,1alties are
the following: Killed-Col E. Guinness,
MAJ. +; d; Murray, Capt. NJ: W. Lindsay
and r r sbapherd and Second iieut IA
]. Corlett 5 Died of his wounds: Capt.
Eyre Loud"
Lord Kitchener then gives the
names OF thirteen other officers who
were wounded, most of them severe
ly, and announces that 81 noncom-
mlssloned offlcers and men were
Killed and 100 wounded, adding that
four OF the latter have since died Of
their wounds. The dispatch then
says:
'I assume that the two guns have been
eto1eIeu h.'t h anu tae ehelhy naS "itnuIawl.
regret the loss of Col. Benson and the h other
officers and men who fell with him In
Benson tne service loses a most gallant
n1, anu uapapie it,, onceI VINO invarlanly leo ms
ment. The fighting was at very close Tuar-
ters and maintained with determination
by DTth - nt ne eneahy suiereo heaVl.y'
mate. The Beers retired east
The Dead CoIone1
Col. Bens on had been for some time
operating in the vicinity of Bethel,
which is northeast of Standerton. He
surprisedsa a Boer laager October %
near Trichardsfontein, taking 81 pris-
oners. Three days later, according
toLord Kitchener's report at the time,
after a long night march, the com
mus "beav;1v .++,o1,aa pa,,.a,
guard and TANKS at Yzirvarl, fon+oin
hut were eas;1v dr;oan >,