Show bon boers lose lofie men illen charging british lined A strong roer doer force under general bothi botha attacked colonel Uen Bea sons command near thursday capturing two guns the attack was wai made during a heavy fop fog which enabled the boers to surprise the brit ish and inflict heavy heary losses before the tb latter recovered from the surprise ur prise the doers boers who outnumbered the brit attempted to annihilate the latter keeping up a fierce fight for twenty four hours houra during which they made several attempts to rush the british defenses but were repulsed gustat sustaining n ing it a loss of reinforcements drove the boers away or the british command would have eventually been ta ken the british lost seven beven officers including colonel benson li enson slid and fifty four enlisted men killed hilled and thirteen officers and men wounded |