Show BRITIS ARE Ai lr DEFEATED Battle Fought South of Brandfort in Whith Six Hundred British Troops Were 1 Killed and Wounded o C y > 1 1 Eight Hundred Bri tishSoldiers Were Also Captured i This is the Third Defeat for John Bull Within 1 a WeekBoer Loss Was but Five Killed and 1 I Nine Wounded + London April 11Tha Dally Xews Ua the following from Pretoria dated Monday by way of Delagoa bay I Is officially announced that a bat tlo has been fought south of Brandfort 4n which COO British troops were killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoners Lord Roberts Is declared to be find jug great difficulty owing to the scar pity of water DEFEAT CONFIRMED A dispatch to the Dally Mall from OSrandfort dated Sunday say Yesterday Yes-terday Gen Dowel Inflicted the third defeat on the British within a week at TUcrkatsfonleln killing J and wounding too He captured tOo with twelve wagon kwounded wag-on loping five Boers killed and nine kwoundedWAR WAR OFFICE SILENT But that the War olllce has Issued no I news from Lord Roberts during tho last three days there would be little disposition to place any credence In thy I Boer reports of another British disaster disas-ter Tim unexpected rallying of the Freo State commandos however loaves the public in a nervous condition condi-tion fearing everything1 GREAT ANXIETY PREVAILS Dispatches from Pretoria as late an < Monday did not mention any further Boer victory 1 On the contrary they nald all the commandos were quiet and as Lord Roberts had hitherto never failed prpmptly to report mischances us well as KiiccosucH or to allow the newspaper correspondentaio import ItWorl them until Home connrmat1on lRiru colved there Is Justification for regard ing the McrkatHfontcIn rumor aft only an exaggerated account of the Reddora burg affair At the same time Boer reports have so often proved correct i that the greatest anxiety will be Cell MAKES DANGEROUS MOVE No further has been i newn received of fighting elthfr at Wepenor or In Natal Boer reports seem to indicate that Lord Methucn Is advancing from DOM liof toward Hoopstad I Is f bold arid apparently t dangerous move nlnce although It turns the right hank of tho Boer position at Brundforl It puts Lord Mclhunnfc force between whatever what-ever garrison UIPIV may he at Bloom lioof In the Transvaal and the Brand fort force BOER PEACE COMMISSION Tho Boer peace commissioners at Maples do not conceal the fact that hey have no hope of obtaining peace with Independence for tln republics tH 1PubJe but they will endeavor to suve their amour propro or to secure a truce for further negotiations Mr Fischer fays the present Boer strength at the front is 38000 tla 38000TROOPS TROOPS SAIL FOR CAPE Tho Durban correspondent of the I Standard telegraphing In Tuesday says Large numbers of troops arc coming cominS down for shipment to Cape Colony Two regiments have already galled Gen Hart Is also going to the Cape probably In command of these troops BIG GUNS OPEN FIlE I The Durban correspondent of tho Dally Telegraph telegraphing Tuesday April 10th Mays Our naval guns have commenced bombarding the Boer positions posi-tions between Sundays river and DIg Sarsberg VOLKRAAD SUMMONED 1 A dispatch from Pretoria dated April Jth via Lourenco Marques says Aprl British casualties In the fight at De iet dorp wore 100 killed und wounded nnd 1GI > capturpd The Transvaal Volks rand has boon summoned to moot In or dinary Heaslon on Slay lath BRITISH IXTREXCHIXCJ The Bloemfontuln correspondent of the Morning Post says The watpr supply continue satisfactory In tttjncliliiK Is proceeding vigorously J on the hills comrnnndliiK HloeinfontcIuA t Civilian labor la to be utilized Sick Jicsa ITong the troops II 1 somwhut di HORSES DIE FAST r Remounts an continually arriving ab Blopmfontcln but competent uuthori E tie estlmal that the wastage of horog monthly by the Rrltush forces In PHUh Afrlra must b calculated 0 t not 1 then TJWW HOrn OBTAIN ARTILLERY Tho isnroifpondent of the Times at lournco MjirqiiD telegraphing Mon I lhtr says Trustworthy refugees J assert that the Dotra recently obtained nt least thirty pieces of artillery some of large J caliber which worn brought overland as machinery from 0 west < African port Eight of theso guns were dispatched Jo tho F State a week no The Boei official openly boast 1 i that they IIRVO tif co < led In smusgllng o ammunition through Portuguese tern ttnIn In the course of the Do nip say trial ffRtr Engineer Munnlk udnillted under d rr iwuro that autlnp under Instruc P iium from State Secretary R ltz of the J Trinvjmi hI inid bored holt In iwen lhire > fe mmesf ANOTHER DOER aCTORY j Thf Dally Mall publishes the following 5 t follow-ing dated April 10th from Louronco Miirqt The Notheruind Railway I ProCesses s to have received n flegnim r porting a Boor Vicor > near Kron r tund the Doer capturIng 300 British 15 Coimn ntlnK upon this the Dally ia Inlj remarks Thero hi a Merknts j 4 fOfteln about nyc nnd u hal mll lit uU1at of Kronytud but It the retort ct re-tort br tru I thin I ittn hardly hi I th Mi 11 fusi 1 usi nr I r T i I > F rnmt n HIr In PI4 rttI l rr Il f rt tha Ttr t Llr23J u 1 H I The enemy Is making a desperate attempt at-tempt to discover n strategic opening Their numbers are unknown to us but are anywhere between three and six thousand Thry are movliig cautiously I Remounts arc arriving but the Argentine Ar-gentine animals arc little liked by the cavalry VALUABLE DOCUMENTS FOUND Among the valuable documents discovered dis-covered belonging to Messrs Sle nand n-and Fischer Is some correspondence proving that the fall of Lad 5mll was to be the signal for a general Dutch rising PLUMER TWENTY MILES AWAY The Dally Mall has the following from Lady Sarah Wilson dated Male king March 30th Col Plumers col Uinn Is now withlu twenty miles of us but Ha adcnl Is undesirable unless adcnt Inles ac companledvby food supplies The opinion opin-ion prevails here that young fronjc has relumed lo the ranks of the invent lug Boers and is trying to avenge Paardeberg rg BATTLE AGAIN RESUMED The Boor attack on Gen Brabants force at Vopener was resumed at dawn today throe commanders attacking the town TJic enemys attack on two or three sides on Monday lasted until 2nn oclock In the afternoon when the firing ceased and J was believed the oiiomv had been beaten off but it was announced thin morning from Aliwal North that lighting had again been begun be-gun gunGen Gen Brabants force numbering from 2000 to 11000 hold positions In a rougji country I ha not kuown what the numerical sfi7cngtK 3rlheTk > crs is but whatever It may be 1 is being rap Idly augmented 1 CENSORSHIP RIGID i Mysterious movements of troops at Blocmfonleln are proceeding Tin newspaper correspondebts arc not allowed al-lowed to telegraph their destinations and thepresumption is that I ird Roberts Rob-erts Is making dispositions to cut off the raiding Boer forces when they try to withdraw northward from the pursuing pur-suing British columns WARLIKE FEELING REVIVED The reappearance of the Boers In the occupied country has caused t revival of the warlike fooling among the Free Slaters of the Fauresmlth and Phlllp polis l districts flue federal agents are busy gelling details of the surrendered Boers and owing to the British garrisons garri-sons being withdrawn from these districts dis-tricts t the British residents am uneasy and arc sending delegates tQ Sprlng fontcln to ask for help They were told that stop for their defense would be Immediately taken The tfocrp are reported to have ventured ven-tured south of the Biggarsberg and lobe lo-be posting heavy puns four miles north of Elandslaagte They are also said to have nek fortified the vicinity of Weasels nekBULLER BULLER COMMANDS PASS In connection with the resumption of hostilities in Natal an Interesting rumor ru-mor IK current that Gen Duller has obtained ob-tained command of one of the Drak kensberg passes whereby he hopes to take the Boers In the rear In the event o thin being successful Gen Buller has enough troops to leave 20000 men to hold Natal while he advances bv way of Ilurrlsmlth whence he would be able to threaten the Boer nosltlons at Bethlehem and Kronstadt BOERS PUNISH KA FITS A dispatch from Pretoria dated Saturday Sat-urday April 7th says Advices from Mafeklng say a Ijand 1 of armed Kaffirs left Marching through the burghers lines during the night of April Sth and were followed and surrounded In the Co1owed I bush when they were shelled by a MajclmNord nfeldt gun The Boers then stormed the Kafllr position killing I thlrtont The Kaffirs fought stubbornly stub-bornly Skirmishes are reported at I Blctnxrsberg nnd In the Free State mostly between patrols BOERS HOLD FREE STATE A dispatch from Betlmlle Orange Free State says I Is expected the Boer will endeavor to retake and destroy de-stroy the brdge over the Orange river Consequently extraordinary pccautlonn have been taken A force of Boers Is locatod tweho t mll n cant As a maUor of fUll the Boors practically again hold the Free Stato eastward of lie railroad and arc greatly encouraged by their successes at Reddorflberg and I Koru Spruit |