Show jj1T = 1Tiui British Version of His Defeat Near Ranathlabama FIGHT LASTED THREE HOURS Colonel was Wounded but Able to Carry Out His Duties British Casualties Cas-ualties were Ten Killed Twenty seven Wounded Eleven Missing Both Sides Fought Stubbornly Boers were in Crescent Formation Fighting was Continued Throughout Through-out the Ten Miles of Unreal Bulnwayo Tuesday April 0 Col Plumer engaged the Boers belwiuii llama I hilmtbitinia and Mnfeklng March iUst The fcuers appeared In considerable consider-able force six miles from Mafeklng and lo prevent being outflanked on both sides Plumer had to w lthdraw on Knmnthlabumu subsequently retiring re-tiring to his base camp The engagement engage-ment lasted three houis and the retirement re-tirement was well carried out In good order undei u heavy fire The above dispatch is llu Drltlah version of the defeat of Col PRimers force llret announced April tlth In a I special dlspuuh from Lourenco Marques I Mar-ques which says sharp lighting occurred oc-curred April Lnd In the neighborhood of Mafeklng It was added that t the garilson made sorties while Col Plumers ravalry attacked the Boers ut Rn inn t Ii laharna Roth attacks It was asserted were repulsed Twenty of Cob Plumers men were found dead on the Held and six ot hers were made prisoners The federal losses it crc said to be small |