Show PLTJMERS RETREAT Still Another British Version of the Battle of March 31st Gaberoiies Sunday April 1 Yesterday t Yes-terday Co Plumer with 270 mounted mount-ed men and a few Infantry and one Maxim gun nrrhed at Rnmathlabama where he left the dismounted men and proceeded along the railroad to within with-in sight of MnfeUlng The advance guard under Col White encountered a large body of Boers and almost simultaneously the left and right Hanks wore attacked and sharp lighting light-ing followed The Boors were In descent formation and outnumbered the Orlllsh to lo one They advanced with skill and stubbornness and persistently endeavored l en-deavored to encircle the British After holding his ground for an hour Col Plumer retired with the Boers slowly following him up The lighting light-ing continued throughout the ten miles retreat to Hamathlabama where the British Maxim gun Aas brought into play After a hard light Cob Plumer reached his camp The British Brit-ish casualties were Killed three otllcirs and seven men Bounded three officers and twenty four men missing eleven The Boer loss was serious At the conclusion of the fight Gen Snymun Informed Col lindenPowell I that he hud some British wounded and both HadenPoweil I and Plumer sent ambulance The Boers were also busy Sunday collecting ihlr dead wounucd iiost or tne Lsriiinh wounded were only slightly nurt Col Plu mer was wounded but was able to carry car-ry out his duties While the tiinbulanco was still at Ramathlabamu April 2nd Gen Say man with SOO men and three guns aV rlved there t a mitt finding no British troops in the iclnlly returned lo Mafe king it is reported here that lie advance guard of Lurd Melhuens relief force has left Vryburg for Mafeklng Saturdays light In the environs of Mafoklng was conducted on C ol Plum ors side under great dlflicultles being In the proximity of the Boer laagers whence reinforcements could be promptly sent to ihe burghers and there was little cover available for the British when the light began the plain being but sparsely wooded and lie railroad embankment the chief protection protec-tion being only two feet high The men behaved gallantly however and oflkcrH were unexteptlonally conspicuous conspic-uous In the affair With the exception of n few rounds llred by the British Maxim guns at Un nmlhlabama the lire on both sides was entirely by rifles Iliilf of the British ofllecrs were more or less seriously se-riously wounded Col Plumers wound was In his right arm Ills horse was shot Col Bodle and fapt Roll were wounded Col Plumers orderly Is nilrslng Sergt MaJ Manning of the Fifth Dragoon Guards who look up the duties of orderly or-derly did excellent work Capl FYod Crcwe was shot dead while covering the retreat of others Capl MacLaren was severely wounded wound-ed and Lleul t Mllllgan i I I the t famous Yorkshiio I cricketer filially while le naeiously holding an assigned position Lieut Mllllgan l I I I rode unassisted to Ka mulhlabama |