Show BOLD RAID BVDEIET Boer General Succeeds m Cutting Lord Rob ertss Communication Both by Rail way and Telegraph i He Also CapturesOne Hundred Highlanders land a Supply Train Gen Knox Had Sharp Fight at Palmietfontein on July 19th in Which He Had Five Men Killed and Seventy ix Vounded Hamilton Loses Several Men m London July 4Tbe Daily Express I has the following from Machododorp dated Monday July 23rd There has been severe fighting during dur-ing the last three days and the Boers have inflicted heavy losses upon the 1 British at Dedodorp DEWISTS BOLD RAID Gen 3Dewet has again succeeded In cutting Lord Robertss communications both by railway and telegraph and captured 100 of the Highlanders The I story of the c commanders bold raid comes in the form of 0 telegram I from Gen ForresterWalker dated at Capetown Sunday July 22nd forwarding forward-ing SL dispatch from Gen Knox as followsFIVE FIVE BRITONS KILLED Kroonstaut July Following from Broadwood sent by dispatch rider to Honings Point wired thence to Kroonstadt I Have followed commando since July 16th Hard sharp fighting at Palmietfontein July 19th Prevented from pursuing laager by darkness Eight hundred Boers found Our casualties casu-alties live killed and seventysix wounded Reach Vaal Krantz today Enemy doubled Its way back through Pnarde Krai In darkness Shall Roodevaal station inarch tomorrow to staton Send supplies for 3000 men and horses also any news of the enemys movements move-ments I believe the commando consists con-sists of 2000 men and four guns and Is accompanied by President Steyn and both the Dewets WIRE AND RAILWAY CUT Gen Knox continued The wire and main line of the railway north of Honings Point have been cut and also the telegraph to Pretoria via Potchefstroom According to my in ccorcinl fornyiUon Dewet has crossed the railway I rail-way and is going north BRITISH SUPPLY TRAIN LOST Gen KellyKenny telegraphs from IelyKenny of Sunday July 22nd The railway has been cut north of Honings Point and a supply train and 100 Highlanders captured by the enemy A report was received this morning that u large force of the mor InS marching on Iloensprult All marching communication with Pretoria Is cut off The second and third cavalry brigades are following the enemy CONFIRMED BY ROBERTS The War office has received a telegram tele-gram from Lord Roberts dated Pretoria Pre-toria Sunday July 22nd which repeats the news contained In the telegram from Gen ForresterWalker given above and continues Mclhucn continued con-tinued his march and the occupation of Heekport and engaged the enemys rear guard at Zindsfonleln July 20th Casualties < one killed and one wounded 1 Early Saturday attacked the enemy again at Ollphants Nek and completely dispersed them Inflicting heavy loss Our casualties were slight RUSTENBURG RELIEVED By these successes Rustcnburg has been relieved and Methuen and Ba denPowell have Joined hands Hunter reports that Bruce Hamilton Hamil-ton secured a strong position on the Spltray yesterday with a battery and the Cameron Highlanders and GOD mounted men Our casualties were three of the Camerons killed and Capt KeithHamilton of the Oxfords Capt Brown and Lieut Stewart and thirteen men of the Camerons wounded MRS KRUGER AT BARBERTON Six hundred women and children from Pretoria Including Mesdames I Kruger Alhoa and Melr have arrived at Barberton the worlds Christian Endeavor I lristnn con vention as a delegate from a church Jn Minnesota has been chur three months imprisonment The evi 1 dence showed however that she had nt > connection whatever with the Chris I lan Endeavorers There wcro further 1 evidence of thefts committed at tho commited I Hotel Cecil and elsewhere and tha magistrate In sentencing tho prisoner sentcnenb prisoner I discovered her as 1 vulgar thief |