Show FIGHT WITH DEWET BRITISH AND BOER FORCES CLASH NEAR RENSBURG Boer Attack on British at Jncofcsdnhl Was Duo to Treachery of Inhabitants Inhabi-tants of tho Town London Oct 29 The War I office has the following from Roberts dated Pretoria Pre-toria Ootohei LStlr Knox successfully engaged Dewel October 27th Dining the Boer retreat Knox caught Dtwct In the Rcnsburg drift The Boers lost considerably and left two Eruii3 and three wagons In Knots hands Another ammunition wagon was blown up by a shell The British casualties were nil Referring to the Jjacobsdahl affair Lord Roberts says It was due to the treachery of the Inhabitants who admitted ad-mitted the Boers to their houses at night They opened fire at daybreak Fourteen men were killed and thirteen tt1C ed mostly Cape Highlander Troop dispatched from the Madder Dloddcl river droe off the Boers The houses of the treacherous Inhabitants were do stroyed Commandant Bosnian Killed was Lord Roberta calls attention to the Increasing inclination of the better elcr class of Boers to cooperate with tho British to secure peace wih they find that guerrilla warfare Is visited with heavy punishment vlaltet |