Show 7 CAPTURED BY BOERS FIFTY OF FRENCHS SCOUTS SURPRISED BY BURGHERS I Ono Was filled Tlrrrc Wounded CriptBethelheim Dangerously and v theParty Then lranderJ London Aug 16The War office has i received the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener dated Pretoria August ICth While a party of fifty of Frenchs scouts were proceeding to join in a column near Bcthesdn they were surrounded sur-rounded In the hills by a superior force under Thcroh and surrendered One was killed l and three were wounded Capt Bethelheim dangerously Lord Kitchener does not give then the-n te but the casualty list Indicates August Sth Reporting upon engagement be Cpl Morrlngo and Commandant Krlt zinger at iUc1delb rg Lord Kitchener Sitys that the British commander drove the Boers north to Vcntcrstad in confusion con-fusion He asserts also that Gen Frenchs other column In Cupe Colony Is gradually driving the enemy northward north-ward |