| Show GENERAL ROBERTS REPORTS A DEFEAT Boors Boers Capture Nok and Somo Scotch Guards llOYAL ARTILLERY rAKEN Lilt LI of o to 10 be beof of tI London July re to tile the war under date dati of I JUly a follows The 1 enem enemY tailed failed In thIr I uron our rear as aB mn I In my ot of July Ie e a 5 attack upon our Fht flank te and I erst to tou succeeded u In caPturing k which wu u by a 11 2 t of the Soot guar t with two Of r a latter ot of the tie lOyal and andI ande I e c of Lincolnshire regi AT Th enemy In at dawn the th I Lly the tt Nel Nek brought a aL L II tY tire to bear upon the mall maII b trl Nek I Is mIls t II here near w the road read 11 Yer It wi held b by us Jt l to 0 maintain road and Sn tel tele I Uon with l i AIT PAY flAY fighting more Or Ieee the th 1114 dRy and Ill r InforMation this morning I cr c nil thi strength I from here under Col ColI I I nt r the ICIngs Own Scotch bor bori Jor i i tore however they reached th fI the th hall been over and nd a greater reater In r f the ot of the grays had Ft i II owIng to the tw be twIn beIn In I ulio ninety men of the 1111 In regiment A lI Hut t or of IJa not been reo is isI I J but JUI I fl fear r the they are heavy an attack wa was made tn wr ur near north of r lIt i In whIch the seventh eluh dra dis drak k II wr tr Iho regiment wac waa I with considerable skill by I L 11 IL it I 01 L Liw and kept the enemy In dl ll k until they retired on their sup I 1 aR 1111 1 would probably have cut t f I I 1 lit toss had bad not our troops sine ml Boors Boer In the bushes buetle for tor III II U II lII n hall hil a small engage II tUh Ith the enemy yesterday near l il Iw and Inflicted heavy lou cl II ni 1 THE TH HAlLWAY r that th who I strying i hll he hue railway near hear i 1 Kraal drIven oft 01 yesterday e ll t 1 hort action j 1 h that th i rendering or of Hoer arms arma mad lid au aup p fl In that I I d i dispatch reporting F FH noth r unfortunate occurrence n a light lIht upon Ulion the state f r In There hu has huil il rn recently IL II Ii 1 oC by the army under command ot of I L j I t I 11 hut but few could have laave lIMn been f Ih t that the scattered I atIt to lu InflIct such a detest so EO nar lit i la ur il t th 1 of OC all or of the tIng Imminent as 11 Ip I t II bud d hinted It tile have been making a ott mt tu t surround and recapture Pre Pr Irla tn Jib Co 10 much lace success that In th ii f which was supposed to be I I and In which no attack w was I the in In InflictIng a u I i at and capturing two lUna guns r T I on fl nt ien ienA n 11 A I ni tnt that ten Ihn Botha has a f C L ir ib tree free seeing aNinI that he is III t t lr It eM 1 Lord Roberts tines at boI I f n around Pretoria I tl f I H l I to the southeast of I 11 I to 0 and IntI 1 r t nod and thence to u i q Nh k and S S TO D TOLD I j to the name r Ih i Concerned giving rHo to Ihl tb belief that worse remains f I Jen ven If the th mishap be not I than his hili at J I LI III mi It proves that the alt f I IN I I till and that there 1 ot of an any troop being I I South Africa for China n I th lb contrary It will taka L to I clear the h r country ot of th tha hUM reached London that Lord I I I ha h been I from a aerl and that lAdy J I I I 1111 hurriedly r f summoned Lord JAnt Hobert I h oW better Is II weak I I OF TilE 1 Ir 1 qi to 10 the r f ir on It Oe corn oom j 1 to Proceed and f I H through bull In I idi ot I DUI tort fort I I Bt at the pa In the alter I f N three C with two k up a and camped for tor Ihl It two I on the huh ot of the The eastern 7 rocki and inaccessible hi r sat t apparently approach I Hit maIn ridge sit all the rd Jl on n the eastern ko kopje Je and srn tire C nr fon c The Th colonel ordered the men to take up upa a on a kopje west or of the gap Ip from till this Point 8 5 hot lIre ensued during the entire da day Two guns guna under the escort ot of the Boots Ira grays placed In a l vanoe from the main body were cap after arler a stout resistance Nearly every man wall or wounded A MaxIm gun un 1 wag br brought Into actiOn early In the da day The tire fire was Wat too luSt hot and aM the men inlEt were wre finally forced to re retire retire tire A sergeAnt aided by sven en Volun olun teen sued saved the gun There Ther was 11 a eon oon tire all along the line the regiment replying FOUGHT TILL About three In the afternoon the appeared ered to the left ot of the occupied by the British Mi An officer Omett and aud thIrteen D mn men attempted to char charge them Fourteen men were killed or wounded as the result of the flu charge charp Three companies were practically cur ur rounded but the they kept up a steady unwaveringly until tOWArd nightfall when their lund had been ex cx expended IN U CO COMMONS New York July ItA dispatch to the Tribune from rom says was wal a feeling 0 of deep chagrin toward midnight when the ne spread In tile the of 01 1 Parliament that Lord had reported Ii a Bor success eIghteen untIes from 1 lre torts torla with the capture of a of at atthe 1 the Scota Gray and a part of live five corn com ot of the and tWO gulie This unexpected at ls Nek was Wall a reproduction or of NJ Nicholsons hol on Nek not far from Crom Lord Roberts headquarters with the cap capture capture ture or of guns anti and sharp hooter of DC 1 a crack regIment other of oel i activity In lip s many as al three poInts were proofs that General DOlha Botha had not given UP the lIght and that tile the end or of the war ar was a long lona longway way ott olt lord Roberts dispatch ore ere med a most painful impression |
