Show BOER WAR capture of highlanders High landers and transport were surrounded by men under general dewet and compelled to surrender before aid sent by roberts could reach them london june 26 p m As lord roberts apparently is carrying out the combined the slackness of news from south africa will provably prot ably continue until they are completed the fact that the foreign attaches are homeward bound mates thal in their opinion the war Is over but the refusal of lord roberts to spare troops tor china shows that the commander thinks much work remains to bedone large quantities of bar gold received by merchants la the part of the transvaal from president kruger ostentatiously for the payment of been seized by the british it the genuineness of the accounts can be proved the gold will probably be repaid the boers sharply attacked gen rundles transport near senegal june 23 but were repulsed tahe reported capture of a convoy of wagons escorted by highlanders High landers between Rhe noster and heilbron Hell bron june 4 was only received today lord roberts reported that the convoy was surrounded and sent messages to the nearest posts asking tor assistance but reinforcements were unable to reach the convoy and highlanders High landers in reply to a flag of truce from gen christian dewet surrendered during the morning of june 4 new york june 26 A dispatch to the new york tribune from london says lord roberts profits by the diversion of public interest from south africa to china unpleasant incidents escape notice and the delay in winding up the campaign Is screened from criticism according to the accounts given in the press dispatches of yesterday the ambuscade of the yeomanry near landley was not creditable to the british arms and details of the capture ot a large convoy with an escort of highlanders High landers near heilbron Hell bron show that a depressing story was suppressed as long as possible there has dearly been a good deal of blundering on the british side in the orange river colony and there are several mysteries about heilbron Hell bron and lindley and gen rundles campaign which require i explanation further particulars of the fighting at to the northeast of pretoria are forwarded by a leader correspondent spon dent the object of the british operations was to drive gen botha from the position he had taken up the fighting was continuous for two days and it was hoped that generals french and hamilton would be able to entrap the burghers on the following day it was discovered however that botha had in the night effected another masterly retreat the times correspondent at kroon stad says that gen dewet is showing capable generalship but Is unable to prevent his men from deserting dally |