Show BOER TRICK burghers creep up on british and fierce fighting follows conflict extended sixty miles along the pretoria lorenzo marques railroad both sides suffer heavy losses but the boers are repulsed raiders are close to cape town cape town jan 10 the refugees are approaching aho military authorities to obtain permission to form a corps for the protection ct johannesburg and the mines only as they wish to be on the rand to assist in the defense of their own property the chamber of alna has adopted a similar attitude on foe read the boers occupying Melv lnla and sutherland consist of two columns one advancing in arthe direction of clan william and theother the other towards worcester or in this direction all cassea in front of worcester have been occupied by seasoned troops which are gathered at strategic coln ts the tranquil dutch openly disapprove of raid many even sending horses to the british camp naw york jan 10 A dispatch to the now york tribune from london says day after iday the newspapers continue to second the appeals of the cor in cape town tor more troops tor south africa the necessity tor fresh drafts of mounted men is growing urgent in order to augment the strength of the force new serving and to replace the yeomanry and other troops that should by ahls time be returning chome the recruiting for the south african constabulary is pro sluggishly the actual number of tecolia dispatched so tar from the united kingdom Is two hundred but more are to start next week with inore than three times the number required applying to be enlisted the selection of candidates goes on at the rate of a month at which rate it will take nearly a year and a halt to get the necessary five thousand men london jan 10 general kitchener sends news of a ser lonis simultaneous attack on the night of january 7 by the boers on the british possessions sixty miles apart along che lines of the pretoria and larenzo marques railway the losses on both sides were heavy according to reports the boers were beaten oft after prolonged fighting the following is the text of the dispatch from gen kitchener pretoria wednesday jan 9 on the night of jaa 7 the boers made simultaneous and determined attacks on all of our posts at belfast wonder foat eln nooitgedacht and intense fog prevailed and taking advantage of the cover it afforded the boers were able to creep up close to our position A heavy fire continued until a m when the boers were driven off one officer was killed and three were wounded walla twenty men were killed and eltty alne wounded the losses of the boers were heavy twenty four dead being counted A convoy taking supplies to gordons brigade north of was attacked by beyers commando yesterday tuesday the boers were driven oft leaving eleven dead on the field our casualties were tour slightly wounded |