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THE WAR. I SIR R. BULLER AT PRETORIA. The War Office has received the following despatch from Lord Roberts: PRETORIA, July 7. Sir Redvers Buller arrived here this morning. He looks very well, none the worse for the hard work he has gone through during past eight months. The inhabitants of Potchefstroom have taken much interest in hospital accommodation for British roops. A concert given there realised P-40, which was handed to the medical officer for the benefit, of the patients at Krugersdorp. The mine managers have placed at the disposal of the tioops several vacant miners' houses and a large hall as a soldiers' reading room. SNIPING BRITISH OUTPOSTS. bnipmg at our outposts still continues daily. Fourteen mounted infantry were reported missing outside Pretoria on the 5th inst. The whole of the 1st Brigade of the Mounted Infantry, comprising the Australians and Cana- dians, has been entirely refitted and re-equipped. Further details of several skirmishes between patrols have reached Pretoria. It appears that constant patrolling at the same time each day encouraged the Boers to lay an ambush, and while the Victoria Rifles were out the vanguard of seven men suddenly found themselves surrounded and were called upon to surrender. They refused, and two escaped. One of them, who was shot in the leg, took refuge behind a stone and began coolly firing on the Boers, but one of the enemy creeping up behind him shot him dead through the head. On the other hand, we have captured several Boers, 10 altogether, in the last few days. Our mounted infantry are becoming expert in laying ambushes. The railway service is working well. On the 6th inst. 200 sick were entrained for Cape Town. The train was fitted up most luxuriously with a dining car and cooking stoves. Several members of the Dutch ambulance, having been convicted of carrying ammunition and giving information to the enemy, have been sent to Cape Town. BOER ATTACK ON RUSTENBURG. In consequence of the Boers threatening the rail- way, Colonei Mahon, reinforced by Hutton's Mounted Infantry, engaged the enemy on July 6 and again next day. The Boers, who numbered 3000. were driven to the east of Bronkerspruit. The British casualties numbered 33. Mr. Steyn and Commandant de Wet, with a following of 3000 men, have gone to Fouriesburg. Commandant Limmer having demanded the sur- render of Rustenburg, and Captain Tracey having re- fused to comply with the demand, the Boers made an attempt to capture the heights commanding the town, but they were driven back with heavy loss, the garrison being assisted by a force of Bushmen who arrived from Zeerust. RELEASE OF BRITISH PRISONERS. The following telegram from Lord Roberta has been received at the War Office: PRETORIA, July 7, 4.10 p.m. General Officer Commanding at Ladysmith tele- graphs that 800 prisoners, Yeomanry and Derbyshire Militia, have been put over the Natal oorder from Reitz. The advance party had reached Acton Homes on their way to Ladysmith. No offices ac- company the men. BOERS REPULSED BY COLONEI MAHON. THE ATTACK ON RUSTENBURG. The following telegram from Lord Roberts, dated July 8, 4.25 p.m. has been received at the Wai Office: As the enemy have for some days been threatening our line of railway by trying to get round our right flank, I despatched Hutton on the 5th inst. with his mounted infantry to reinforce Mahon and with orders to drive the Boers to the east of Bronker- spruit. These orders were effectually carried out during the 6th and 7th inst. by Mahon, who was attacked by some 3000 men with six guns and two Vickers- Maxims. Our casualties were: Wounded.—Imperial Light Horse, Captain Currie, Lieutenant Kirk, and 13 men 1st Battalion Mounted Infantry, six men and two missing: 1st Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles, Captain and Adjutant Nelles, slightly, and six men; M" Battery Royal Horse Artillery, three men; Rimington's Guides, one man, Steyn left Bethlehem on the night of the 4th inst. for Fouriesburg, between Bethlehem and Ficksburg: he was accompanied by Christian De Wet and other Free State commanders with their troops, amounting, it is said, to about 3000 men. Hanbury-Tracy, who commands at Rustenburg, reports that a party of Boers under Limmer called ,-on him yesterday morning to surrender the town and camson. Tracy replied that he held Rustenburg for aer Majesty's Government and intended to continire occupying it. The enemy then opened fire with artillery and tried to take the heights which command the town. [n this they did not succeed owing to the good urangements made by Tracy and his officers, and were eventually driven off with the assistance of Colonel Holdsworth, 7th Hussars, who made a rapid march of 48 miles from the neighbourhood of Zeerust, with Bushmen under Coonel Airie, on hear- mg that Rustenburg was likely to be threatened. The enemy suffered heavy loss and five prisoners were captured. Our casualties were: Bushmen, two killed; Captain Mackaltie and three men wounded. SURRENDER OF OFFICIALS. 1 The following further telegram from Lord Roberts was issued by the War Office late on Monday night: PRETORIA, July 9, 12.5 p.m. Officer commanding at Heilbron reports that Mr. Blignaut, State Secretary, Mr. Dickson, State Attorney, Mr. van Tonder, Member of Council, and Mr. Kupper Vergen came into Heilbron yesterday and lurrendered. Hutton was attacked yesterday in the position he is holding by a large number of Boers. He beat them off without much difficulty, the 5in. guns with him being found most useful. 11 Our only casualty was Lieutenant Young, 1st Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles, slight wound of scalp. The enemy left several of their wounded on the ground and sent in a Bag of truce with a request that they might be received into our field hospital. I regret to say that Captain Currie and Lieutenant Kirk, of the Imperial Light Horse, reported as wounded in my telegram of yesterday, were both lulled. One squadron of this distinguished corps pressed a very superior force of the enemy in a gallant attempt to carry off a wounded comrade, tc which is attributable the heavy losses it sustained. In addition to the two officers the following were killed No. 438 Farrier Sergeant Woolley, Troopers No. 8 King Graham, No. 24 Aberstone, and No. 14 Drennan. Wounded.—Sergeant-Major Runningham, No. 18 Sergeant Marshall, No. 10 Sergeant Dorrant, No. 367 Sergeant Bollard, No. 901 Trooper Hale, No. 1C Trooper Bourchier, No. 811 Trooper Moodie, No. 916 Trooper Lane, No. 501 Trooper Hill Jones, No. ? Trooper Railt, No. 818 Trooper Harwin. BOTHA'S ARMY. I It is computed (says Reuter's Pretoria corre- spondent) that the total number of men now com- manded by Botha and De Wet is 11,000. The con- tinuance of the war is entailing great hardships on farmers, who are unable to send their cattle into the bush veldt, and General Botha is reported to be finding great difficulty in keeping his men together. CAPTURE OF BETHLEHEM. I ENLMY IN FULL RETREAT. I xhe following telegrams from Lord Roberts have been received at the War Office: PRETORIA, July 10, 12.20 p.m. Clement's and Paget's forces entered Bethlehem on the 7th inst. The former, on nearing the town on the 6th, sent in a flag of truce demanding its surrender. This was refused by C. De Wet, when Paget, making a wide turning movement, succeeded in getting hold of the most important part of the enemy's position covering the town. This was carried before dark, by the Munster Fusiliers and Yorkshire Light Infantry. The 1011owilijl morning the attack was continued, and by noon thetwtn was in our possession and the enemy in full retreat. Our casualties were four officers wounded: Captain J. Macpherson, dangerously; Captain W. Oakes, severely; Second Lieutenant Conway. severely, all of the Royal Munster Fusiliers: and Second Lieutenant Boyd Rochfort. of the 4th Batta- lion Scottish Rifles, slightly. Thirty-two men of the Munster Fusiliers were wounded and one man miss- ing. Seven men of the Yorkshire Light Infantry wonnded, one man of the 58th Company Imperial Yeomanry was killed and two men wounded. Paget reports that but for the accurate practice by the 38th Battery Royal Field Artillery and theC.I.V. Battery under Major McMicking the casualties would have been many more. Badpn-Powell reached Rustenburg the evening of the 8th inst. without opposition. He found all quiet and public confidence entirely satisfactory thanks to prompt and bold grasp of situation taken by Major Hanbury-Tracy. The district west of this is somewhat unsettled owing to the presence of the small force which attacked Rustenburg being still in that neighbourhood. Measures are being taken to meet this. 12.40 p.m. Further information regarding capture of Bethle- hem now received from Clements. He states that the country is broken and difficult, and in consequence his and Paget's cavalry were unable to make any wide turning movement. Clements attacked one position while Paget attacked another. The one assailed by Clements was gallantly captured by the Royal Irish Regiment, who captured a gun of 77th Battery which was lost at Storm berg. List of casualties not yet received, but Clements states they are few considering the strength of the positions assaulted. Hunter's cavalry under Broadwood reached Bethlehem on the 8th, and Hunter with the main force was within nine miles of the town when Clements despatched his report. GENERAL BUNDLE'S FORCE. I OENEKAL, July tf. The general position on the line from Senekal to Winburg is (said a Reuter's message, dated as above) little changed. General Rundle continues master of the situation, and the enemy still find them- selves balked at whichever point they endeavour to break through southwards. Driscoll's Scouts have returned here from a three or four days' tour through the country behind, having found no trace of any armed Boers. Isolated parties of the enemy have been evincing some activity, but the main bodies have returned to Bethlehem. All our wounded in the hospitals here are doing well. I regret to say that an epidemic of enteric fever has broken out, but, thanks to the de- voted services of the doctors and the medical corps, all the patients are progressing most favourably. General Rundle has conducted a reconnaissance (says a later despatch from the same correspondent) and found that the enemy had evacuated all their positions around Senekal, including Biddulphsberg and Tafelburg. The Cape Mounted Rifles and Driscoll's Scouts now occupy Biddulphsberg. Numbers of the enemy appear to have gone towards Ficksburg, and the remainder to Retiefs Nek, near Bethlehem.

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