Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
His Advance to the Relief Of Wepener'
EVERY STEP IS CONTESTED.
Roberts Sends Eleventh Division to Back
lin Rundle-It Encounters Not Much
Opposition but Reports a Number
of Casualties and Men Missing
as Result of Sundays
Movements.

Boer Camp, Thaba N'Chu, Aprh H.
Fighting continues day and night at
Jammersburg Drift. The English trenches
have been 50 full of rain that the men
have been obliged every now and then
to Chamber to the banks, only to be shot
down.
Robertson's lower mill is reported to
have been captured April 81, and 1t IL
said that the Cape Mounted Rifles have
lost during the siege l2O out of 500 men,
The British prisoners defy the bdrgh'
ers to capture Colonel Dalgetys camp
even if the British are not reinforced.
A surprising number of relatives are
fighting OIL oppotite sides at Wepener'
RUMBLE ADVANCING SLOWLY.
London, April 23.-General Rumble is
apparently advancing slowly toward
Wepener, every step being closely con-
tested by the Beers.
From the Republican side there ls a
good deal of interesting news today. "A
Tbaba N'Chu dispatch of April 20. re-
ports the arrival there of Commandants
Dewet and Villiers and an attack upon
5000 British under General Gatacre'
The latter, of course, is misstatement'
and it is probable General Rumble is
meant. The British, it is added, occupied
some kopjes, but their left wing was
driy back. The Boer loss was one
killed and five wounded.
From Brandfort comes the news that
Saturday April 2l, British patrol Of
ten men ventured near that place and
suffered the loss of one man killed and
10 captured including Free Slater who
was leading the party.
A Pretoria dispatch dated April 81
eays the latest official news was thai
the fighting was proceeding within bali
an hours ride of Dewets Dorp with nc
results.
There is nothing further from Bloemton
tein to indicate the progress of the prepa
rations for the main advance.
Aliwal North, April 23.-Colonel Dal
getty is holding out at Wepener. 1t is re-
ported that all the Beers have crossed tc
the north side of the Caledon river.
10 THE AID OF RUMBLE.
London, April 23.-The War Office late
this evening issued the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfonteln
Monday, April %:
YESTERDAY dispatched the Eleventh
Division under General Pole -Carew, anC
two brigades of cavalry under Genera
French, from this point to assist Genera
Rumble. The force reached Karriefonteir
without much opposition.
Casualties reported Welch regiment
private killed, Captain PrOthero morlally
wounded, and seven men wounded; YORK
shires, 8 wounded; Eighth Hussars, ont
wounded; Royal Artillery, two wounded
Seventh Dragons, Lieutenant jenkins anc
10 men missing; Captain Rotton, Roya
Artillery, broke an arm by fall.
General Pole. Carew's mounted lnian
try seized Larew Kop, high hill a few
miles north of their last nights position
The enemy evacuated hurriedly, leaving
some rifles and ammunition.
General Rumble reports that 81 men o
the First Worcesters are missing. Fifty
three were sent with wood to an outpos
after dark, and only IS returned. Ihel
number and names will be reported today
as we'll as four wounded yesterday"
The War Office has given no explana
ton of the apparent discrepancy in tn
figures as to the men of the Worceste
regiment.