New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-05-30
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Lord Roberts Reports the Crossing
Of the Vaa1 BY an Ad-
vance Column.
no ENEMY FOUND SOUTH OF The RIVER.
Local Mines Fonnd 10 Re Uninjured
81 and Work Going on a. u.ual-Be-
Iieved Roberts viii BE before
= johannesburg by the Middle Of
8 the Week. * sse q u


London, May %. The war office has
received the following dispatch from
Lord Roberts: II. a.
Wolve Hook Orange Free STATED, May
s26.-An advanced portion of this force
crossed the fVaal river on the queens birth
day, near PaTys. Hamilton,s column is at
}Boschbank. Our scouts are now at VIII
joens drift Con the frontier north of Wolve
doek The local mines are uninjured and
Work is going on as usual. There is no
enemy this side of the river ,3. Sd
Hunter reached Vryberg May "a
AS anticipated, the first news from
Lord Roberts after his long silence
was the announcement that the Brit
.ish had crossed the Naal river. This
is. probably Gen. Hutton's column,
which crossed at Parys, and may be
expected to make dash at the rail
road in the neighborhood of Potchef-.
stroom, whence there is direct COM
munication with johannesburg. Gen.
Hamilton's column is at Boschbank,
which is close to the river, about
eight miles northwest of Wolve Hook,
Lord Roberts headquarters, and may.
be expected to also cross the Vaal
river and create diversion on the
flank of any federal force in the
of Vereeninging As he
has only about Is miles to traverse
speedy announcements may be ex-
pected that the British commander
in-chief himself has gained a foothold
in the Transvaal, and that he will
reach the federal position south of
johannesburg in the middle of the
week. e
=. Shrouded In Mystery.
The same secrecy which shrouded
the movements of the main army en-
selops Lord Methuen's and Gen.
Rundle's columns, SO. probably the
next official dispatches will show de-
eisive movements of these wings
Rumble ought to be close to Bethle-
hem by now and the experts expect
to hear of some decisive movement on
the Harrismith railroad. in which
part of Gen. Buffers force will CO.
operate in the direction of Van
Reenens pass. -..,
Should the Pretoria bulletin an
nouncing the reoccupation of He'll
bron by the federals turn out to- be
true it will be a totally unexpected
development, as Gen. Ian Hamilton
occupied Hebron Tuesday and moth
ing has been heard from there since.
: Blow Up a Bridge.
Pretoria, May 28.-An official be1l-
letin says: 80 ! E:r.-.r ~. E&~s'sS.
THE British have crossed the vaaF at
Grobler's drift, near Parys. The high level
bridge at Vereeninging has been blown up
by the federals. ,.. ... -. - 49,
+ Gen Dutoit advises that the burghers
are coming forward In force. determined
to fight to the end. ).
=. latter retaking Hebron the federals
followed the British as far as Wolve
Hoek.''
Free State Magistrate Surrenders
4 Newcastle, May rs. - Louis Koch, a
magistrate of the Free State, has sur
rendered. He says that all the bur
ghers in the Harrismith-Vrede district
have returned to their farms and re-
fuse to continue fighting. IF, as is re-
ported, President Steyn is in Vrede, he
will probably go northward towards
Laings Mex if he finds any followers.
Charges of Murder withdrawn.
Pretoria, May 20. The prosecution
has withdrawn the charges of murder
in connection with the explosion at the
Begbie factory at Johannesburg
against Messrs. Longville and Perret,
Belgians, William Begbie and Thomas
Richards, a colored American. All the
accused were acquitted. An applica-
ton was made that the men be rear
rested and put over the border, but this
was refused
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