The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-02-22
KIMBERLEY TAKEN.
Al Last The Beers are Said 70 be in
Retreat.
TIE FORTUNES OF WAR TURNED,
General Frsnc,i, With a Force Of Ar.
'hlery, Calvary ard rlounted In
tantry, Enters Kimberley and Diues
at the GLIB.

London BY Cable.-The War Office
announces that General French reach
ed Kimberley Thursday evening. Fol.
lowing Is Lord Roberts meSsage to
the War Office:
'Jacobsdal, Feo. iG, q. m.--F'rcnch.
with a force OF ar.il.ery. cavalry ana
mounted infantry. reached Kimberley
this evening. Thursday"
General Cronjc. with star. OF . dly
or two, is seriously In full retreat from
boii RoOe',5, moving northward. Gen.
french, with the cavalry. simply shy
ed over nig'at in Kimberley, ana then
pushed on to get in TOUGH with th, re-
tr'ng enemy. a long Bger wagon
train Is moving toward Dloemson.eln.
Followed presumably By large fore,
ct British infantry. In their hls;y de-
parture tho Beers l1st Quantities of
supplies and ammunltiun. Military
opinion here IS ttGt Lord Roberts will
not push far after The Beers fnme-
dlately, because C5 transport problems,
ana the need o. res, for the troops. He
hl3 TO feed 10000 persons in his army.
and the whole Kimberley population.
lie must rebuild tle railroad from
Aodder River down 10 Kimberley and
reyictu2l the latter. General French
lost few men only In actioa. but The
forced marches and heat have prdba5ly
made many III. Numbers CT l.mountJ
Il D.,
wrought a genuine preliminary success
and the impression i, that he has done
enough FOR the present. He will need
to prepare for another strike.
All over England there have been
evidences o: pubiic JOY. In every
theatre ana public meeting, around
railroad stations and in the streets.
there have been expressions Of glad
ness and iubliation over the news. The
newspapers are edig0riahy rejoicing.
Those who read The nows closely see
only one disturbing factor in the Cape
situation, and that Is. the pressure of
the Beers tow ard Lord Roberts line uf
supply through DeAlar, which was
never more important than new The
Beers under Commandants Delarey
and GrOb penetrate to the railroad.
back to Arundel. and have outhankel
him. All are within so miles. or twcs
talv hard march, OF the central rail
= rok. Doubtless Lord Roberts has lett
c9 Ldero5ie forces along the line and
C5V send back more If necessary.
The following dispatch from General
Roberts fills the gaps in the earlier
dispatches.
ICI 1r.. no yixtp p
Division left Waterfall drift, early yes
terday morning. and marched here, SO
ing on the same evening to Rondeval
diff to hold the crossing of the Moddei
. river, and leave General French free t
at. shortly after arriving here tht
mounted infantry visited Jacobsoda
andfound il full of women ana children
with some wounded men, doing well
On the way back, the mounted infan
try were attacked and nine men were
wounded. Colonel Henry and Majol
HgtChel and ten men were missing
Both officers were subsequently fouul
az Jlcobsdtl, slightly wounded. The
cavalry division Is moving IN a north
erly direction and has apparently al
ready reduced the pressure On Kim
berley. as Sekewich signals the enem!
las @DlnUOneu AleAdHuetsIOhlclH an
shat he has occupied it.. French ha
advanced as far as Aoonsdam with
slight loss and is pushing on the posts
his rear being held by mounted infan
try. Clements, having been pressed b.
the Beers, has retired TO Arundel t
cover NaauwpGOrt.'
The War Office points out that til
word 'lhere" in the above d!spatcl
means some point On the Moider rive
other than the MOlder river station.