Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-09
ENGLAND And TIE BOERS,
More About the Pig-Stickipg
Which the English are En-
gagged i'm.


Which the English are En-
gagged i'm.
$500 men will be sent to South
Africa this month and 1880 in
April 10 reinforce the British.
A Cape Town dispatch states that
the Boer prisoners captured at Paar-
deberg make a total of 1900.
The Beers have evacuated Storm
berg, Northern Cape Colony, one of
the strongest positions they have
held.
The Boer force now under arms is
placed by good judges in London at
$4,000 men, but it is still much scat
tered.
British reinforcements are arriv.
ing daily. Lord Robert must have
between $4,000 and 10000 men. if
not more. The force in Natal num-
bers 10000 aud there are 10000
elsewhere in Cape Colony.
General Gatacre occupied Storm
berg Monday. The line of railway
north and west will now be repaired.
General Clements is at Joubert's
Siding Station, beyond Colesberg.
The Beers are evacuating all of
Northern Cape Colony. carrying their
guns and supplies with them. A
force remains at Norval's Point, pre-
sumably tooppose British advance
across the Orange river there.
Nearly the whole of the Dutch pop
ulation of the Prieska and Kenhardt
districts are in rebellion. Many of
the Dutch from neighboring districts
in Northern Cape Colony are report
ed to have joined them, notably Pet
Moolman, who will lead the rebels.
1t is believed that Gordonia aud Vic
toria West will rise. 1t is thought
that the total number of men in arms
will exceed 5000.
Mafs king Relieved.
A dispatch from Berlin says the
Transvaal agency in Brussels has an
nounced that the siege of Mafeking
las been raised.
Colesberg Occupied.
General Clements reports that on
hearing Colesberg had been evacuated
be sent force TO occupy Colesberg
Junction and rode into Colesberg
where he received an enthusiastic
welcome.
We secured certain amount of
ammunition, arrested several rebels
and then returned to Rensberg.
Presidents to Confer.
President Kruger is said to have
left Pretoria with the intention of
meeting President Steyn. The place
where they will meet is not men
toned but is believed to be some
where in the Orange Free State.
Those i'll South Africa who are con-
versant with the effect the recent re-
verses have had on the Beers, ex-
press the opinion that the meeting of
the two Presidents is preliminary to
suggestion of negotiations for
peace.
But, if this is the case, it must be
due to the pressure brought to bear
upon the presidents of the burghers
and Afrikanders in the British colo
MES, rather than to the personal in
clination of the presidents, as all the
available information depicts them
AS being as determined as ever to per-
sist in the war uutil the resources of
the Republics are much more enfee-
oled than they seem to be at present.
DundonaIi la LadysmIth.
The CITIZEN received a telegram
Just before going to press last week
and made this, announcement, but
gave no particulars.
The relief Of the British garrison
IF $500 men under Gen. White at
Ladysrnith, Natal, has at last been
Lord Dundonald,
with two regiments, entered the town
and was followed by Gen. Butler.
Gen. Butler reports that all the Beers
have left this vicinity of the town
except small guard to the north.
The failure of the Ladysmith gar
rlson to cooperate successfully with
Buller is now explained, as Whites
troops were so exhausted by want of
food that they could not march two
miles.
The full effects of Lord Roberts
strategy is Low seen. BY making his
unexpected advance III force from
the Modder river he has secured the
relief of l4adysmith and Kimberley,
The capture of Gen. Cronje and the
abandonment of Northern Cape Col
'ny by the Beers. The Beers who
ire in Cape Colony have their rear
threatened and must fall back to
he Orange Free State for defensive
actics.
Roberts on the Move,
The British advance on Bloem-
,ontein has begun. Lord Roberts
has moved his army from Paarde-
berg to Osfontein, six miles east
ward, and is now about Sc miles
rom the Orange Free State capital.
Dispatches from Osfontein de-
scribe fighting as imminent. The
Beers have collected between five
md six thousand men under
Botha. Delarv and
De Wet. This force, however,
s not expected to do more than ha-
ASS the advance on Bloemfontein and
stack Lord Roberts communica-
ions, as it is. toe small to cope under
my conditions with the British ar
ny of from fifty to eighty thousand
men. Gen, w. Van Siclen, counsel
n New York for the Transvaal Re-