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Roberts Reports Eng
Iish Advance.
HARASS[D BY FLANKERS
Krueger's Men Said to be Anxious
to Quit but Foreigners
Persist.

Office has received the following dis
patch from Lord Roberts:
"VANDERMER WEST STATION, July
day from the position we have been hold
ing, east of Pretoria,A since June 18th.
Ian Hamilton, from the north, reached
Rustfontein, seven miles north of Bronx
hurst Spruit on July I'D. This so COM
pletely surrounded the enemys line of re-
treat that they abandoned the strong
position they had been occupying in front
of Pole Carew. Stephenson's brigade
advanced yesterday unoppossd to Glands
River Station. Our right was protected
by the First and Fourth Brigade of cav
airy under French and Hutton's mounted
infantry. The former crossed east of Will
gee river.
Telegraph and railway communication
were restored last night
''In the supply train captured at Roode-
val were 200 Welsh Fusileers. most of
whom had been prisoners Dewets force
is continuing to move northeasterly. IL
was at Roodepoort. July I'D. with Broad
wood not far behind and Titles caval-
ry brigade following Broadwood
"Baden-Powell reports as follows:
"MAGATA FARM, July 22.-Colonels
Arey and Lushington. with 45O men,
drove 1000 beers from very strong posi-
ton and scattered them with considerable
loss. Our casualties were six killed anu
nineteen wounded"
IL is not clear whether the supply train
and 300 Fusiliers mentioned in the above
dispatch are Identical with the train and
che hundred Cameron Highlanders. the
CO pture of which was reported by Lord
Roberts In his communication of July o.
The following dispatch from Lord Rob-
erts has been received at the War Office
"BRONKHURST SPRUTT, Tuesday
July 2.-We marched here today. This i:
the place where the Ninety-fourth was at
tackled December 20. 1880. The graves Of
the officers and men are in fair preserva
/ ton and will now be put in good order
The march was unopposed, but French's
cavalry and Hutton's mounted infantry
making a wide detour on our right, me
bodies of the enemy. These were driver
back, leaving several dead and wounded
A good many were also captured. Oul
casualties were one killed.
| "Broadwood reports that he capture'
| five of Dewets wagons today. He wa
waiting at Vredefort until Little JOINED
him.
BOERS FOLLOW KRUGER.
BRONKHORST SPRUIT, Tuesday, Ju
lily 2i.-The boers, having got wind of tn
British advance. nave evacuated all thei
positions and are reported to be movinl
to the northeast, towards Leydenberg
whittier President Kruger is going.
portion of the Beers remain north o
Bushveldt whence they attempt to inter
rupt communications on this line.
1 The bridges here and smaller bridges
the east have been destroyed
The British force comprises two bri
gades under General French and a br
gade and half under General Hamilton
II is not likely that the advance upo
lMiddleburg will be contested. The Boel
remaining upon their farms state tina
most of the burghers are anxious to brin
matters to a finish but that the foreign
ers are persistent.
ROBERTS NEW TACTICS.
NEW YORK, July ga dispatch
the Tribune from London says:
The campaign in South Africa has tai
en- an unexpected turn. Lord Robert
army has advanced to Bronkhorst Spru
about half way between Pretoria al
NJ ddleburg. He is leaving Pretoria al
Johannesburg under a strong guard al
acting on the theory that the Beers pro
by his halts and lose whenever his &C
umns are in motion. The Beers have a
tempted to thwart his plans by raids we
and north of Pretoria and to hold hi
back by hanging on his TANKS, just
they did when he set out from Bloemfo
= tein to Pretoria. He has again push
ahead, and Is striking for the gateways
the Gutenberg district. leaving 10
Methuen and General Baden-Powel
suppress the raiders in the western d
trict and Colonel Broadwood to purs
oil
1t is not clear whether General Dew
has made fresh haul of 200 prisoners
onging to the Welsh Fusiliers, near Roo
erval, or whether this incident is
amended form of the previous account
the capture 100 Highlanders.
The situation Is most confusing, a
veterans are shaking their heads over
but apparently Lord Roberts has decid
that the best method of suppressing que
rilla warfare Is to follow the railway
ward the entrance 10 the Lydenburg d
trict and to cut off Boer communicate
with the only remaining base of suppl
at Delagoa Bay. The plan is a bold oil
since comm9ndoes of raiders are prowli
about In many directions, but Lord Re
erts counts, without doubt upon effect
support from Sir Redvers Butler, and a.
upon the paralyZing effect of a renewal
the advance toward Mr.. Krueger's l;
stronghold.
LONDON. July 26.-Lord Roberts repoi
TO the War Office, under date of BalmC
al. July %, as follows:
we marched here yesterday withc
seeing the enemy. The Beers on July
engaged French and Hutton, six mi
south of Balmoral. While Anderson
mounted infantry attacked the Doe
right. French maze a turning movemt
around their left. Seeing their retire
threatened, the Beers broke and fl
French and Hutton followed and propos
ct to cross ELEPHANTS river today at Naau
poort.
"Our casualties were one wounded"
Lord Roberts reports to the War Of
that General Donald Hunters comma
was heavily engaged July "a and July
IN the hills south Of Bethlehem. The Bo,
were strongly intrenched and fous
stubbornly throughout the Path and co
PEELED the British to retire from some
their positions with about fifty casualti
AT last accounts General Hunter h
worked around into Brandwater has
= IN the rear OF the Beers. while Hec
Macdonald