Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-14
REJOICING OVER BULLER'S SUCCESS IN NORTHERN NATAL
CAPTURE OF DEFENsEs ON BIGGARsBERG MEANS MUCH.
GREAT CAPTURE Of FLOUR AND GRAIN
DUNDEE WILL BE OCCUPIED BY BRITISH T0-DAY-B0ERS RETR
ING TO CLOCOL LAND-AMERIC ANS ARE REPUDIATING WEB
sTER DAVIS STATEMENTS REGARDING CAPEToWN.

Thabanchu, May 13-The Eighth divi- I
sion, with it's front extending 80 miles. |
was yesterday moved forward. General
Grenfall and General Brabant followed
the Beers, reaching Newberrys mills
and capturing great quantities of flour
and grain
General Brabants main force, with
Campbells brigade of guards and Cen
eral Boyes' brigade. have cleared the
country.
The Beers are splitting up and retir-
ing in the direction of Clocoland.
London, May IA special dispatch
from Stone Hill farm, Natal, dated to-
day says
General Buffers advance commenced
Thursday when he left Ladysmith in
strength. When within two miles OF
Heplmaaker the Beers opened heavy
artillery fire and the British guns re-
piled, while a portion of Buffers troops
worked around the Boer TANKS. The
British attack was pressed home sun
day. Bethune on the right outf1anked
the Beers whose splendid defensive posi-
tions on the Biggersberg We're practi-
cally taken. General Buffers march
subsequent to the attack was carried
out without a hitch The British are
Sllll puSillIS oI1.
London, May 13.-3:12 p. m.-The war
office has received the following dispatch
! from Lord Roberts:
"kroonstad, May 13.-There were more
casualties in the cavalry division on
! May 10 than reported to me. l have
been unable to get an exact account of
what occurred as the commanding Off
GER, Captain Elsworthy, was killed and
| tNn off wnIln6a1 at thp
! time and have been sent to the rear.
But it would appear that party of our
! men, going up to the kraal on which a
" white flag was flying, were suddenly at
F; tackled by large number of the enemy.
| Two officers, Captain Haig of the Sixth
Dragons, and Lieutenant Wilkinson of
| the Australian Horse, were made prs-
| oners and 21 men are still unaccounted
| for. Some of them may have turned up,
as the cavalry covered considerable
! distance on May 10, and those reported
| missing have been rejoinlng during the
last few days"
The above dispatch refers to the losses
| sustained by the Innskillings on May 10,
detailed in the dispatches of the Asso-
| ciated Press Saturday last. The troop
ers were fired on while unsaddl:ng their
horses having approached the kraal un-
suspiciousy, as white flag was flying
| from it.
| London, May 13.-12:15 p. ma dis
patch received by the Associated Press
from Pietermaritzburg, Natal, timed
| 1905 p m. today brought the first inti-
nation of the success attained by Gen
eral Butler in northern Natal. The
sender of this dispatch evidently as
sumed that news Of the affair had been
received direct from the scene of hos
tilities, for he merely said:
General Buffers official telegram no.
tifying us of his success at Biggarsberg,
received here an hour ago, and has given
keen satisfaction. 1t is confidently an
ticipated that Dundee will be occupied
by the British today Residents of the
north country are delighted. as the fore
ing of Biggarsberg means that they will
speedily be enabled to return to their
. homes"
Another dispatch to the Associated
Press. dated Stone Hill farm, S:2O this
morning, says:
after four days march eastward at
the foot of the Biggarsberg ridges in the
direction of Helpmaaker, which was oc-
cupied by the federals, the Second bri-
gade Sunday led an attack Dundon-
AIDS cavalry broke the Beers center
and Bethune's horse advanced on their
extreme right. In the direction of Pom
eroy, small party of burghers occupied
a ridge overlooking Helpmaaker, but
they did not wait for an assault. The
recent British scouting in the direction
of Dundee has shown that the federals
were in great force on the Biggarsberg.
So, apparently, General Butler concluded
it was necessary to clear them from his
rear before commencing movement in
the direction of Drakensburg range"
A correspondent Of the Reuter- Tele-
gram company at Capetown says:
american residents are taking steps
to repudiate the statements of Webster
Davis, former United States assistant
secretary of the interior, who recently
visited South Africa"
New York, May IA dispatch to the
Tribune from London says: General
Roberts has an army Of 20O. 900 men for
guarding his communications and oper-
ating on front virtually 200 miles wide
from Fourteen Streams to. Biggersberg.
Against this army the Beers have 20,-
900 burghers in the Transvaai and Natal
and President Steyn has perhaps 5000
burghers under arms in the Bethlehem
district. The Dutch have fought bravely
i and made wonderful defence. but the
day of miracles has passed.
There was sharp skirmishfng on Fri
day on the road to Kroonstadt and Cor