Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-03-29
.7"ns' GREAT FEAT
OLIVIER ESCAPES WITH HlsFoRCE OF
5000 AND WAGON TRAINS.
Big Addition to the Kroonstadt Forces.
Lord Roberts Advance May he Delayed
For Months Beers Seize Road Between
Kimberley and Paardeburg.

Lord NoDerts' Advance May Be Delayed
For Months Beers Seize Road Between
Kimberley and Paardeburg.
LONDON, March 28.-The Beers are
having a little good luck and are show
ing some boldness again, as raiding
party, estimated at 400. is believed by
the British forces at Warrenton to have
crossed the Kimberley -Bloemfontein
wagon road Monday and to have headed
for Jacobsdal, with the intention of cut
ting the railway 10 miles west. Com
mandant Olivier appears to have gotten
his 5000 men and 25 miles of wagons
into rugged country, where he can make
an easy rear guard defense. Charles
Williams, the military expert, says:
"1f this column gets through substan-
TALLY, Commandant Olivier will have
carried out the great feature of the war,
seeing that he ran every chance of be-
ing ground between the upper mill
stone OF Lord Roberts army and the
neither milestone of the broken Basuto
frontier. He will have done it within
81 miles OF Lord Roberts main
strength"
Certainly it looked for week as
though Lord Roberts held Olivier in the
hollow OF his hand. If Olivier gets
through to Kroonstadt with even 5000
men it will be an important addition to
the Boer gathering there. His escape is
attributable to the worn out condition
OF the British cavalry horses.
-,
siderably crippled by the loss at Riet
river of the wagon train before Cronje's
surrender.
Ten thousand transport, cavalry and
gun animals are due to arrive at Cape
ports during this and next week.
1t is given out at Cape Town that
Nord Roberts advance may be DELAYED
pr months. Although such statements
bould be. received with reserve, it
SENS positive that he intends to go to
Cape Town to meet Lady Roberts, who
Is spe to arrive there in ten days.
he war office has issued another
taDA of British losses, showing an ag-
greg'te of 1862, which does not in
clude, ,0O4 who have been invalided
homea
To Cat Of Roberts.
A dlsatch TO the Daily Chronicle
from h hpberley, dated Monday, says:
-Four d adred Free Staters have taken
possessioSef the road between Kimber-
ley ana fN.rdeburg. They have seized
1arm nea Pandamsfontein, where a
y mum Der q trmy horses had been sent
10 rest and@raze. 1t is reported that
their Objects to raid the railway bv
way OF JacdAsdal.''
"A speclal the, Daily Telegraph from
uysinlth ated Monday, says: 'There
are "poue 1sSK'O EBoers guarding the
nihe IL passes o'F the Drakensberg range.
Aney are leu Commandant De Beer
of HarrismitL and consist of Frao
otaters. lt rs eported that the Beers
nave moVedffslMor IN big guns from Big
sarsDeis' as Snotgintended to make q
stand there.
Boer horsemS are in contact with
the British outpets from Bipearshur,
to Warrenton
ne ccrresponaSt of the Daily News
a' LoufehAo M;luez, telegraphing
ouhoay' says: Transyaal war Of
iice ahilouhces th@lthe southern COM
iiianuos lrohi oolesg and Stormberg
! will join the main bSg within 4s honrs
Some apprehensiongx xists that Com.
mandants Olivier all (4robaI,,r NOV
be cut off y
Movements of BoerSt yyarr.nt
| WARRENToN, March l6. The move
ments of the Beers SatSday indicated
!ila' .hey were Trying tGnd the range
IL oioei W snei, the hrllAl camp, which
moved during the night The Roars
keep up steady smashi1ii The rail.
way line is clear, and an a,nored train
arrived here today.
The Boer Commander s,inl-amn i
at Upington, with 800 menA1d anmn.
milton for one good fight Me British
advance on Upington has beA ordere1
The rain has ceased and soorass ;s
fairly easy. -
i Beers Keep Up a Continuous A,,na
LONDON, March 26.-The DAv Mail
publishes the following from AEeking
dated March "a: "We are stif.,. -, 90