Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-03-30

Entrenching Themselves mt bisgsrs-
-berg-TransportT Trains Packed
Ready for Retreat.

Ladysmith, March FIT is report
ad that the Beers are massing in their
positions at Biggarsberg,
and il is added that their transport
trains are packed at Newcastle In
readiness to facilitate their retreat In
case necessity requires such step j.
London, March 27.-Reconnoisances
of slight Importance continue TO be
the only features of the war IN South
Africa. Lord Roberts wires 10 the
war Office as follows;
''Bloemfontein. Monday. March 26.-Capt'
Sloane Stanley, OF the SixteeS IL 2nSeL.------
WIZ gTTgTrTy- -TUu11vf S1lzazzszz3sT IT u
-,.a-ts- naEth- Of lhe Modder river MaIcn %.
This bare statement is all that comes
from the commander in chief.
\ dispatch from Bloemfontein, dated
Monday, March &C, and published In !
the second edition of the Times am
plifes Lord Roberts dispatch as fol-
lows:
"a cavalry reconnaissance was made
Yesterday towards Brandfort. The six
teenth Iancers by skrmishing drew the
Roers from their position into the OPEN
when the Ninth lancers attempted 10 ou'
flank the enemy while they were eHBdsen
from the front 10y dismounted section
of the sixteenth lancers. our casuatle'
are reported 10 be Few
y dispatch from M'S'' Tie
land. dated %, says
THE Basutoland government is busy
collecting natives 10 be employed az i'loeih-
/ fontein in repairing and laying rallroau9'
The natives report that the Free StateIs
ON the borders Of Basutoland have refused
10 go TO Kroonstad and are STAYING on
'heir ldI ms as a. - ,.l,i,cd ~ korp their
IN ii s,'ir,it rather than give Il up and
/ ..i.t %
/ ..-.. rror, Na+al show 40
AoNi -. ,.,,.., ,,.-
! developments OF I'' .o' '",' ''' ~.
CURED there up 10 Mdl'l 80. y Ni9
- sro,, ,ba Poor cau7u at Glencoe.
M
"bIrd M'''H -'' soy 1.
80 attack l5 expo. i '' -. ,
hoer FORCES III M, - .t.t~ ,,.i,.,.s
/ Meyer have pcch J"."'1 ~ -, ,,
Pretorius, with pII'" s't a., -,
advance Eu'ip -, 49, Who refused
pouS NA''N" --
10 surrender. was a""| .,o+
Gen. Botha denies t"' ~ -
TranSEaal women "eig - 49,.
IuEeld tIchOIl'7' ~ .-,t,,,. 81, 3
Boers a hst Oh V'''l "o",I'',- ',.. ti- is
he buried oJ men 81 49,, 80, a,,,.
Impossible, as MS IV"9 ''o'
such loss
\ I.adysmith special says
"poor patrols underworld 20 trap party
of the Thirteenth hussar~ March - at
. + ~ .rt...t- r.t .harn .r-"a' NN-
b oral Boers were wotndcd"
m. ...,,,., Ji-potch saws.
g, ,ri,ted document has been found
,,,.,ng he Roer losses at spion kop at
over 800 but this can scarcely be cred
tied"
Advices from Cape iown say 60,
Rains are general t,., 'r nDe bSen dry for
n Atrlca anu ~, ~ hooded Many camps ar,
2 transformed into swamps. This will stu
d more initiate against al
n ish advance ..,o.r tho Poor prisoners OF
chs 0 tranenorts is increasing Three deaths
c occurred March 2G. The bodies were DuLi <.
= 10y the British with the TransVaai e nag o.
: me eoi imam tng the funeral Typhoid alon
/. c cIT Zee Victims among the prisoners an'
n the population of Simonstown fear an ep'
) demie. -. 49,, ,ros hold a
= n Hse'is - .t+o,,dsd nv soy
= dr al members of the cape assembly. ]
Is passed resolutions regretung th una IN u.
e Cape goverheIl Vas no nat anv settle
:, meht WHICH, u.u , i'Js ToI,Id be detr
mental to the highest interests Of tn
= British empire. Mr. HarsroNe' the C emu