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has been most trying. The roads are in
terrible condition and the country is full
of sWamps and rocky passes. The trans
port, however, surmounted all difficulties
successfully
"Gen. Brabant commands the colonial
cavalry division and the Victoria brigade
forms the advance portion of the column.
Beers are reported to be in force in our
immediate front. They are said to, be
5000 strong and 1900 more are said to
be in the Wepener district
TO ENTRAP THE BOERs.
Winston Churchill wires from Wax
kerstrom under Mondays date:
Combined operations on grand scale
are now in progress, and Gen. Rundle's s
force is still maintaining its position
before Dewetsdorp.'
Spencer Wilkinson, reviewing the mill
tary situation in the Morning Post, says.
Lord Roberts, with IA eomInendable
concealment of his Intentions, has begun
the second act in his campaign. He has
suddenly deployed his army on the long
front from Karee Siding to 1Vepener, a
distance of about seventy miles Without
doubt Winston ChurchiH's reference to
Gen. Rumble means that this commander
is endeavoring to amuse the Beers until
Gen. French shall be able to shut off their
retreat northward."
GLOOM IN MAFEKING.
The Mafeking correspondent of the
Times, telegraphing Monday, April 9,
gives a gloomy account of the depression
due to the probability Of the siege lasting
until the end of May and says:
ut is hard to accept Col. Baden-Pow-
ellis effort to cheer the people by opti-
mistic predictions, in thes absence Of any
sign of relief
LOSSES AT WEPENER.
An official list of the British losses at
Wepener from April go April Is shows:
Killed. three officers and eighteen men:
wounded, fourteen officers and eighty-six
men.
GEN. ROBERTS REPORTS.
The war office issues the. following from
Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfontein, April
"a:
Gems. Brabant and Hart yesterday
turned the position occupied by the en-
emy, who tried to prevent their moving
northward, and got into heilograph COM
munication with Col. Dalgety, command
ant of the besieged garrison at Wepener,
who reported all well.
Gen. Brabant has three wounded, one
missing. Three were wounded on the pre-
Vious day. The border regiment had sew
en- wounded ~a~.%--4
'At II p. M yesterday Brabant and
Hart were eight miles south Of Wepener.
The Eleventh. division, under Gen. Pole
Carew, and. Gen. Frercf;s two brigades
of cavalry reached Tweede Celuk yester-
day afternoon without having met serious
opposition.
'Heliograph communication has been
esta blished with Gem Rundle. i, patrol
of the Seventh DRAGONS, under Lieut..
Jenkins, which was. reported missing yes
terday, has rejoined Gen. Frenchs camp,
with the exception of Corporal Taylor
and Private Cook. who are believed to be
wounded and prisoners.
Mounted infantry yesterday, under
Gen. Ian Hamilton, occupied the water
works at Sannas Post AS the enemy are
holding the neighboring hills in some
strength, the Ninth division, consisting Of
Gen. Smith-Dorrien's and Gen. MacDon-
AIDS brigades, has been dispatched to
support Hamilton&e Gen. ;Maxweli's brig
ade, formerly Gen, CheEInside's, of the
Seventh divisions yesterdhy moved east
ward and seized the hiAs covering the
wagon bridge over the Afodder river ut
Kranz Kraal, anslmp6rtant communion
ton, much used by the Roers during the
last three weeks. Our only casualty was