Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-25
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will Clear District East Of
Bl0emfOnteiI.
ROBERTS GOOD TACTNS
Fighting Desultory and Indecisive-
Boer Retreat N0rthward Cut Off
Rumble Still at DeWetSd0rp.

of the situation on Monday night and a
A portion of General fuckers division re-
mains at Karee Siding with the Beers in
trenched at Brandfort with their reserves
at Winburg. One brigade has moved
eastward. The Sixth division is encamp-
ed at Bloemfontein. Gener Pole-Carew's
division. with two brigades of cavalry has
occupied L.eeuw Kop after driving the
Beers from a series of strong positions
without meeting with serious resistance.
The mounted infantry, under Genera
Hamilton, occupied the waterworks and
the Beers held the line of hills further
east. General French sent out cavalry
toward Dewetsdorp yesterday and infan-
try followed, communication being OPEN
ed with Sir Henry Rumble during the at
ternoon General Rumble was still mark
ing time in front of Dewetsdorp, with the
Beers we'll entrenched. Brabant's colo
malls. with Harris brigade supporting
them had flanked the Beers position at
Bushman's Kop and forced the enemy to
retire .
They had h continued the advance
toward Wepener, having had another
running fight with the enemy throughout
ANAoAAOoys l4AOy "O1C WillllA CHILL HlllGS
of Wepener at noon yesterday and were
in a fair way to relieve Colonel Dalgety's
phlcky Australians. The enemy around
Wepener was apparently preparing to re-
treat without waiting to meet the reliev-
ing force.
These various operations are illustrated
by the diagonal lines of squares on a
chess board, both armies being echeloned
at o stations. General Brabant, in
the southeast is ready to make a move
which will secure Wepener and force
the Beers to retire towards Dewetsdorp
or L%adybrand. Generals Rumble and
French, in the two middle squares. are
preparing to drive the enemy from Dew
etsdorp n the waterworks toward Tha-
ha N n and General Tucker, in the
north is threatening Brandfort. The re-
suit of these operations is favorable to
the British but there is no decisive sue
cess apart from the relief of Wepener
which has virtually been effected. The
military experts have been hoping that
the Beers would be caught in another
Paardeberg, but there Is no proof that the
lines OF retreat are cut off either from
Wepener. Dewetsdorp or Kornspruit. al
though one road has been blocked by
General Tucker.
The effect of the British operations, if
there be no setback, will be the clearance
of the district east Of Bloemfontein.
Lord Roberts tactics are i~ngenuously
devised. He meets the Beers in their own
way, but in superior strength. Their plan
is always to have a series of
does in touch with one another. He
ADOPTS the same system, placing his di-
vision in echelon and out numbering them
at every point. Press dispatches contain
some interesting touches, although the
1lghtlng has been desultory and indie
cisive. Thousands of Basutos are fol-
owing the fnrcpc tnyvo ri yNoVo,or :oayx
ing on from the edge of the frontier like
the spectators at the paling of a bu ring
N admiring the good points of the
game. The white races are Offering the
blacks entertaining sport, even if they
are not helping to christianize them.
Lord Roberts report at midnight con-
tanned a lucid summary of the situation
with n or two new features. The Ninth
division had been sent from Bloemfontein
to support General Hamilton's mounted
brigade at the Waterworks as the Beers
We're holding the outlying hills in some
force.
General Maxwell's brigade of the Sew
enln division had also moved eastward
and seized the hills covering the wagon
bridge over the Modder river at Kranz
kraal, thereby closing an important line
OF the Boer retreat northward from var
lous positions in the south. There is still
however, another road open to them fur
Their east,
The missing patrol of the Dragon
eiuards had rejoined General French.
Lord Roberts was evidently we'll satisfied
with the situation and the movements
OF the entire army disclose unity of di-
fectlon and clearness of purpose,
Inc Beers are apparently attempting
the diversion in the direction of Lord
having reinforced their COM
mandOs in that quarter.
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reported on the way to Kimberley from
CapetoWn.
Maseru, Basutoland, Tuesday, April "A.
On the breaking up of the biyouack
TINS morning Generals Brabant and
Hart discovered hat the Beers who fell
pack towards Wapener yesterday had adj
nearer 10 strauss Farm. which is a ia
Vorable position for resistance
Colonel Dalgety was severely attacked
with SIX guns this morning, probably
with a view OF preventing him ASSISTING
the relief column. It seems YESTERDAY
that Dalgety had practically been reliav.
ed, but the offensive attitude assumed nv
the Boers this morning shows this idea to
nave peen erroneous. General Hart is now
a rev miles behind General Rrabant,s di-
vision which is waiting for the former fo
come up. y
Thirteen British wounded were remov-
ed to Mafeteng at midnight and placed in
the English church. 80
Maseru. B~asutoland. Tuesday. April "a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Hart and Brahant
covered only a short distance TODAY AND
finding a strong force opposed to them
bivOuacked on the ground they had oc-
cupied
The firing has been desultory and the
very slight. The British are
edetn9 up towards the Basutoland border.
1erblstelit rumors are in circulation
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