The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-02
ON THREE LINES.
Roberts Will Make His Advances
on Pretoria
With Three Columns Moving
simultaneously.
WILL HAVE HIS BASES
At Kimberley, BlOemfOntein and
Ladysmith.
Plans to Leave No Room For
Beers to Dodge.
WILL HAVE HIS BASES

London. May 2.-The British forces
are engaged in a movement having for
its object the hemnling in of the Beers +
still in that district. While Generals
French and Rumble are holding the
Beers at Thaba N'Chu. Gen. Broad
woods cavalry has been pushed on
Houtnek in the hope of intercepting the
federal conveys between Ladybrand
and Winburg. As Gen. Botha has been
reinforced there is every prospect Of
sharp fighting. fhe new scene of oper-
ations and the general movements of
the various columns are taken to indi-
cate that Lord Roberts is deploying his
army preparatory to beginning his
northern march. It now seems likely
that it is the commander-in-ch chiefs in
tention to advance simultaneously from
Kimberley, ,Bloemfontein and Ladysmith
with the view eff preventing the Beers
from concentrating their forces at any
given point.
A dispatch from Bloemfontein dated
Yesterday chronicles the prevailing
! opinion among the townspeople there
/ that the war is not likely to last more
! than six weeks, once the British ad-
vance begins, but adds that the cores
| pOndent has been una Bile to discover
/ any ground for this opinion beyond the
fact that Gen. Darlington has arrived
| at the Marandellas base whence a fly
/ ing cDlQ11n VIII De OlSpaIcneQ IN a li-
| rection not made public.
A dispatch from Pretoria gives the
! text of President Kruger's proclanlsa-
tion, expelling British subjects from the
/ Transvaal. It says:
! LAS numerous burghers insist on the
| removal of the British and as the gov
| ernment is destroys OF complying with
the wishes of the burghers and others
favorable to the republic, all Britishers
residing in the district and town of Pre-
toria and the Witwatersrand gold fields.
must leave the state within &c hours
from noon April 80 Exception will be
made in the case of those obtaining
special permits
Lord Roberts forwards a list of the
casualties of Gen. Tan Hamilton's force,
April 30, as follows:
Killed--Major Showers; Lieut. Parker
and one private.
Wounded-Four officers and five mens
M1ssing-Two officers and ten men.
A dispatch from Mafeking describing
the Boer attack of April H. says:
| The bombardment of the creuosite
! was the hottest of the siege. Many shells
entered the hospital and Woman's laag-
er. Under cover of the artillery a.
large force commanded by Cronje the
younger) including the German corps
advanced close to Fort Abrams. The
garrison laid low until the i5oer force
was at close range. when they fred a
volley, killed five. wounded many and
the attack was repulsed. The lombard
ment then ceased. The Beers under a
! red cross flag, later, were permitted to
recover their dead
Windsor is in holiday attire fodav
ard decorated from end to end in honor
of the naval brigade of the British
cruiser Powerful, which assisted in the
| defense of Iadysmith. The naval men
were summoned to the castle to be in
spected by the queen The band of the
| Grenadier Guards met the naval bri-
gade at the railroad station and played
them to the castle through cheering
thrOngS of people The inspection oc-
CURED in the quadrangle and was wit
messed by the Duke of York and other
members of the royal family and a
number of high naval and military Off
GERS. Her majesty drove down the line
. ! of blue jackets who then advanced and
gave three cheers for the queen Cap
tain Lambeton of the Powerful and the
officers of that vessel We're afterwards
presented to her majesty who thanked
Captain Lambeton and the brigade for
|, their noble services to the empire. The
captain replied that what they had done
was nothing to what the navy was pre-
pared to do for her majesty.
The queen some time afterwards saw
the blue jackets entertained at dinner
FIGHTING At HOUTNEK
Thaba N'Chu. Tuesday. May 1.-Af-
| ternoon-Gen. Hamilton's division was
engaged yesterday and today in forcing
| a passage northward. At Houtnek this
Boer front held line of hills com
manding the sides of the Mex. The Ca
| nadians and Gordons attacked the Iii
| TO L1e ieJl, ana the CHfOpSnlFeS aHc
MarshalTs Horse, supported by bat
terry also made an attack on the enemy
who finally fed leaving many wounded
and the passage was cleared
: The Beers on the mountain are nov
shelling the outlying camp, necessitat
ing removal to a safer place.
Y The Beers have three guns on the hill
to the eastward of this place. outsid,
the range Of the British artillery. Tn
= Boer shelling is not doing any damage
The enemy retain their positions, anC
e the British are not attempting to dis
: lodge them.
d Gen. Hamilton by reaching Houtnek
$ after a full days fighting. secured tn
; Thaba -Bloemfontein road.
II BOERS' ARE ACTIVE.
= Ladysmith. Tuesday. May 2.-There
q renewed activity among the Beers oi
a this side of the Drakensberg mountains
lr Preparations here to check an advanc