Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-03
BRITISH MUST GO
Text Of Recent Proclamation by Presi-
dent Kruger. hn4n4
BATTLING AT THABANOHU.
Thought In London That Lord Rob-
ertx In Now Striving to Sur.
round the Beers Remain.
Ing In That District.

London, May "a dispatch from Pre-
tora gives the text of President kru-
gers proclamation expeling British sub
jccts from the Transvaal. 1t says:
"As numerous burghcrs insist on the
removal of the British, and as the gov
erment is DESTROYS of complying with the
wishes of the burghers and others Ia
vorable to the republic, all Brtishers re-
siding in the district and town of Preto-
ria and the Witwatersrand goldhelds
must leave the state within ~ hours
from noon. April 30. Exception will be
made in the case Of those obtaining spe-
cial permits
A bclated dispatch from Thabanchu,
dated May 1, says:
General HhmiltOn's division was en-
gagged yesterday and today in forcing
passage northward. At Houtnek the
Boer front held line of hills command
ing the sides of the mex. The Canadians
and Gordons attacked the hill to the
left. and the Shropshires and Marshalrs
horse, supported by battery, also made
an attack on the enemy, who finally fled.
leaving many wounded, and the passage
was cleared.
'Ihe Beers on the mountain are now
shclling the outlying camp. necessitating
removal to Il safer place. The Beers have
three guns on the hill to the eastward Of
this place, outside the range of British
artillery. The Boer Smelling is not doing
any damage. The enemy retain their po-
sitons, and the British are not attempt
ing to dslodge them.
General Hamilton by reaching Hout-
mex, after Il full days fighting, secured
the Thabanchu Bloemfontein road"
The British object.
1t is difficult to unravel the tangled st0-
ries coming from the neighborhoOd Of
Thabanchu, but apparently the British
forces are engaged in Il movement having
for its object the hemming in of the
Beers still i'm that district. While Gen
erals French and Rumble are holding the
Beers at Thabanchu, General Broad
woods cavalry has been pushed on Hout-
nek, in the hope of interccpting the fed
eral convoy between Ladybrand and
Wnberg. AS General Botha has been
REINFORCED. there is every prospect Of
sharp fighting.
The new scene of operations and the
general movements of the various col
umns are taken to indicate that Lord
Roberts is deploying his army prepare
tory to beginning his northern march. 1t
now seems likely that it is the command
er in chiefs intention to advance stimuli
taneously from Kimberley, Bloemfontein
and Ladysmith, with the view of prevent
ing the Beers from concentrating their
forces at any given point.
Lord Roberts forwards list of the cas-
ualtics of General Ian Hamilton's force
on April 30 as follows:
Killed, Major Showers, Lieutenant
Parker and one private; wounded, four
officers and five men; missing, two officers
and ten men.
a dispatch from Blocmfontein chroni-
Giles the prevailing opinion among the
townspeople there that the war is not
likely to last more than six weeks once
the British advance begins. hut adds that
the correspondent has been unable to dis
cover any grounds for this opinion.
Attack on Mafeking RepuIsed.
a dispatch from Mafekng, describing
he Boer attack of April II, says:
"The bombnrlment of the Crcusots
was the hottest of the siege. Many shells
entered the hospital and women's lager,
Under cover of the artillery a large force
commanded by Cronje 1.-THE younger), in
GLIDING the German corps, advanced
close to Fort Abrams. The garrison Law
low until the Boer force was at close
range. when they fired voley. killed
five, wounded many, and the attack was
repulsed. The bomhardment then ceased
The Beers. under n Red Cross flag, later
We're permitted to recover their dead"
Windsor is in holiday attire and deco
rot. ,,,I Il
val brigade Of the British cruiser Pow
erful, which assisted in the defense of
Ladysmith. The naval men had been
summoned to the castle to be inspected
by the queen. The bands of the Grena-
dicr guards met the naval brigade at the
railroad station and played them to the
castle through cheering throngs of peo-
pie.
The inspection occurred in the quad
rangle and was witnessed by the Duke of
York and other members of the royal
family and number of high naval and
military officers. The queen drove down
the line of blurjacketS who then adyanc-
ed and gave three cheers for the queen.
Captain Lambton of the Powerful and
the officers of that vessel were ufterward
presented to the queen, who thanked
taptaii I-allbloH anu lne 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. The queen some
time afterward saw the blucjackets en-
tertained ut dinner.
BOer Delegates Leave The Hague.
The Hague, May 3.-After farewell
visits to Ministers pierson and De Beau
fort the Boer delegates started for Rot
terdam on their way to the United States,
A great crowd at the station bid them
farewell. Floral tributes reached the
delegates from all parts of the country.
A committee of the South African union
presented the delegates with silver
palm as an emblem of peace Hymns
were sung by the school children gathered
at the station and Messrs. Fischer and
Wolmarans made short speeches thank
Ing the popuace for the kindly reception
extended to them by "a people united to
them by bonds of race and religion"
A Dangerous Counterfeit Note.
Washington. May, 3.--Chicf Wilkie of
the United States secret service has re- |