The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-30

London. March 30.-The Bloemfontein
correspondent Of the Morning Post, tel
egraphing Wednesday, says; 'Presi-
dent Kruger boasts his intention to re-
take Blomfontein within week, and it
appears probable that the Beers are
advancing in force southwark"
The Beers are concentrating in force
about fifteen miles north OF BloemfOn-
TEN. in The rear of Glen. and Lord Rob-
erts is sending forward troops TO en-
gage them The Seventh infantry divi-
sion and part Of General French'S cav
airy have been sent up to join the
Fourteenth brigade and the two cayal-
~ regiments that are holding Glen and
/ its environs.
It does not seem probable that the
Beers will give serious battle in the
fairly open country north of the Glen.
Still their evident strength indicates
more than a corps Of observation.
In small affairs the Beers are daring
! " aggressive in all parts of the field OF
war. The Johannesburg mounted pc
| lice. esteemed by the Beers 10 be their
| best mounted commando are raiding
+ the country near BlOemfontein, haraSS-
! ing the farmers who have given UP
1 their arms 10 the British and carrying
OF cattle. There is a Boer report from
/ Natal that a Russian soldier Of fortune.
4 Colonel Ganotzk. with loo horsemen, is
/ operating close to the British Outposts
on the western border.
Boers Reoccupy Campbell.
The Beers have reoccupied Campbell
and are in strength near Taungs and
/ Barley West. They shelled the British
/ camp at WaTrenton Wednesday, but
moved out Of range that night. Yester-
! day Thursday two British guns en-
! filaded the BOer trenches, Quieting
! their Alausers.
I Lord Methuen and the forces that
/ had been operating in the Barley dis
triet have been recalled to Kimberley
/ by lord Roberts. No explanation has
/ been given for this. but the mounted
! troops are dissatisfied at having been
| ordered back.
The Beers and disloyalists at Ken
! hardt have been dispersed and caused
/ to retreat. General Parsons is about to
/ enter the town unoppOsed.
Safeguard Free State Towns.
/ Lord Roberts is making extensive ar
rangements to police and safeguard all
: the Free State towns IN the territory
Ii occupied. Dispatches rom -,lssZa q s-.i-
sert that the Beers who returned to
Ladybrand from CfOcolan have taken
up strong positions and sent pickets far
in every direction to watch Basutoland,
in the expectation that part Of General
( Buffers army will invade the Free
( State on that side.
Accordingto Pretoria advices, Mafe-
king was bombarded for seven hours
on Tuesday.
It is reported in London, in a well-in-
formed quarter. that Lord Kitchener
win be offered the post Of commander
in chief in India. succeeding the late Sir
/ William IOckhart, so soon as decisive
successes have been obtained in the
( Transvaal and that General Sir Arch
ibald Hunter will succeed him as Lord
( Roberts chief OF staff. The Indian
/ newspapers have been urging Kitchen
/ er's appointment
] The Pretoria correspondent Of the
( Daily Mail, telegrapning yesterday,
says: Although it is true that the
( state mining engineer has made Dor
/ ings in the mines, 1 am officially in
4 formed that this is without the gov
/ ernment's sanction and that the ques-
ton of the destruction Of the mines as
{ a last resort has still to be discussed by
; the executive.