The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-04-11
| nd Brabant's Horse Said
|, Have Had a Bloody
Battle.
!. Resumed by the Beers.
,rv Cannonading Near
Elandslaagte
.,,S Movements Around
|, ,mfantein--A Winter
Campaign.

NORTH, April lo.-An en-.
=, took place yesterday at Wep-
'r rns Boer vickers-Maxi did
..hls execution at first, but the
' mns soon got the range and did
.u The Eouxville commando
me to Wepener.
lighting at Wepener was severe
.,ed all day long. The Beers re-
check. The casualties were
b,,vv on both sides. Another
,nao is advancing toward
rer from Dewct's Dorp.
rr, fighting was confined at
,.r his morning. The result is
,rr Three Boer commandos arc
ans the town.
vsv,1u, April l0.-Heavy firing
card early this morning in the
ian Of sundays river. 1t contin.
few hours.
details Of the engagement have
,eeivcd.
rvgxARrrznrRG, April lO.-Heavy
raaiuy commenced this morning
vicinity Of Elandslaagte.
|u,lr. Orange Free State. Mon.
Au,l 9.-lt is expected that the
will endeavor to retake and de-
De- bridge over the Orange river.
gently, extraordinary precau.
hre been taken. A force Of Beers
i le miles east. As matter OF
Beers practically again hold
State eastward Of the railroad.
greatly encouraged by their sue
at Reddersburg and Korn spruit.
Ipoy, April 1.-THE Bocr attack
neral prabant's force at Wepener
esumed again at dawn. The en-
attack On two or three sides on
Ay lasted until $50 o'clock in the
bnn, when the firing ceased and
believed that the enemy had been
Of but it was announced from
I North that the fighting had
begun
lant's force. numbering from 2 .0Oo
|G0, hold positions in . rough
b.. 1t is not known what the nu.
a. strength Of the Beers is. but
ever il may be. it II being rapidly
rnted. A body Of 1000 Beers II
hing marching towards Springfon'
tom smithfield. between Wcpencz
Erlngfontcin. The detonation OF
guns was heard at Maseru, on
ny. Sir Godfrey LAgden. the
10 resident commissioner Of Bas'
nd, has left Maseru for the border.
events in tho southeast portion
le Free State have caused the
70 division, which had been or
10 Fourteen Streams, to be di'
to Springfontein.
'"'eri"us Movements Continuc.
SERIOUS movements Of troops a,
iaoh'eln are proceeding. Tht
paper correspondents arc not al
TO telegraph their destinations
ne Presumption ia that Lord Rob
making dispositions to cut of th'
w bocr forces when they try t
llaw northward from the pursuing
kacolumns.
temperance Of the Beers in tn
''e' country has caused a reviva
~arllke feeling among the Ere
asoi the Fauresmith and Philip
u's'rlcts. The federal agents ar
setting details Of the surrendere'
= and owing to tho British garri
o'hg withdrawn from these dis
'ne British residents are uneas..
!. sn1 delegates to Springfontein :
u nelp. They were told that step
'eE defense would be immediatel,,
Doers are reported to have ven
south OF BiggarsberR. and to b
-, s heavy guns four miles north Q
1s'aaSte. They are also said I
'0f'lned the vicinity Of Vessel
aeral Sir Frederick Darlington ha
'1 Cape Town and is going I
portuguese East Africa, fortl
= war office proposes to land .
.own before the end Of May 20
b,"Ses. which will be conveyed thel
Steamers sailing from New o
nuenos Ayres and Australia
81, westminster Gazette ikens Il
am, ~ campaign to "the fruitless seri'
Saigns in which the large, di