Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-03
FIGHTING EXPECTED SOON
AND THE INDICATIONS ARE THAT
1T WILL NOT BE OF THE
SkIRMISH SORT.
Broadwood's Cavalry Is Making n
Desperate Effort to Intercept the
Beers Between Ladybrand and
Winburg-A Movement to Hem in
the Federal Forces at Thaba
NChu.

THABA NCHU, May 1.-Hamilton's
division was engaged yesterday and to-
day in forcing a passage northward.
At Houtney the Boer front held a
line of hills commanding the sides of
the mex. The Canadians and Gordons
attacked the hill to the left, and the
Shropshires and Marshalls horse, sup
ported by battery, also made an at
tack on the enemy, VINO finally fed
leaving many wounded, and the pas
sage was cleared.
The Beers on the mountain are now
Smelling the outlying camp, necessi-
tating removal to safer place. The
Beers have three guns on the hill to
the eastward of this place, outside the
range Of the British artillery The
Boer Smelling is not doing any dam
age. The enemy retain their posi-
tons, and the British are not attempt
ing to dislodge them.
Gen. Hamilton, by reaching Hout-
ney, after full days fighting, secured
the Thaba hu-Bloemfontein road.
LONDON, May Pit is difficult to
unravel the tangled stories coming
from the neighborhood of Thaba
N'Chu but apparently the British
forces are engaged in a movement hav-
ing for its object the hemming in of
the Beers still in that district While
Gems. 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 Lady
brand and Winburg. AS Gen. Botha
has been reinforced, there is every
prospect of sharp fighting, The new
scene Of operations and the general
movements of the various columns
are taken to indicate that Lord Rob-
erts is deploying his army prepara-
tory to beginning his northern march.
1t now seems likely that it is the COM
mander in chiefs Intention to advance
simultaneously from Kimberley,
BlOemfOntein and Ladysmith, with the
view of preventing the Beers from
concentrating their forces at any given
point.
A dispatch from Bloemfontein,
chronicles the prevailing opinion
among the townspeople there that the
war is not likely to last more than
six weeks once the British advance
begins, but adds that the correspond
ent has been unable to discover any
ground for this opinion, beyond the
fact that Gen. Darlington has arrived
at the Marandellas base, whence a
lying column will be dispatched in a
direction not made public.
A dispatch from Pretoria gives the
text OF President Kruger's proclama-
tion eXpelling British subjects from
the Transvaal. 1t says: LAS numerous
burghers insist on the removal of the
British, and as the government is de-
sirous of complying with the wishes
of the burghers and others favorable
to the republic, all British residing in
the district and town of Pretoria, and
the Witwaters Rand gold fields must
leave the State within thirty-six
hours from noon, April 80. Excep-
ton will be made in the case of those
obtaining special permits
Lord Roberts forwards list of cas-
ualties of Gen. Ian Hamiltons force,
April so. as follows: Killed, Maj.
Showers, Lieut. Parker and one pri-
vate; wounded, four officers and ten
men.
A dispatch from Mafeking describ-
ing the Boer attack of April II, says:
THE bombardment of the Creusots
was the hottest of the siege. Many
shells entered the hospital and wo-
mems laager. Under cover of the ar
tillery large force, commanded by
Cronje (the Younger including the
German corps, advanced close to Fort
Abrams. The garrison lay low until
the Boer force was at close range,
when they fired a yolley, killed five,
wounded many, and the attack was
repulsed The bombardment then
ceased. The Beers, under a Red Cross
flag later, were permitted TO recover
their dead"
Windsor is in holiday attire to-day
and decorated from end TO end in hon
or of the naval brigade of the British
cruiser Powerful, which assisted in the
defense of Ladysmith. The naval men
were summoned to the castle TO be
inspected by the queen. The band of
the Grenadier Guards met the naval
brigade at the railroad station and
played them TO the castle through
cheering throngs of people. The in
spection occurred in the quadrangle
and was witnessed by the Duke of
York and other members of the royal
family and a number of high naval
and military officers.
Her majesty drove down the line
of blue jackets, who then advanced
and gave three cheers for the queen.
Capt. Lambton, of the Powerful, and
the officers of that vessel were after
ward presented 10 her majesty, VINO
thanked Capt Lambton and the bril-
gade for their noble services TO the
empire. The captain replied that what
they had done was nothing 10 what
the navy was prepared to do for her
majesty.
The queen, some time afterward,
saw the blue jackets entertained az
dinner.
NEW YORK, May "A Pretoria
letter TO the World dated March %.
says: Although the majority Of the
Beers still believe that the independ-
ence of the republics will remain after
the war, hundreds of them are taking
the opposite view and are casting
about for a suitable country to which
they can emigrate. State Secretary