Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-21
BRITISH HANG TO THE
REAR OF THE BOERS,
BULLER PRESSING.
Running Fights and Capture of
Stores and PrisOners-All
Males in the Free State
Ordered Out.

Transvaal to the Free State under
prominent generals. 1t is also
said that the Free State is max.
ing des perate efforts to collect an
army to face the British.
Koffey- -Fonteine, Feb. 19.-An
official proclamation orders out
all males from 26 to 60 years old.
Durham, Feb'y. 19.-The bonn.
bardment of the Boer position at
Hlangwana hill, southeast of Co.
lenso, was continuous yesterday
and the fighting is still proceed
ing this evening. 1t is said the
British captured 100 prisoners.
London, Feb. 19.-It is said the
war Office has received good ne VS.
from French with reference to
Cronje."
Camp Storkstroem, Feb. 49,
The Beers are retiring and Gen.
eral Brabant's forces now are
entering Dordrocht.
London, Feb'y. 19.-It is an
nounced officially that General
Butler reports that he has cap
tured several camps, quantity
of ammunition and a number of
prisoners. He took Souther and
Monte Christie. 1t is difficult to
measure the full Importance of
Buffers movements. If he man
ages the siege of Hlangana hill a
way may be cleared for another
crossing of the Tugela and another
attempt to reach Ladysmith di
rect by the road north may be
made.
London, Feb. 19.-In the house
Of commons today Lord Geo. Fl m
llton, secretary of state to India,
stated that the government had
received information which indi.
Gated that Russia had increased
the number Of troops on the AT.
ghanistan frontier. He also ad-
ded that the relations between
Great Britain and America are
unchanged.
Modder River, Feb. 19.-Gen'l.
Kelly Kenny's division of infant.
ry with regiment of mounted
rifles is still hanging on the rear
guard of the retreating Beers. At
every ravine, kopje or other nat.
ural means of defense the Beers
make a brief stand and use their
light guns of which they have
very few, then they 60 on. At
each of these stands they aban-
doned huge piles of stores and
ammunition so that up to this
afternoon the British have cap
tured over a hundred and fifty
wagons and over fifteen hundred
head of oxen. Many of the wag.
Ons are full of boxes of ammu.
milton found addressed to the
rransvaal government via Del
ago Bay. This last fact, it is be-
lieved, proves that the Beers are
still getting war supplies through
Portuguese territory though they
may have been obtained before
the war began.
1t Is ] kelly Cronje is far ahead
of his rear guard and now within
aight or the neighborhood of
Bloemfontien where he is expect
ed to make last despera te resist
ance. There will be no let up in
the forward movement Of the
British. They will not give the
Beers time to recuperate, but
will begin to attack Bloemfontien
as soon as the big guns can be
brought to the front.
London, Feb. 19.-The war of
flee has issued an undated dis
patch from Butler which says:
"The enemy. after a slighs resist.
ance, abandoned sJose position
and was d ven across the To pela
The Second bripade under Hid
ward ca ptured seveval camps. a
wagon load ot animahition sloads
ct supplies and a few prisoners,
Do not think our casualties