The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-15
FULL MONTH IN
BLOEMFONTElN.
In That Time Roberts Has Immensely Strength
ened His Army, and Now Is Ready
to Strike.

how 90 mnz&lr CORE. ponl-nts when ntce<
sary.
Il expect. when General Roberts next
moves ne will strike at the main Boer
arlny-nOt necessarily by attacking It's po-
sition but rather By such inareuvers az viii
compel IL TO fight al disadvantage OF 10
sit!on. as well ~ o: numbers. H'Hr nf this
sort is decided. not by the occupation OF
territory. bu, by the destruction Of the
enemy's army. This WAS the Fundamental
idea of General Grant. as Il had been that
Of Napoleon and II Is the keynote "t the
present war
BAsLTO POLICE REPELLED.
Leemokop. southeast Of BloerIt"nisiu.
April s.--'fle Eo..r commando which is stu
In the southern district. AI!d which II IL
feared had been rut on has rctldeted =
good accoum. 0f Itself with The Easu;"ii.itd
police. wlu had invaded the Orange Free
State
-Four British scouts. who were captured
say that Eioeiafoniein is hard pressed !oi
water. They add that all the private wat I
wells were guarded and civilians were not
pei Initi-d 10 use them until the troops H"ie {
supplied.
Commgii,iamt p-We, has received report
that the B,iCsh who fed from Smi;hticid
southwark we're severely punished hy Tie
burghers OF RouXriile
News received here from Johannesburg
Drift says that British force Of about
lv90 NEIL. mainly composed Of Brabants
Horse. with General Brnhant commanding.
is surrounded at RobertsOns Mills. with a
remote chance of relief effect tive re-
sistance.
The Hri,ish force reported in the dispatch
from I-eern"kop TO be hu!round-a at ROD
.rtson's Mills IL probably the force q
colonial troops previously referred L" As TO
he surrounded By the boers near Nrpehef'
These British troops are not COMMANDED
by Central Brabant In person. but are n"-
der the command o! Colonel Dalgetty. Cen
eral Brabant was last reported at the All
wal North with General Kitchener.
BLOEMFONTEIN DISPATCHES.
London, April ltA special dispatch rom
Bloemfontetn. dated April Il. says:
"A patrol OF the Royal Irish. with whom
was Lord Rosslyn has been captured and
sent to Kroonstad"
A special from Pretoria, dated the 18th.
says:
Mrs. Kruger on being interviewed said
that she trusted God would soon stop the
merciless boodshei but that the Republic
would be vigorously defended even If fTe-
;oria were finally taken She acded tina:
she had had in the field thirty-'hree grand
sons. two of whom were killed. four sons.
six sons-in-law and numerous other rei-
tiyes'
ROERS. WORK ~ NATAL.
London. April IL. a. m.--Nati"es report
at Kimberley that. Colonel Douglass ell
gagged tn. Bocrs near Zwartskop on
Wednesday. and succeeded in driving them
back The British casualties were slight.
Eiandslaagte last evening reported thai
there had been no traces of the Beers i'll
that neighborhood for the past two days.
Their progress southwark has been effec-
lively barred by the British occupation of
Jonencskop. on the left, and Umbalwana
on the right. The belief that the Beers ac-
ton Tuesday was due to restlessness and
dissatisfaction In the ranks is confirmed by
natives who say that the Beers have been
ready for some time and wanted the Brit
ish TO attack them. In order to force this.
the Beers commenced shelling, at the same
time sending a force to make fanking
movement on the left. The natives also con-
firm the statement that one Of the Beers
heavy guns was put out of action and the
gunnerS driven off
The scouts on Saturday located the Beers
in a strong position. eleven miles north
cast of the British advanced position at
Bloemtortein.
Lord Roberts has strongly protested to
President Kruger against the treatment OF
prisoners. sick a,al NsuAlsI IL the HANDS