The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-03-29

KRUGER TAKES
COMMAND.
Has 10000 Soldiers and
Will Make a Stand at
krOOnStadt.

London, March 2S-i a.. m.-Gsne-al
French, who has besn at BloemfUntein
from Thaba Nchu. says that Command :
ant Olivier has 600 men and Is north Of
Lsdybrand.
| Immense quantities of stores now have
been accumulated in Bi oemfontein, and
| Lord Roberts infantry seemingly Is about
to move. An impression, which can be
traced to the War Office, is abroad that
the advance will begin on next Monday.
| Boer observation parties are lowering
near Bioemfor tein. but Lord Roberts has
| 1876 miles to cover before reaching the
strong position which the Beers arc pre-
pairing at kroonstad.
Moving ten miles a day IS probably tho
best he can do with field transport. There-
fore he can hardly engage the Beers In
force for two weeks. The recOnstruc ton
of the railway behind him may even delay
AL invasion OF the Transvaal until May.
GARRIsoNING TOWNS.
Meanwhile, all the imp Jytant towns in
tho Free State within Lord Roberts reach
are being garrisoned Thaba Nchu, Phi
lippol!s. Faurc smith and Jagerstontein are
thus held.
1t ID not known what effect the death Of
General Joubert will have on plans Of the
Beers, but message from Br ussels says:
IA privateI dispatch has betn received
here from Pretoria which s1ys Inat Pres
dent Kruger will now fake chief COM
Mand Of the Trau5yaal forces."
The B!oemfontein corr spondent Of the
Daily Telegraph, in dispatch dated on
Tuesday, March a7. says:
at Is matter for regret that, owing to
tho state of the roads and OF our horses.
Commandant Groyelarr's (Olivier's) com.
mand of 6 900 men from Coleshcrg and the
southern districts got away north by trav-
el ing day and night close TO the Basuto
border before our force could to got near
them.
HAVE 1000 MEN,
"The latest news Is that the Boers have
40 eco men still under arms of whom TO-
300 are in and around Natal border. AL
though tents and storos arc reaching here,
block on the railway is delaying arriya,'
frolo the south. 1t is asserted that 20,vUO
Beers are ma sed at Kroons adt"
iEA dispatch to tho Daily Mail from Leu
renzo Marquee. dated on Wednesday, says:
THE French Colonel VlIebois do Mar
quill has bcon appointed to the command
Of tho Foreign Legion, which is operating
in the Free state. -.
General Prinsloo (recently arrosted) is
charged by tho Beers with high treason.
A special to tho Daily Mail from Pleter.
marltzburg, dated on Wednesday, March
IS, says:
British scouts havo thoroughly recon.
nOltereu the passes of the Drakensberg
Range. The number OF Beers holding
thom does not exceed 1000, vino arc W ork-
ing half hearted!y in constructing in-
trenchmcnts.
MArEKlNG UNDER FIRE.
A Pretoria dispatch to tho Daily Mail
dated March 2S, says:
IAN official dispatch reports heavyhom.
bardment Of Mafcking in progro. s on Mon
day March 2b. which was meeting with
q spirited response
"Michael Davitt had an inIcrvl ew with
Pre- sident Kruger to-day"
sir Alfred Milner Is touring in the dis
turbau newly acquired territory. inv i
eating conditions and arranging the adj 1
ministratiou. He is understood 10 be get
ting materials for report to Mr., Chamb-
orlain concerning plan of civil govern
ment.
General Clements column entered Fau-
riesmith on Tuesday, March s7. occupy
ing. .Jagersfontein on lis way there. Mag.
istraies were appointed the proclamation
was read, bands Of music met the troops
and flags were flown, Among he spec
tators in Fauriesmith was President
Steyn's daughter.
Great Britain, according to the Berlin
correspondent of the Daily MAIL ha.
thanked Germany for tho latter nations
warning OF the Boer rlans for attacking
Wallish Bay, on the West African coast,