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A BATTLE SEEMS IMMINENT
BOERS IN FORCE FIFTEEN MILES
NORTH OF BIO OElIFONTEIN,
Lord Roberts Sending Forward Troops
His Forces Recalled from the BarlSley
District-NO Explanation of the Order
-Mafeking Bombardnd for Seven
Hours.
oberts Sending Forward Troops

London, March 80, a. m.-The Beers
are concentrating in force about fifteen
miles north of Bloemfontein, in the rear
of Glen, and Lord Roberts is sending
forward troops to engage them. The
Seventh Infantry division and part of
General French's cavalry have been sent
up to join the Fourteenth brigade and
the two cavalry regiments that are
holding Glen and its environs.
1t does not seem probable that the
Beers will give serious battle in the
fairly open country north of Glen. Still
their evident strength indicates more
than corps of observation. In small
affairs the Beers are daringly aggress-
i've in all parts of the field of war. The
Johannesburg Mounted police esteemed
by the Beers to be their best mounted
commando, are raiding the country near
Bloemfontein, harassing the farmers
who have given UP their arms to the
British, and carrying off cattle.
There is a Boer report from Natal
that Russian soldier of fortune, Col
onel Ganotzki with a hundred horse
men, is operating close to the British
outposts on the western border. The
Beers have reoccupied Campbell, and
are in strength near Taungs and Bark
ly West. They shelled the British camp
at Warrenton Wednesday, but moved
out of range that night. Yesterday
(Thursday) two British guns enfiladed
the Boer trenches, quieting their Maus-
ers.
Lord Methuen and the forces that
had been operated in the Barkly district
have been recalled to Kimberley by
Lord Roberts. No explanati ton has been
given for this, but the mounted troops
are dissatisfied at having been ordered
back. The Beers and disloyalists at
Kenhardt have been dispersed and
caused to retreat General Parsons is
about to enter the town unopposed
Lord Roberts is making extensixe ar
rangements to police and safeguard all
the Free State towns in the territory
occupied. Dispatches from Maseru as
sert that the Beers who returned to
Ladybrand from Clocolan have taken
up strong positions and sent pickets
far in every direction to watch Basuto-
land, in the expectation that part of
General Buffers army Will invade the
Free State on that side
According to Pretoria advices Mafek-
ing was bombarded for seven hours on
Tuesday.
1t is reported in London, in well
informed quarter that Lord Kitchener
will be offered the post of commander
in-chief in India, succeeding the late
Sir William Lockhart, so soon as deci-
sive successes have been obtained in
the Transvaal and that General Sir
Archibald Hunter will succeed him as
Lord Roberts chief of staff. The In
dian newspapers have been urging Kit
chener's appointment
A Bloemfontein dispatch to the Times
dated Wednesday dwells upon the ne
cessity for not making a premature adj
vance. This correspondent, who on sew
eral occasions seemed to have been
chosen as the mouthpiece of Lord Rob
erts, adds that the Boer forces have
been re-equipped, and he says he is
fully convinced that 100000 foreign |
troops have been landed to aid the re-
publics This is hardly believed to be
possible