The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-03-23
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B0BR GUNS.
Major Blewitt Says ArtiIl-
cry Regiments Met at
the Vaal River.

London, March 90 The Daily Teiegraph
has received The following dispatch from
| Sou h Africa:
Warrrnton, Cape Colony, March el.-Au
artillery dua' ouk place ohis morning
north OF the .Vaa river. The Twenten d
Bat cry Of Artillery, under Major Blewitt,
siienrad tho Beers guns.
Artillery. supported by the Kimberley
Light Horse, hus made u reconnaissance,
which showed that tho Boers hold several
| strOngslaage:s.
Warrenton, Cape Colony, March 2s.-
The Beers hhvs vacated Klipdam aud
Windsorson. which are almost deserted.
Their wives and families have fed with,
them. They sank the ponts.or terl yboats,
at kiverton and Windsorton.
The Wal river can only be crossed Nv
swimming he country this side OF the
r.ver is well patr0led by the British.
London, March GA censored dispatch
TO the Times from Kimberley, dated March
22. says:
~ he date Of the departure of the Mafe-
king column from this place has not yot
been fixed. The head Of the railway has
reached Content, about 30 miles north Of
Kimberly. lhe Pout at Fourteen Streams
Is guarded by British troops. Sklrmish-
ing conilnuts around Warrenton. The
Beers are reported 10 have tour guns
there, but this is doubtful"
Paris. March 81 -Advices received here
from the Tran vaal state that Captain
Makinoff, the Russian Military Attachs
with the Boer tUrces has just inspected
The new line Of defenses established by the
Bner generals.
He reports the limo at Biggarsburg i'm
pregnuble and the Bour position at kroon-
sthd. he Think, is US strong as that at
MagertonteiD, where MeLhuen was repul-
SGD
Captain Mnkinoff praises the occupation
OF Bloemfontein by the Bri ish as strat.
egic move. He predicts it will tako many
months o force The new defensive works.
Lundon, March 22.-Agatn there is q
persis ent rumur that Mafeking has been
relieved. 1t is even said that the War Or
flee has received u dispatch announcing
the relief, but hat the publication OF 1t Is
withheld because the form of tho message
auInits the possIb ility Of mistake.
he War office declares that there Is no
confirmation Of the rumor and THAI lno
further news On the subject is at hand.
1t seems certain that M,fekings only
chances lie in relief by the column sup
posed to be advancing from the south or
in the possibility that Colonel Baden-
Powell IS still strong enough to attempt
sortie, with view Of capturing tho Boer
guns, at a time when Comma ndant Sny-
man has withdrawn his men to oppose
Colonel Plumer's advance.
In reply to request by the Mayor OF
Cape Town to mans 'Mnieking relief day
II public holiday Premier Sch1einer wrote:
May the holiday come soon and may Il
spirit Of general good will and kindly con.
sldera ion p, eyail later.'
New Y rk, March 22-George W. Van
siclen, president of the American Cuun-
Gil o! the Suntb African Republic and nd.
vocate in America for tho Transvaal, to.
day sent the following official letter to the
Portuguese minister at Washington:
Dear sir: am in a position to offer
you as l do, to lend the Portugal govern
ment tho sum necessary to the award
known as the Delago Bay award, which
has just been made by the Geneva arbi-
tration tribunal, shy, six million dollars
(i6,0D0,0G0) Fair aud satisfactory terms
to be- arranged"
The Offer Is regarded as a move on the
part OF The BoSrs to Offset any offer which
England may make o Portugal, thus EN-.
barassing the Lisbon government, and
thereby at the same time clio ling the 'gear
door to tho Iransvaa and Orange Free
State.
London Friday. March 23.-The corres-
spondent OF the Time, a. Bloemfontein
in u dispatch dated March 22. says:
''k uaer yesterday issued q proclamat-
ion annexing the F, ee state. but Steyn
Immediately Issued counter prneia,na-
ton dec!arng tho Free State ilt.ot."