The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-04-16
VEPENBR STHIll
HOLDS OUT.
Beers Said to Have Re-
enforcement and Fur
y. Their Attack Is -
Expected.

etln holding out, and 1t 10 reported that
Beers, with sixty wagon. are re-sn-
forcing bessigers and are In the vicinity OF
Dewetslorp. This should precipitato n
general action.
BloemfOntein, April 1i.-It Is reported
that the enemy down south are short OF
ammunition, and 1t Is further reported
that they are in di.heartencd state.
Z London. April 10. The Cape Town cor-
respondent OF the Daily Telegraph, tcls-
graphing Sunday, says:
From Reddersburg dispatch says COL
enel Dnlgsty wired yesterday;
IAN we'll, Enemy apparently slacksn-
cd attack
General Chermsids's division isencamp.
cd seventeen miles east OF the railway.
Beers are supposed to be In the vicinity
but an attack by them is improbable
London, Monday, April is. The Beers
In the vincinlty of Elandslaagte continue
to annoy General Butler by shipping aud
destroying al the mines In the neishbor-
hood but SO Tar have been unab to draw
the British Commander into anything in
ally undelsto here that tho General will
stave off a baltic until Roberts is ready to
move out OF Bloemfontein.
London. April IL Sir Godfrey LagdeD,
q British President Commission, rel urnsd
to Maseru yesterday (Fiiday) from the
scene Of operations near Wopeuor. He
and the paramount chief have stationed
5000 armed natives to resist possible Bcer
intrenchments. The orders of the Resid-
emit Commissioner arc that the Basntos
are not 70 bs allowed to CROSS tho Free
State frontier on any prstenso whatever.
Two natives who crossed and looted M
abandoned Boer farm are now in custody.
So near are the Beers and the BasutoS
guards that they converse. Tho aMbu-
iances are close to the border but the kill
cd aud wounded u Q not removed until
night fall. In order to conceal the number
Of oasnalties. The Beers are fatigued and
= their horses arc tired and footsOre.
IL Ii officially reported from Aliwal
North that the British losses at Wepener,
in four days fighting were Is men killed
aud 1872 wounded, including Quarterma5t-
Or Williams. Lieu enant HnlIord and Lieu
tenant Duncan. and II wounded.
A regiment Of British infantry and
artery Of artillery arrived Friday.
General Brabant's headquarters and all
the mounted troop, havo gono to Ronx-
Vile.
Five hundred Doors, under the Com.
mandsnt ssWanspoel are SAID to have been
the force which compelled tho Royal Irish
Rifles 10 evacuts Bot yyille. The iormpr
land.drost. who had been acting for tho
British offered to 90 to the front to p rove
himself u true Free Slater, and almos6 to
man the Free Stators who had taken the
oath reio'ned the Bosrs. Nearly every one
produced Mauser. Louiing, however
WAS reprssssd.
1t Is reported at A,iwal that there arc =.
600 Beers at Wepenor.
Fourteen British sympathizsrs have
been imprls oned. Tie Boers aG NIT hay
ing shot Mr. Quincy, the hotelkeupcr, for
taking fOrgaee to the Bri ish A pIymast
or with CLEO was captured.
Lord Roberts, according to dispatch
from Bloemfontein, has protested q l';ci-
ident Kruger regarding tho treatment az
corded colonial prisoners at Pretoria
He points out that thcro arr ninety cas-
es of onteric fever and dysentcry in the
prisoners camp a Wa ervaI; that the
Transyaal Government failed to supply,
on demand OF the doctor, The necessary
medicines and medical comforts; hat Tho
prisoners were forced 10 b!vuac on tho uIeD
voldt that tho sick were placed in nm open
shed, with an iron roof, and that it was
only when the now doctor threatened to
reign that medicines and mattresses ws:e
supplied. Lord Roberts contrasts his
treatment with that accorded Buor pris-
oners in British hands
London. April nj ~ a. M - Tho War
Office had nothing to communicate 10 tho
public yesterday. It may lc taken Tor
granted that tho rumor OF General Bra
bsnt's victory at Wapcncr is porlnatuvr.
With tho rsinsinder of his force he left
Aliwal North on Saturday.tor Rouyviile.
and there has scarcely been time for an
engagement,
There Is practically no fresh news this
morning Ali tho BJpintontein dispatch
sss however, breathe n confident tonu.
Thore seems to be II heavy demand on
the railway for SO large an army which
leaves the popusace bare of everything
save the absolute necessities OF life
The act TINT the censOis allowed Win
atom Churchil's despatch on tho subject
Of rs.mOnEts to pass speaks volumes fer
the condition Of that question AMI COIL
corning the prospects ut any immediate
advance toward Pretoria, The utmost
Lord Roberts will DO able to do for some
time to cone will BIO in the direction OF
clearlug the Doors from the southern part
OF tn Free Z nta' ~. AkN ~, s.-s..
The dcsnatche; announce the approach
OF winter Tho first pinch Of frost has
been fcit at Bloemlontein whers eonsil-
erablo rain has falian.
II is said that President Kruger visited
tho Boer camp al krUonstad, ~ well as "A
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