The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-10
THE BOERS ROUTED.
DRIVEN OUT OF A STRONG rOSI.
TION AT HOUTNEK.
The Final Stroke Given by the Oor-
dons and Two Companies Of the
ShFopshIr Ire Light Infanipy-ThO
Attack Mt Houtnek Threatens the
B0er Left which In RtilI Facing
General Rumble Mt Ihabamrhu.

General Rumble Mt Thnbamrhu.
London. May 4.-4:15 a. m.-General
| Broadwood's cavalry brigade has
reached Bloemfontein, twenty eight
miles north Of Thabanchu. General
Ian Hamilton is bivouacking at Jacob
rust. fifteen miles north Of Thabanchu.
! General fuckers division Is moving
eastward from Karee Siding. The di-
visions of French and General Rumble
are in and near Thabanchu. Thus Lord
Roberts has $4,000 men operating clear
Of the railway along a front of forty
miles.
He is advancing slowly, with some
successes, but nothing decisive. Yet at
all points Of concentration the Beers
appear in force sufficient to compel the
British to proceed with caution. Their
wide front in rugged country makes
turning movements off hand difficult.
The Beers, Mr.. Winston Churchill
says. have enormous herds of cattle
and fiocks of sheep gathered in the
| southeast. These they are driving
northward.
| Observers at headquarters in Bloem-
fontein seem to think that the Beers
are preparing to evacuate Brandtort
and Ladybrand. The Beers still hold
| ing Thabanchu district are estimated
al 1000. They lave among their guns
d 40-pounder. One correspcl.dent. wiz
ing from B!cemfontein Wednesday. at
| l:55 p. m. said tie E:iti-t hooed 20
| cut off the whole cCn.In"IidO.
| The correspondents at kimberley
have been forbiGd@n to communicate
for several days. tie deduction being
that a movement is Under way there.
| The Beers in Natal are restless. Two
hundred crossed Sundays river We'd
nesday and tried TO engage the British
outpOsts.
| London, May Alt Is announced that
the British have captured BranGford.
London, May 3.-The War Office has
lreceived the follOWi, report from Lord
Roberts under date Oi DlUemfontein,
May I'd:
General Hamilton met with consid-
cradle success and drove the enemy out
of the strong POSITION they had taken
up at Houtnek, with comparatively
| small loss to US. The Beers dispersed
| in several Gil ectoEs. mainly to the east
and north. leaving twenty six prisoners
| in our hands. including one command
ant, and sixteen other wounded men.
General Hamilton is now in camp at
Jacobs Rust AS the nen needed rest
| after fighting seven out of the last ten
days l ordered them to halt for the
day. General BroadwoCds brigade OF
cavalry arrived uInn the scene in time
to afford valuable assistance by threat
enng the enemy's lear.
| During the afternoon General Ian
Hamilton was joined by General Bruce
| HamitOn's brigade Of infantry.
The enemy admit having twelve kill
ed and forty wounded yesterday.
Amongst the former was Lieutenant
| Gunther German officer, belonging &
to the Fifty-ffth Regiment. and
amongst the latter was Maximoff. the
Russian commander of the foreign le
gion. Twenty out of flfty-two Of
the enemys casualties occurred
amongst the members of that legion.
Two Frenchmen We're among the
killed.
General Hamilton speaks in high
? terms of the good service performed by
the Eighth Hussars, under Colonel
Gloves, and made up into regiment OF
| Lancers, which came into General
| BroadwOod's brigade and assisted in
| making the Beers vacate their position.
= The final stroke of the enemy's rout
was given by the Gordons and two
companies If the Shropshire infantry,
. | who cheered loudly when they got
within two hundred yards Of the posi-
S ion.
''Kitchener's Horse is also spoken of
in terms of praise
RI London May 3-Lord Roberts latest
, dispatch throws no light on the object
S and possibilities of the extensive oper-
, ations in the neighbOrhOod of Thaban-
l chu. One military critic believes the
: inference is justified that Lord Rob-
| erts' successful attack at Houtneh
: threatens the Roer centre and puts the
British in favorable position to crush
he Boer left. which is still facing Cen
!, raj Rumble at Thabanchu. or theil
right which is somewhere between
Brandford and Winburg.
>3;Jnel baoen-rowen reported ON.
: cIally from Matching. under date ot
, April 10th. that all MS we'll there. HI
, | adds: Thirteen nat g.. women tried t<
:, get away during the night Of Apri
, 18th. The enemy d, ned fire on then
- and killed nine AID wounded two.
D. wrote to Snynen. pointing out that HI
shells the native Stadt which is full
, of women and children. and that wher
,. they are trying to escape by day the
!. ECels have captured and flogged then
}. and sent them back. and by night they
!, shoot them down. pretending to mis-
, take them for night attacks. SnymeI
} has not replied. Tie proportion OF
, | l. He'd and Wounded above speaks fol
, Itself"
Other news from MafekinE details thu
: careful saving OF the provisions, anC
.ayS there are diminished rations FOL
100 souls within the beleaguereG
Town.
The American hospital ship Maine
after having been inspected by Lady
, Randolph Churchill and others OF tn,
committee. ;ailed from Southampton
f.r the Cape to-day.
Pretoria. May An official war bul
l,rin issued here reports that on Apri
.sth the FederalS captured nine pris
Si.ers and ten horses eastward Of Tha
banchu and that on April S0th Brit
iSh mounted corps appeared nea
Frankfort The Federals attacked then
on two sides and the British retired
rwo Federals were wounded and clever
prisoners were taken.
Another accounts .>semi-official, of thi
affair says that the Wakkerstroom ant
Ermelo commands had a skifmish will
the British near Brandfort. After
sharp fight eleven prisoners were takel
and nineteen British were left dead OF
. he field. including Captain Liddy.
= The heavy bomhardment by the Brit
\ ish has been resumed at Fourteen
Streams.
The correspondent Of Reuters Tele
gram Agency in the Boer camp q
i Brandfort wires that when the British
. arpeared ten miles east Of Brandfort
= General de Larey ordered q charge b,
. 500 Beers who drove them back to thet
, entertainments.
= The Fes.rsls found four dead on th'