The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-04-14
TWO ARMIES
SURROUNDED
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No Relief for Wepener or Mafe-
king as Yet.
GARRIS0NS HOLDING OUT
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Much Anxiety Felt for the Troops..En.
ieebled BY Long Siege II is Believed
They Must Surrender SoOn...
Roberts Does Not Move.
GARRISONs HOLDING OUT

| LONDON. April l3.-rhe war Office
has received the following dispatch
from General Roberts:
"Blocmfonteln. April 10, 1880 .. m.--
The enemy's movements south have
been checked. wepener Is stiil sur
rounded. but the little garrison II hold
ing out well. Troops are being moved
10 their assistance. The health Of the
troops Is good and the climate perfec.
ton"
That the forward movement Of the
Beers has been checked Is not UNDER
stood to mean by fighting but by head
ing them on from all vulnerable points
Of the line Of British communications.
Relief is on the way TO wepener.
The Beers in Natal appear incapable
OF developing an aggressive movement
at Elandslaagte. Lord Methuen is at
Zwar,kopfontein i2 miles east Of Bos-
hof. ana IL sending small, swift coll
umnB through the adjacent country.
Lord Cheshain, commanding one OF
these. encountered Il small commando
about ten miles southeast OF Zwart-
kopf0ntein. He found most OF the
farms occupied by women and chill
dren only.
An editorial note In the Daily Mail
AYERS that Mafeklng Is In a very bad
way and that hope Of relief is far OF,
as no force is advancing from the
south.
The war office announces that 1000
horses will arrive at the Cape this
week II is well understood that the
animals are not III for work until about
ten days after the voyage. Two th0us-
and more are due az the Cape next!
week
The war Office has called out the re-
serve companies OF several infantry
bnttallons, which will be sent TO South
Africa forthwith.
The Bloomfontein correspondent OF
the Morning Post, telegraphing Thurs
day says:
The enemy have evidently deter
mined 90 adopt entirely new tactics.
Two columns are known TO be moving
TO the south OF Rloemfonteln. They
are relying on Cape carts for trans
portation and are carrying scarcely
any forage and only sufficient food
10 meet the immediate requirements
OF the convoy, with OK transports fol-
lowing AT a secure distance. The Boer
columns are thus enabled TO move al
most as quickly as cavalry. 1t is re-
ported there are 1900 Beers TO the
south OF Dewsdorp.
Lord Roberts has appointed the Duke
of Marlborough assistant military sec
retary at headquarters.
The Daily Mail publishes the fol- |
lowing dispatch, dated Friday, April |
IL. from Lourenco Marques:
THE Beers are manufacturing shells. |
especially Vlckers- Maxim, In large /
quantities at Digble founrdy Johannes.
burg. The actual Boer lcsses to the
end OF March, including prisoners, are
estimated at $4,000. At present there
are several thousand Beers in Natal
and $4,000 in the Free State"
BLoEMFONTEIN, April 49, Ac-
counts received here OF the fighting
Df the troops under Colonel Dalgety at
Wepener. show the Beers attacked
them vigorously, but were repulsed
with great loss. The Beers suhse-
luently relinquished the attack and,
L Is said, here, they are returning
northward.
ALIwAL NORTH. April is..-It is
reported that the Beers lost heavily In
he recent lighting ut Wepener. An
Urgent message for assistance has been
sent to the Rouxville commando. There
Was lighting at Dewetsdorp today.
REDDERSBURG, April H. The
Third division, commanded ny Major
General Chormside, has arrived here
rom Bethany. Beers have been To-
ated south of the Wepener and Smith
ield districts, Colonel Dalgety, in
command OF the Colonial force SUR
ounded at Wepener is holding out
-aIhely
PRETORIA, April 11.-United States
'onsul Hay. in an interview, says the /
eport that Captain Reichman, the |
United States military ettache, rarti-
ipated in the fight near Sannaspost,
! absolutely false. Captain Reichman,
IL said, was occupied most of the
line attending upon the wounded I
hutch military attache, Lieutenant ]
iix, who has since died. Consul Hay /
as no doubt that Relchman has been :
onfounded with the American lieuten- /
mt, Loosberg, OF the Free State artil-