Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-03-28
BOERS' GOOD LUCK
Has Again Put Their Star in
the Ascendency.
Commandant Olivier Escapes Roberts
and Will Soon Reach Kroomstadt.
Roberts Advance May Be Long aslsyec-
Total British Casualties, 1862.

London. March 2S.-4 A. M.-The
Beers are having a little good luck and
are showing some boldness again, as
a raiding party estimated at 400 is be
Iieved by the British forces at War
renton to have crossed the Kimberley
Blocmfontein wagon road, Monday.
and to have headed off for Jacobsdal
with the intention Of cutting the rail-
way, 10 miles west.
Commandant Oliver appears to have
gotten his 5000 men within % miles of
Algons into rugged country where he
can make an easy rear guard defence.
Chas. Williams, the military expert,
says: IF this column gets through
substantially. COmmandant Oliver VIII
have carried out the great feat OF the
war seeing that he ran every chance
Of being ground between the upper
milestone Of Lord Roberts army and
the neither milestone of the broken Ba-
sutO frontier"
He will have done it within so miles
or 50 Of Lord Roberts main strength.
Certainly it looked for a week as
though Lord Roberts held Oliver in
the hollow Of his hand. If Oliver gen.
erals through to krOonstadt with even
5000 men it will be an important ad-
dition to the Boer gathering there. His
escape is attributed in part 70 the
worn out condition Of the British cav
airy horses. Lord Roberts transport
appears to have been badly dislocated
by the loss Of the wagon train at Riet
river before Cronje's surrender, and, in
addition. that his army with which he
purposes to advance toward Pretoria
is nearly double that of the earlier
rapid movements.
Ten thousand transport cavalry and
gun animals are due to arrive at Cape
Town during the next week. 1t is
given out at Cape Town that Lord
Roberts advance may be delayed for
months. Although such statements
should 10 received with reserve, it
seems positive that he intends to go to
cape Town To meet Lady Roberts who
il due To arrive there in 10 days.
The war office has issued another
table of British losses. showing an ag-
gregate of 1862. which does not in
clude 1904 who have been invalided
home.
London. March 2S.--A dispatch to the
Daily Chronicle from Kimberley, dated
Monday. SAYS: -Four hundred Free
Staters have taken possession Of the
road between Kimberley and Paarde-
berg They have seized farm near
Pandamsfontein. where number OF
army horses had been sent to rest and
Craze. 1t is rumored that their OBJ
tect is to raid the railway by way OF
Jacobsdal."
The Cape Town correspondent OF the
March q. SAYS: 1T is improbable that
the advance from Bloemfontein will be
made for another month. Gen. Glenn
ents is advancing to Bloemfontein In
four columns When Lord Roberts be
gins the march northward Gen. Cat
acre will be left in charge Of Bloem-
fontein.
The colonial government has order
I'd the Cape Volunteers to withdraw
south of the Orange river for fear of
accentuating racial feeling"
The correspondent Of the Daily News
1t Lourcnzo Marques tclegraphing.
Sunday. says: The Transvaal war Of
flee announces that the southern com
mando from Colesbcrg and Stormberg
will 60 in the main body within 4S
hours Some apprehension exists that
Commandant Olivier and Command
ant Grobelmaar may be cut off.
4 special to the Daily Telegraph
from Ladysmith dated Monday, says:
There are about 20.O0C Beers guarding
the nine passes over the Drakensberg
range. They are led by Commandant
d. Beers Of Harrismith. and consist Of
Free Staters 1t is reported that the
Beers have moved their big guns from
BiGgarsberg. as it is not intended to
make a stand there
London. March 2S.-A dispatch TO the
Daily Telegraph from Bloemfontein.
dated Monday. says: The Transvaal-
ers have arrested Commandant Prins-
100. who had their pass (permit?) but
had settled upon farm, 20 miles north
If Bloemfontein. wishing to enjoy
peace under British rule.
London. March 2S.-The Morning
Post has the following dated March IS.
from Burghersdorp: Dutch lip 10y
atty is now very strong and the Dutch
are tumbling over one another in ef-
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