Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-04-11
The British Must Wait MANY a
Weary Day Before the South
African War Ends.
BOERS ARE AGAIN AGGRESSIVE
ihey Are Active and Persisteut-The Hor.
rors of Native Warfare Added
TO The Troubles.

The Britons are now beginning, though
reluctantly, to realize that ord Roberts
Is III Tor a winter campaign lasting sew
eral months. This Is the end, in q few
words, of the high hopes based upon
Lord Roberts brilliant dash to Kimber-
ley and Bloemlontein. Preparations are
being made to hold Bloemfontein against
surprises. Lord Kitchener has been
given this important duty, being respon-
sibIe for the protection of the railway,
while Lord Roberts is waiting for re-
mounts and winter clothing for the troops
whose thin cotton khaki uniforms and
boots are wornout.
General Brabant and General Gatacre
are both at a standstill. Lord Roberts
will probably for some time confine his
operations TO clearing the Free State be.
hind him of raiders and to the relieving
OF Maleking, for which purpose appar.
emily the English division now arriving
at Capetown has been ordered to kim
berley.
When it is borne in mind that all the
dispatches from the front are severely
| censored there is little in the news to
bring satisfaction TO England. Assur-
anccs that nothing need be feared, even
ii the railway and telegraphs are cut and
Bloemlontein isolated, together with the
| news that the ladies and other civilians
are being ordered away, do not augur
, we'll. There are rumors from Capetown
that the telegraph wires were already cut
on Sunday and also that the Hussars who
were sent to the relief of the Royal Irish
Rities are missing, although probably
these are the outcome of Boer exaggera-
tions designed to encourage the burghers.
The attempt of General Colville to
catch the Boer leaders in conference at
Reittontein failed probably, as usual, be-
cause of the lack OF cavalry. The result
of these serious checks to British arms is
that the whole Free State is up again and
that the Beers are full of activity over the
entire field.
A belated Boer dispatch says that bayo-
nets were made for the foreign legion by
the late General De Villebois Mareuill.
The Beers are boasting that the Coles
burg and Stormberg commands, mum.
bering 5000, with ten cannon and 75o
wagons, have gotten safely through thus
performing magnificent strategic feat. -
The Capetown correspondent of the
Times, discussing the affair, says: All
the details only serve to bring out clearly
) the marvellous clever1ess of the Beers, nc
} less than the marvellous cleverness anG
} improvideuce of the British officers
, whom it would seem no series of disas
ters will ever teach to keep wide awake
The Beers in Colonel Broadwood's rea,
drove his force into the party at the drif
exactly as partridges are driven to gun
At the drift itself, as each wagon des
cended the hollow, it was shown the wa,
to drive so as to block the convoy. Whei
the guns arrived the trap was all clea
again for their reception. As one VIII
was present said: 1T was like cloal
room. The Beers politely took your riff
and asked YOU to kindly stand to on
side. There was nothing else for you t,
do"
The American scout Burnham testifie
to the terrific pace with which the Boe
cOmmandos cover the ground and tn
ease with which they move their guns.
The Beers are displaying increased &C
tivity in Natal, but there is no sign tina
General Butler is moving.
A dispatch from Lorenzo Marquee, uu
der the date of April 3, says: A rune
who has Just arrived here from Sobobo'
kraal saws Sobobo has been killed an
his women have been tied up with rope:
Unrest is increasing i'll the country
which is in a most unsettled state, boz
dering on reign Of terror, in the absenc
of white mans law" Many native
have been threatened and in one distrit
they have been completely killed off.
A messenger from Bromorsdorp, Swaz
land, says that tie Beers are maxim
presents to the queen and are seckin
permission to pass through Swazilan
armed.
NJ Quezi the famous old Swat chic
and two women Of his household, wit
their infants, have all been assegaled
VI. Ouezi's kraal. The kraal was sacke
and burned and the chief s son capture'
Numerous bands are marching about
natives and Swazis--aud plundering
every quarter. T MS correspondent iour
Ouezi's son in charge Of two natives, wi
admitted the killing of the chief but sa
they had followed the orders of the Swa
queen.
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