Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-11
B|)[RS ARE on IR[ RUN.
Roberts Now Eight Miles BEYOND
zand River. in Pursuit Of
the Beers
Free Statsrs Sick Of the War and
the Bosrs Arc Becoming
Discouraged.
British Forces Pushing the Fleeing
Enemy in the Direction Of
Kroonstad.

Cape Town. May IL Roberts wires
that he is at venterburg and that he is
opposed, but making prog
ress.
Rlet spruit, May 10.Morning-The
Beers opposed to the British advance.
holding the positions north Of the zand
drift back along the whole line, from
on the east to Hutton on the
west. Chiefly the artillery was en-
gagged. The Sussex regiment charged q
kopje at the point OF the bayonet and
the East Lancashires captured another.
The British loss was insignificant. Hut
ton had serious artillery duels. the Beers I
always retiring. Twenty Beers were
taken prisoners. The advance contin-
ues. The Beers are fighting half-heart-
edly. The Free Staters are sick Of the
war.
London, May u.-Roberts telegraphs
the war Office from Riet Spruit under
date OF the 10th:
I'VE had successful day and have
uElSsH uS eHeAAy AAosh pottie " los.is'
French, with Porter's and l)ickson,s pri-
gades OF cavalry and Huttcn's mounted
infantry, eros ssed the Zand at Vermen-
tens kraal and then worked round in a
northeasterly direction to Maatschaphy,
being opposed continuously by the enc
my. Pole-C Carew,s division and Gordon's
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fuckers division Is at atsDeelfontein-O Oord.
Ian Hamilton's force and Broadwood's IS
cavalry brigade We're making for the
cross roads near ventersberg when I
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there Il much baggage still TO come up.
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tons OF approaching boer success tnru
the assistance OF thousahos OF iorelgn-
ers. who. he said, We're pouring into
Delagoa bay
Rundle's division camped last evening
on the banks OF Little Leuw river. be-
tween Thaba N'Chu and I4adybrand.
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Beers Believed to BE Concentrating
Near kroomstad.
London, May ll.-Lord Roberts ex-
tended line OF battle Is rapidly coi,yerg-
inf, on Kroonstad Before dawn Thursday
morning the British army was moving
north from weIgleten and by 9 O'Clock
1T had trayersed ten miles OF rough
country and had forced the passage of
the Zand river The Beers deployed
alopg a row OF kopjes twenty miles in
length. north OF the river, but the long