The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-04-12
HARD FIGHTING
Beers and Brabant's Horse Said
to Have Had q Bloody
Battle.
Attack Resumed by the Beers.
Heavy Cannonading Near
Elandslaagte
Mysterious Movements Around
BlOemfontein--A Winter
Campaign.

ALI" AL NOhId, ApIh 1V.-Au Cu'
gagement took place yesterday at Weep
ener. The Boer Vickers- Maxim did
considerable execution at first, but the
British guns soon got the range and did
great havoc. The Rouxville commando
has gone to Wepener.
The fighting at Wepener was severe
and lasted all day long. The Beers re-
ceiyed check. The casualties were
rather heavy ON both sides. Another
commando is advancing toward
Wepener from Dewet's Dorp.
Heaving fighting was confined at
Wepener this morning. The result is
unknown. Three Boer commandos are
attacking the town. ff @"
LADYsMTH, April 10.-Heavy firing
was heard early this morning in the
direction of Sundays river. 1t contin-
ned for a few hours. ,-
No details of the engagement have
been received. ..s... ..
P1ETERMARITzBURG, April 10.-Heavy
cannonading commenced this morning
in the vicinity of Elandslaagte.
BETHULE, Orange Free, State, Mon
day, April 9.-It is expected that the
Beers will endeavor to retake and de-
stroy the bridge over the Orange river.
Consequently, extraordinary precau-
tons have been taken. A force of Beers
is located II miles east AS matter of
fact. the Beers practically again hold
the Free State eastward of the railroad,
ard are greatly encouraged by their sue
cesses at Reddersburg and Korn spruit.
LONDON, April 1.-THE Boer attack
on General Brabant's force at Wepener
Sas resumed again at dawn. The en-
5sny's attack on two or three sides on
Monday lasted until $50 o'clock in the
afternoon, when the firing ceased and
it was believed that the enemy had been
beaten off; but it was announced from
Aliwal North that the fighting had
again begun. - -.r....a. ..... . -.
Brabant' s force, numbering from 1000
to 5000, hold positions in a rough
country. 1t is not known what the nu-
merical strength of the Beers is, but
whatever it may be, it is being rapidly
augmented. A body of 1900 Beers is
marching marching towards Springfon-
tein from Smithfeld, between Wepener
and Springfontein. The defamation Of
heavy guns was heard at Maseru, on
Monday. Sir Godfrey Lagden, the
L 81 Iloc
utoland, has left Maseru for the border.
The events in the southeast portion
of the Free State have caused the
Eighth division, which had been or
dered to Fourteen Streams, to be di-
verified to Springfontein.
Mysterious Movements Continue.
Mysterious movements of troops at
Bloemfontein are proceeding. The
newspaper correspondents are not al
lowed to telegraph their destinations,
and the presumption is that Lord Rob-
erts is making dispositions to cut off the
raiding Boer forces when they try to
withdraw northward from the pursuing
British columns.
The temperance of the Beers in, the
occupied country has caused revival
of the warlike feeling among the Free
Staters of the Fauresmith and Philip
polls districts. The federal agents are
busy getting details of the surrendered
Beers, and owing to the British garri-
sons being withdrawn from these dis
tricts the British residents are uneasy
and sent delegates to Springfontein to
ask for help. They were told that steps
for their defense would be Immediately
taken.
The Beers are reported to have ven-
tured south of Biggarsberg, and to be
posting heavy guns four miles north of
Elandslaagte. They are also said to
have fortified the vicinity of Vessels
Mex.
General Sir Frederick Darlington has
reached Cape Town and is going to
Beira, Portuguese East Africa, forth
with.
The war Office proposes to land at
Cape Town before the end of May co.
600 horses, which will be conveyed there
in % steamers sailing from New Or
leans, Buenos Ayres and Australian
ports.
The Westminster Gazette ikens the
British campaign to 'the fruitless series
of campaigns in which the large, dis
ciplined armies of Spain sought to crush
the Cuban instruction, adding:
'sOf course our troops far excel in
valor and discipline the conscript arm
les of Spain and the climate is in our
favor, but our enemies equally excel the
ragged leyies of the Cuban insurgents. y