The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-05-25

TO Continue the Fight-Buller Pushes
Repair OF the Railway.
LONDON, May 25.--Lord Roberts, in
fantry advance is delayed at the Rhe-
noster river for a day or two by the
depth OF the stream, which is not ford
able. The banks, which are precipitous,
are 40 feet high. A pontoon and tempo
rary bridge constructions are under
way. The railway has not been dam
aged to any great extent between
Kroonstadt and Rhenoster. The Trans
vaalers have offended the Free Staters
by destroying their splendid bridges
when retirs ng 70 Kroonstadt. They re-
Trained from doing this on the retreat
to Rhenoster, but now they are destroy
ing the railroad and bridges almost COM
pletely north of the Rhenoster. The
British troops are in the form OF Il cres-
cent with horns so miles apart, with
General French's cavalry on the west
within 23 miles of the Eaal, and General
Hamilton S mounted men on the right
within 80 miles of the Naal The center
of the crescent is about 20 miles from
the Vaal. Boer telegrams say that
5000 British with ten guns are near
Vreedefort, close to the Taal and close
to Pry's. One correspondent refers to
the advance as 80 promenade. +" An
other describes it as a "Boer hunt
The Free stators are pictured as
''bolting like hares" at the first sight Of
the British. The latter, according to
one writer, do not even find women and
children, as the fleeing farmers take
their families with them in consequence
of the reports current among the
Transvaalers that the British llidnap
all children over - years Of age. The
Boer rear guard was composed of Rus
slams, to whom was committed the task
of destroying the bridges. They also
looted freely
What the Beers are doing is an abso-
lutte mystery The embargo of news
out of Pretoria for the last 24 hours has
been complete. Such shreds of infor-
nation as the correspondents at Louren-
20 Marquee have picked up do not IL
Illuminate the Boer designs and DISPOSE
tions further than that the movement
toward Lydenburg continues and that a
referendum on the question Of continu-
ing the war is going on among the Boer
fighting men. 1t may be Il fortnight
before the results Of this singular vote
are fully before the Transvaal govern
ment
In Natal, General Dartnell's volun-
teers occupied Mount Prospect Monday.
Lord Dundonald's cavalry is at Firm
stones near Ingoge. His infantry rests
at Shoenshoogte. The names are all of
fateful memory in the first Boer war.
The British face Laing's nel1, where the
Beers arc. through the range glasses oil
the British, occasionally visible.
General Butler said the best way to
celebrate the queens birthday WAS TO
repair the railway to Newcastle, and
every man WAS put 10 work
Earl de Ia War; who was supposed
to have been captured 1T the time OF
the disaster to the squadron OF Be.
thune's hos.sa. lay al night with Il
.wor,n,led le.., be-! ild an ant heap, rtisch-
Ing camp next dav.
As rne railway Is now open north Of
Mafelng, an abundance of provisions
is entering Ghe town. The telegraph
messages will probably come from
Mafelzing direct over the northern route
in day or two.
South Africa has another afliiction
An extraordinary issue of the Gazette
at Durham announced the death of az
East Indian from bubonic plague. The
government has put into force the mos
stringent preventative measures, bu
fears are expressed that the pestilenc'
might get among the troops.