The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
B0ERS ARE FLEEING
CORRESPONDENTS SEE THEM CO.
ING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
Lord Roberts Has His Net Spread
Commander - Impression
walls ut Roberts Headquarters
That the Power of the Beers Is
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of WEEP
doned Diverse Reports Come
From Natal.

London, April 1S.-Lord Roberts has
spread his net far and wide to catch
The adventurous commanders that
have been making mischief In the
southeastern part of the Free State.
The net has not vet been drawn In,
but at the headquarters of Lord o
erts the impression exists that the
power of the Beers is decreasing. A
Daily News correspondent has them
leeing to the southeast, q Standard
correspondent has them fleeing north
ward. a Daily Telegraph correspond
tnt says that some are going north
and others south, while the Post rep
r%esentative says il is not known what
the Beers are doing.
Evidently the feeling at Bloemfon-
tein is that the dispositions of LORD
Roberts are such as to enable him to
concentrate q large force rapidly at
my point. The Beers being aware OF
his are presumed to be thinking now
chiefly of retreat. The Investment OF
Wepener, according to a special dis
patch from B~ioemfontein, has abso-
lutely been abandoned. According to
a Bethany dispatch the ECers are UNI
lble to retreat northwar! because the
British strongly hold the roads. d.
verse reports come from Natal, n as
sorting that the Beers have retired pe-
yond the Biggarsburg range. and an
pther saying that some of them are
close to Ladysmith. London waits
confidently for almost immediate an
nouncement Of news favorable to the
British. Distrust exists, however, as
to any rapid, continuous advance to.
ward Pretoria. chiefly on account of
the lack of horses. many of which d'e
in the case of long voyages.
Important Movements Occurring.
London, April 1s.-The Bloemfontein
correspondent of the Morning Post,
telegraphing, Monday. says: Small
bodies of Beers are prow)ing around
and are even coming in within eight or
:en miles Of Bloemfontein. Three Jo-
hannesburg 'zarps'' actually entered
the town n night and escaped with
out being discovered. The Boer
demonstration yesterday at Karee Sid
ny was designed to cover the With
drawal of an immense convoy of pro-
visions. There is no doubt that the
Boer %incursion into the southeastern
cart of the Free State was largely due
to the need of replenishing victuais IN
the most fertile part Of the country.
This explains why the enemy marched
south with empty wagons. Various
important movements are occurring
which. naturally, it is not desirable to
specify.
Relying On American Intervention.
. London, April 10. - The Lourenzo
MARQUES correspondent of the Daily
Mail, t%elegraphing Sunday, says: The
tone of the Standard and Diggers
News shows that the T%ransvaal gov
eminent is relying strongly upon
American Intervention. Great results
are expected from the campaigning OF
Webster Davis and. from the presiden-
.:ial contest. While the semi-blockadc
of Delagoa Bay has not done the slight
est harm to the Transvaal, it has en-
etched foreign firms at the expense Of
The Britishers.
+" Beers in Full Retreat.
London, April 1S.-The Daily News
has the following from Reddersburg,
dated Friday: Gen. Chermside saw
the rear guard of the Beers disappear
southeast in full retreat. The enemy
appeared to be in strong force fourteen
miles east of Reddersburg. They are
falling back before our advance guard.
Beers Withdrawing from Wepener.
London. April .1S.-The Bloemfontein
correspondent of the Times, telegraph
ing Monday, says: The Beers who
have been invading Wepener are re-
ported to be moving in q s%outherly d.
rection. but the object of the move
ment is uncertain.