The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-15
BOERS IN Full RER[AI
ROBERTS FORWARD MOVE TO
PRETORIA.
British Advanced From Zuluand Into
the Transvaal-General Butler Also
Takes Up the Forward Movement.

LONDON, March Lord Roberts
telegraphs from Osfontein: Advanced
March 9TH. Enemy in full retreat, fol-
lowed by our troops. Casualties few
LONDON, March Field Marshal
Lord Roberts has telegraphed as fol-
lows:
"OSFONTEIN, March I, 4:3O p. m.-
Our operations today promise to be a
great success. The enemy occupied Il
position four miles north and eleven
miles south of the NGodder river. ]
placed General Colville's division on
the north bank and General Kelly
kenny's and fuckers division, with
cavalry, on the south bank. The cav
airy, division succeeded in turning the
enemy's left flank orening road for
the Sixth division, which is advancing
without being obliged to fire a shot up
to the present time. The enemy are 1T
full retreat toward the north and east.
They are being closely followed by
cavalry, horse artillery and mounted
infantry, while fuckers division, Col
Hille's Ninth division and the Guards
Brigade, under Poe-Carew, are MAX
ing their way across the river at Pom
ar's Drift, where 1 propose to place my
headquarters this evening.
Our casualties will, trust, be few
as the enemy were quite unprepared
for being attacked by the flank, and
having their communications with
Bloemfontein threatened.
BRITISH IN TRANSVAAL.
LONDON, March Z (4:1O p. MA
special dispatch from Durham says a
flying column of British troops from
Zululand has entered the Transvaal
and has been skirmishing with small
Parties of Beers. The force consists
of mounted infantry, Natal scouts and
| artillery, all commanded by Major
| Prendergast. The column first crossed
the border on February 2Sth 1t now
occupies an entrenched position on
Catasa Hill, nine miles within the
! Transvaal.
BUTLER PUSHING FORWARD.
LONDON, March 1T is reported
that General Butler has pushed for
ward a force along the Harrismith line
of railroad toward Van Reenan's Pass,
using the railroad freely for commune
cations. 1t appears that the Beers in
tend to take up a strong position in
the Biggersberg range and contest the
Glencoe passes, although it hardly
seems likely that General Butler will
attempt to force these for the present.
His plans, however, are kept almost as
secret as those of Lord Roberts.
While waiting for the important de-
Velopments which are daily expected to
occur in the Free State, rumors of
peace recur. The second edition of the
Times today contains a dispatch from
Cape Town which says there is a cry
ing need for an explicit statement by
the British Ministry that nothing short
of annexation is intended in order to
dampen the mischievous agitation that
is going on under the preteXt Of a de-
msnd for peace"
Another list of the casualties sus-
| tanned by General Buffers forces from
February IA to February q shows:
Killed, 1913; wounded SIG; missing, a.
OF these the losses of the Inniskillings
| were as follows: Killed, "a; wounded
1872 missing, % Dublin Fusileers
Killed, Is; wounded, 81; missing, IS
Connaught Rangers: Killed, 10; wound
ed, los; missing. g. Royal Irish Fuisil.
iners: Killed, IL; wounded, So; missing
q. Scots Fuisiliers: Killed, IS; wound
ed, 6S; missing, none.
With the list of casualties issued
Monday this makes the total cost To
the rank and file in the final relief OF
Ladysmith 1859 men.