The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-11
EARLY AFRICAN WAR NEWS
ROBERTS AT ZIND RIVER AGAIN
 ROUJS THE BOERS.

ROBERTS AT Z1ND RIVER AGAIN
 ROUyS THE BOERS.
 Drives Them from n Position Twenty
 Miles sLoDg-British Cavalry and Horse
 Artillery in Pursuit-Boers to be
 Pushed Beyond Kroonstnd, if Possl-
 ble.
 London, May 10.-4:52 D. m,--An off, cial notice was issued here this after noon that the Boers are in full retreat from Zand river The news was contain ed in the following dispatch from Lord Roberts received by the war office:
 Gable Cart, Zand river May 10.- 12:30 p. m.-The enemy are in full re- treat. They occupied a position twenty miles in length. Ours was necessarily longer. With widely scattered force it will take some time to learn the cas- ualties, but I am hopeful we have not suffered much. The cavalry and horse artillery are pursuing the Boers by tIIGes ullleTeHl TOduS.
 Dispa tches had previously been posted this morning announcing that the Brit ish had crossed te Zand river, and that the Boers were being pushed back from their strong positions. Last evening Lord Roberts had telegraphed to the war office from Welgelegen as follows:
 ''Pole-Carews and Fuckers divisions Hamilton's column of heavy naval and Royal garrison artillery guns, and four brigades of cavalry marched here to- day, The enemy hold the opposite bank of the Zand river Their strength will be ascertained tomorrow, when I hope to be able to force passage of the riv- er.'
 This morning the following dispatch from Lord Roberts was received by the war office:
 Gable Cart headquarters, at the front, May 10 9:10 a. m.--We are now across the Zand river. The enemy are still holding a strong position but we are gradually pushing them back
 The crossing of the zand river by the British appears to have been effected sooner than even the most sanguine ex- pected Lord Roberts advance force, consisted of from 100 900 to 12,000 mount ed men, besides infantry, artillery, and the naval contingent, appears to have been sufficiently powerful to overcome all the opposition the burghers could offer.
 Lord Roberts latest announcement caused much qualification at the war of flee, where it is now believed that he will not allow the Federals enough breathing space to reform south of Kroonstad. It is even thought possible that Lord Roberts transport may be in such condition that he will be able to keep his troops moving so rapidly as to drive the Boers right through Kroon- stad, without giving them time to organ ize resistance in the formidable in trenchments so carefully prepared at the Valsch river
 The fact that General French and the cavalry have been brought up to SUD- plement General Huttons mounted in- fantry, leads to the hope in British off, cal circles that the pursuit announced by Lord Roberts may prevent all the Boer guns and convoy from escaping. The action of the customs authorities at Lorenzo Manquez in more closely scrutinizing consignments for the Transvaal is liable to be serious mat ter for the Boers and indirectly, for the British prisoners, who are liable to be the first to feel the effects of any short age of foodstuffs. London, May 1O.-The war office has received from Lord Roberts a dispatch rix- O T have received most cheery tele- gram from Baden-Powell, dated April 27'' BOERS IN LADYBRAND DISTRICT. 1
 Thabanchu, May 9.-T'he Boers have moved their headquarters into this dis trict from Ladybrand to Clocolan They occupy strong positions at Megathling's Nek. The British, including General Brabant, are scattered among a num- | Der of strategical points, securing the country south of the line from Winburg to Ladybrand.
 Maseru, May 9.-The Free Staters are moving in small parties. with their herds, from Ficksburg to Bethlehem, on | their way to Harrismith or the Vaal BOER WOMEN READY TO FIGHT. | Pretoria, Wednesday, May 9.-Presi- dent Kruger has received a telegram from a Boer woman asking if the time has not arrived for the formation of a corps of women, adding that she is pre- pared, with a body of women volunteers, to take up arms in defence of the inde- pendence of the Transvaal.
 BOER GOVERNMENT REQUEST l
 REFUSED.
 Pretoria, Wednesday, May 9.-The re- quest of the government for permission to sell mining rights for prices which