The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-27
HE B0ERS AND BRITISH
BOTH SIDES STILL ACTIVE AND
Aggressive.
A Full Summary Of the Transvaal
War News-Progress Of the Con.
filet From Day to Day-The British
Encouraged.

filet From Day to Day-Ths British
Encouraged.
Gen. Roberts has apparently de-
ployed his whole army with a front
extending seventy miles from Karee
Siding to Wepener. Large operations
are in progress. The Boer position
at Wepener has been turned on the
south, and the various British armies
are still in touch.
The British loss at Mefeking up to
March 81 was S6S in killed and wound
ed. The garrison is much depressed.
The British authorities have already
listed 10000 alleged rebels in Cape
Colony and Natal.
A Cape Town correspondent of the
London Daily Mail says that General
Carrington's force is the only one
going to the relief of Mafeking, and
that no force of any kind is operating
from the south.
The Transvaal Government has
asked Lord Roberts to be allowed to
send clergyman to st. Helena, and
also neutral consul to watch the in
terests of the prisoners, in the same
manner that Adelbert S. Hay guards
the interests of the British at Pretoria
A Pretoria despatch says the latest
official news was that fighting was
proceeding within half an hours ride
of De Vets Dorp, with no results.
Gen. Charles Warren has been ap-
pointed administrator of Bechuna-
land.
A despatch from Ottawa, Ontario,
says the government has no evidence
of any conspiracy in the United States
for the purpose of attacking Canada
because of its sending troops to South
Africa.
AT banquet of the Cape Town So
ciety of st. George, given at Cape
Town yesterday, Sir John Gordon
Sprigg, ex-premier, spoke hopefully
regarding the early termination of the
war.
During the past three days there
have been several attacks by the
Beers on the British positions in the
Free State, resulting in sharp but in
decisive fighting. The attacks In sew
eral instances were repulsed and the
Beers driven from their strongholds
in the kopjes. The siege of Wepener
garrison is still kept up, but reinforce
ments are near there, if they have not
arrived. The general advance of Lord
Dnh
1t is reported in London that Sir
Charles Warren is to be appointed
Governor of the Free State. Nothirh
is known regarding Sir Redvers BlN
Ter, but there is little doubt regarding
his removal, and rumor has it that
Lord Kitchener will get an important
independent command
The Boer Peace Commissioners are
understood to have been disappointed
by their visit to the Hague, but will
visit Berlin and Paris before going
to Washington.
A despatch from Durham says that
General Sir Charles Warren has ar
rived there on the way to East Lon
don, and it is believed he is going to
the Orange Free State to assume an
important civil post
General Carrington's forces have ar
rived at Beira, Portuguese East AT.
RIGA, whence it is proposed to reach
the South African Republic, but weeks
will elapse before the troops can reach
the border or approach Mafeking.
The Ladysmith correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph in a despatch says
the news of Lord Roberts to the War
Office regarding the Spion Kop opera
tions, has created much comment To-
cally, but no designations are men
toned.
A despatch from Kimberley says
that Lord Methuen has issued a pro.
clamation forbidding civilians to carry
arms, and ordering rebels to surrender
all serviceable modern arms by
Nav G.