The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-04-26
british AMI TranSvaalerS Fought
Day and Night at Jam
ncrSburg Drift.
BUNDLE ADVANCING TOWARD WEPENER
Every step Of the Forward Move
ment IS Being Closely Contested
By the BOcr Troops.
n Hattie Took Place Within Half an
iionr's rife OF Dewefsdorp-
All Was Reported Quiet
at LndySmith.

Eocr Camp, Thaba N'Chu. Orange
Free State, April Fighting con
tinuos day and night at TANNERS
burg drift. The English trenches
have been SO full Of rain that the men
have been Obliged every now aud then
to Chamber 10 the banks only TO be
thot down. The Beers were 50
drcnchcd on Saturday that they were
unable To sleep. so they started de-
bate on The subject Of the good 10
be derived from virtue and courage.
Tie discussion lasted most of the
night, shells at intervals interrupt
ING the speakers.
London. April "a Gen. Rundlc is
apparently advancing toward Wcpcn-
cr, every step being closely contested
10y the Beers. From the republican
side there is Il good deal Of interest
ing news Monday. \ Thaba N'Chu
dispatch, dated Friday, April %. re-
ports the arrival there of Command
ants Dewitt and Nillicrs and an attack
upon 5000 British under Gen. Cat
acre. The latter. of course. is a mis-
statement, as it is probable Gen. Run
die is meant
The British, it is added. occupied
some kopjcs. but their left wing was
driven back. Thc Eocr loss was one
killed and five wounded.
From frankfort comes the news
that Saturday, April -, British pa
troll of ten men Ncnturcd near that
place and suffered the loss Of one
man KILLED and two men captured, in
cluding Free Slater, who was lead
inc tie party.
\ Pretoria dispatch dated Apml 21,
sa@, the latest official news was that
fighting was proceeding within a half
an hours ride Of Dewctsdorp. with
no results.
The Transyaal government. it is
added. has asked Lord Roberts To be
allowed to send clergyman to st.
Helena, and also neutral consul to
watch the interests of the prisoners
in the same manner Adclbcrt Hay
guards the interests of the British
al Pretoria.
\ proclamation has been issued pro- |
hihiting the working of the mines on
Sundays, and :LAicting punishment
ON managers paying over & a month
to natives.
From Ladysmith Monday comes a
dispatch saying all is quiet and that
the Eocr guns are silent.
There is nothing further from
Tlocmfontcin to Indicate the progress |
OF he preparations for HE main adj
vance.
!; Cape Town government con
tractor named ram has been arrested
for harboring three escaped Bocr
prisoners. dressed as ciergYmcn. The
prisoners were sent back TO Simon
town. whence they had escaped.
Wakkcrstroom. Sunday. April %
Evening After yesterdays Smelling
II was expected that the Beers would
open again. but Col. Brabazon, with
the yeomanry. made thorough
scout 90 jhc left. The Beers endeav-
)rcd TO turn the British right, but
he movement was detected by the
,ecmenry and mounted infantry and
ne guns opened fire and drove them
,T whi;c greatly extending the posi-
ION. Ncne OF the BOer guns were in
lctiun. TAerc were no British
.asault;cs. Many of the Beers are
moving southward
London, April 23-Thc Lorenzo
,larQucS correspondent Of the Times,
lndcr Saturdays date, says: "Infor- D,
nation received from responsible
ourccs shows that at one time the
wo republics had 10000 men in the
ield. including the colonial rebels.
according TO the same informant, Z
hey can still muster 10000, Of whom {
@. 900 are in the Free State, 10000 are J
n the Bggarsbcrg district and $4,000 {
n the districts of Fourteen Streams |
nd Klerksdorp. It is now believed +
hat before the war the bnrghcr lists j
,crc deliberately falsiiicd in order to l
ccriye the British intelligence de- '
t