The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-28
ANGLO O-BOER WAR SITUATION
BOERS ARE .iCTLYE AND HAVE
SOME GOOD LUCK.
Probable Escape of COmmandant Olt-
vier and Twenty-Five Miles of Wagons
--IfAccOmpIishe ed 1t is the Great Feat
of the yVnr-Uncerfaintyo of Roberts
Advnnce--May be Delayed for Con-
siderable Time.

London, March 2S-4 a. m.--The Beers
are having a little good luck and are
showing some boldness again. as raid
ing party estimated at four hundred is
| believed by the British forces at War
renton to have crossed the Kimberley
Bloemfontein wagon road Monday and
to have headed for Jacobsda with the
intention of cutting the railway ten
miles west.
Commandant Olivier appears to have
got his five thousand men and twenty
five miles of wagons into rugged coun-
try where he can make an easy rear
guard defense. Charles Williams, the
military export, says: IF this column
gets through substantially Command
ant Olivier will have carried out the
great feat of the war, seeing that he
ran every chance of being ground be-
tween the upper milestone of Lord Rob-
erts' army and the neither milestone of
the broken Basuto frontier. He will
have done it within fifty miles or so of
Lord Roberts main strength Certain
ly it looked for a week as though Lord
Roberts held olivier in the hollow of his
hand"
If Olivier gets through to Kroonstadt
with even three thousand men it will
be an important addition to the Boer
gathering there. His escape Is attrib-
uted in part to the worn-out condition
of the British cavalry horses. Lord
Roberts transport appears to have been
badly dislocated by the loss at Riet riv-
er, before Cronje's surrender, of the
wagon train and, in addition to this,
the army with which he purposes to ad-
vance toward Pretoria is nearly double
that of the earlier rapid movements.
Ten thousand transport, cavalry and
gun animals are due to arrive at Cape
Town during this and next week. 1t is
given out at Cape Town that Lord Rob
erts' advance may be delayed for
months Although such statements
should be received with reserve 1t seems
positive that he intends to go to Cape
Town to meet Lady Roberts, who is due
to arrive there is ten days. The war
office has issued another table of Brit
ish losses, sowing an aggregate of 1852,
which does not include 4,004 who have
been invalided home.
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily News, telegraphing Tuesday,
March 27, says: TT Is improbable that
the advance from Bloemfontein Will be
made for another month. General Glenn
ents Is advancing to Bloemfontein in
four columns When Lord Roberts be-
gins the march northward General Cat
acre will be left In charge of Bloemfon-
ten. The colonial government has or
dered the Cape volunteers to withdraw
south of the Orange river for fear of
racial feeling"
The correspondent of the Daily News
at Lourenzo Marquee telegraphing
says: "The Transvaal war Of
flee announces that the southern COM
mandoes from Colesberg and Stormberg |
will join the main body within forty
eight hours. Some apprehension exists |
that Commandant Olivier and Com
Grobelmaar may be cut off
A special to the Daily Telegraph from |
dated Monday, says: There |
are about 20 900 Beers guarding the nine |
passes over the Drakensberg range They |
are led by Commandant De Beer of |
and consist of Free Staters. |
It ie reported that the Beers have NOV
I'd their big guns from Biggarsberg, as
It is now intended to make q stand
here"