Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15

WEI Office from LORD hgDSE8s- I1AArS
Drefoutein. March IL rs E. II, says:
The enemy opposed US throughout
y~es7eriay's march and from their init
mate know ledge Of The country gave
u considerable trouble. Owing, BOW
ever, to the admirable conduct o1 1hS
troops the eneuy were unable 10 pre-
vent u reaching destination Ihe
brurt Of the a.hriur fel! on Gen hea-
lE-keEny's division. two bartalions o.
which. the Welsh and Essex turned
the Beers out Of TWO strODs positions
IL the point Of the bayonrL"
Bo~r. Resisted stabS@rnIS.
Driefon1ela. o. z. :, March Is -
Bros6wo9d's cavalry brigade. adEano-
ing Oh B2CeIfoutela- UNEXPECTEDLY
found The Beers in q strong position IN
the D~riefonre1a koTses saturday Gen
EeIy-kenDy's diviS3pI arriving severe
6ghTIDg ersued The Beers resisted
s%tnbhornIy. hui acre driven from their
center position. leavi1g i number OF
dead and forty prisoners The Br7aasA
force il moving forward to-day Dur
ing the r-htinr. n which Eve Eesl-
ments took part. with artillery. Ii
Beers. tkC1gh forced from their center
position. clCrg telac50usly TO the other
koptes. shell. ry the british freely from
three zuns and Iw0 E5Ckers MaXtmS.
The British cavalry began 10 turn the
Beer position. but night fell before b
movement was completed The Beers
retired during the night All Of sAtur-
day was occupied in fighting. The
Beers maintained a stubborn rear
guard action along a running front OK
twelve miles on a very dificult grOunn.
The British were advancing in three
columns. Gen. Tucker. 10 the South
Eard.
oecuriea PetrusberE Unoppo.-d.
Gen. Kelly Kenny. after following the
river hank. moved in the direction Of
Abraham'S kraaL At Dre.fontein,
about chit miles south Of AbTaham's
Eraal the Beers were found posted in
considerable strength on the ridges
connecting several 6op5es where they
had mounted guns; The action began
ri s in The morning with an artillery
duel Gen. FTeGch's cavalry and Gen.
Porter's brigade supported our guns
TIE ROer artillery was accurately
handled and the British cavalry found
task harder than they had expected.
Gen. Broadwood. with logged perse-
vsraLcP. moved altogether six miles
southwark. trying 10 find a means 10
GET rCund, but the Beers followed. be-
hind rising ground. and even attempted
10 0uTaank him. Meanwhile the Sixth
division Of infantry. advancing on the
Beer left slowly forced the enemy TO
retire, Had the infantry been able 10
more fSster the Beers would have been
envelcppi The last shot was fred al
80 2. II. In the morning not q Boer
was TO be seen. The prisoners belonged
10 President KrGgers own commando.
Warned by Roberts
London. March 13.-The war office
has received the following adyiees from
L0rd Roberts. dated Sunday, at Dire
fsrtein:
The following telegram has been ad.
dressed by me 70 their honors. the
state presidents Of the Orange Free
State and the South African Republic:
Another instance having occurred Of
gross abuse Of the white flag and If the
signal Of holding up hands in token OF
surrender. ii is my duty q inform YOU
th2t il such abuse occurs again l shall
most reluctantly be compelled 10 order
NV tru@ps 10 disregard the white dag
entirely The instance occurred on a
kog5e essl az DriefCnte.n Farm yester-
day evening. and was witnessed by
several Ct my " staff officers as wen
as by myself, aud resulted in The
wouLding Df several Of my officers and
men A large quantity Of explosive
bullets q 1hr@e different kinds was
found in ConmaDdaRt CroDie's hager.
and this Eas been the case after every
Such breaches Of the recognized usages
Of war sna Of the Genera convention
are q disgrace 10 any civilized power.
A copy Of this Telegram has been sent
10 Dy government with the request
that il May be communicated 10 al
Neutral powers"
Beers I'm Force at Bixgar,berr.
Lordon- Msrch Is - The dispatch
from Durham IS TO the engagement
near P~o-reroy seems 70 explain the
Beers accounts Of skS-mishIng in the
H~eiPuak2sr district. and although Col.
Bethnne's fence numbered only a few
hundred. The news shows that the
Beers are in considerable numbers in
Biggsrsberg- There Is no confirmation
q Ehe rwrsors OF the raising of the
siege Of MzfFk5rg. concerning which
the Sgzvesf anxiety continues 10 b.
felt The British reported casualties
up 10 this cate are a. follows. Killed..
wounded. STA. died of disease.
lao. missing. 34S3. total I5s7T.
RehsI Laying Down Th~Er Arra..
Cape Town. March i3-News from
Is6ygre.. Her@eB@H and AiiwaInorgh
show that rbe reaselS are laying Enwn
iAelr arms in large numbers. and that
tAc Beers all asslg tie border ara I'm
serious straits TIE rebels assert thai
TIE Beers sre suhstsrTn- ON bread and
water and s~0-7alled c9tspe. made OF
rice Other r~beEs are bearing TO Ssht
In The Free State British rule las
been restored ar Lzdygrey. where a
big Eight Is reported 40 have occurred
many rebels being killed. III i reported
that ThOusa Ids of rfbHls e~anreusDar4
s~rrreELering 10 Gen Rrahanf.
P~r~sicensx Nsk~ Peace P-r..sewzi.
Lordon. March l2-Th4 nafsv Man
has received the following assrs.rh