The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-03-08
ROUTED THE ENEMY.
Lord Roberts Reports Having q Very
Successful Day.
SYMMETRY OF BOER TRENCHES.
Was Not Disturbed by the British
Field Marshal.
HIS ATTACK WAS on THE LEFT
And the Beer Position Became Un'enable,
Causing Them 10 Retreat
HIS ATTACK WAS on THE LEFT
CASUALTIES ARE REPORTED As Fifty
This Makes the British Advance
tein-Estimates of Boer Forces.

osfontein, March 7.--Lord Roberts
forces attacked early this morning. Gen.
eral French turned the southern part OF
the position of the Beers. who fed. leay-
ing gun aud large quantities OF forage
and their tents. He is now In pursuit.
The Beers on the north bank are also
evacuating the position.
London, March Field Marshal Lord
Roberts has telegraphed as follows.
osfontein, March I, 4;S0 p. rn.--our OPP
erations today promise to be great sue
cess. The enemy occupied a position four
miles north and eleven miles south OF the
Modder river l placed General Col
Wills division on the north bank and
General Kelly-Kennys ana fuckers d.
visions with cavalry on the south bank
The cavalry division succeeded in turn
ing the enemy's left flank opening a road
for the Sixth division which is advancing
Without having been obliged to fire a shot
up to this time. The enemy are 10 full
retreat toward the north and cast They
are being closely followed by cavalry, horse
artillery and mounted infantry. while
fuckers Seventh division, Colville's Ninth
division and the Guards brigade. under
Pole-Carew are making their way across
the river at Poplars drift. where ] pro-
pose to place my headquarters this even
ing Our casualties will. trust, be few.
as the enemy were quite urprepared for
being attacked by fhe fsnk and having
their communications with Bloemrontein
threatened.
London. March Z, midnight.--The war
office has just posted the following ad-
vices from Lord Roberts:
Poplar Grove, Wednesday. March z.
eveoing.-We had q very successful day
and have completely routed the enemy,
who are in full retreat. The position
which they occupy is extremely strong
and cunningly arranged with second
line Of intrenchments, which would have
caused us heavy loss had a direct attack
been made. The turning movement was
"esss'~'"' "tue, o"ius W the na'Hfe Oh
the ground and the cavalry and horse
artillery are much done up. The hghting
was practically conhntd to the cavalry
division, which as usual did exceedingly
well, and General French reports that the
morse artillery batteries did great execu-
ton among the enemy. Our casualties
were about fifty. regret to say that
Lieutenant Keswick was killed and Lieu-
tenant Bailey was severely wounded. both
OF the Twelfth lancers. Lieutenant De-
Crespigny Of the Second life guards was
severely wounded. Remaining casualties
will be telegraphed tomorrow. Generals
pewst and DeLarey commanded the Boer
forces
London March s. a. m.r-Lord Roberts
wired yesterday from osfontein that he
had advanced fourteen miles further to-
ward Bleomfontein.
Nothing was done by Lord Roberts to
disturb the symmetry the deadly inge-
nuity of the Boer trenches In front OF
him. He marched out infantry estimated
from the eommanus na'"eu' ai 'V'VV0 men