The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-05-15
BULLER ON THB MOVE.
Clears the Biggarsberg Range
of Beers.
NO RELIEF YET FOB MAFgK1NG,

NO RELIEF YET FOB MAFEKING.
General Hunter Expected to Reach There
Tuesday OF Wednesday-Tales of Boer
| Disinteeration-Two volksraad Mem
bers for Peace-Advices from Pretoria.
LONDON, May 15.-General Buller's
turning of the Biggarsburg position
was effected by a bold movement. The
Beers had evacuated Helpmaakar, but
were making stand Monday evening
at Bleskoplaagte, seven miles from
Dundee. The corps on the spot re-
garded this as a rear guard action in
tended to cover the retreat of the
army. At the same time General
Hildyard took Indoba and it is reported
that the Beers withdrew i'll disorder.
General Butler, who seems to be en-
ploying his full strength, is expected to
push on. His first marches were SO
miles in three days. He is thus break
ing into British territery which had
been administered for six months by
the Transvaalers as though it were
part Of the republic, they holding
courts and levying taxes. His success,
therefore, has political as well as mill
tary consequences.
While Lord Roberts infantry are
concentrating at Kroonstadt, where
they will rest for day or two, his
horsemen have penetrated 18 miles
northward. In the squadron which
cut the railway 10 miles beyond Kroon-
|sstadt was the American scout, Freder-
ick Burnham. Two hundred Beers,
who had hidden in the river
jungles near Kroonstadt to escape serv-
ice have surrendered to the British and
taken the oath of allegiance.
According to dispatch from Bennett
Burleigh to the Daily Telegraph. dated
Thursday. May 10, Paul Botha and
MacD Donald, members of the Free State
volksraad, demanded that the chairman
| should call a meeting to sue for peace,
| as further resistance was suicidal and
proposed to make President Steyn q
| prisoner.
| Nothing definite has been heard about
the expected relief of Mafeking. The
Cape Town correspondents col time to
| wire that relief is imminent, fixing
Tuesday or Wednesday as probable
dates. 1nquirers at the war Office are
told that the news of the relief will be
made public Immediately on its receipt.
The latest supposition concerning Gem
eral Hunter is that possibly he is
marching up the north bank Of the Vaal
with force sufficient, in cooperation
with Lord Roberts, to render Boer de-
Tense Of the Vaal frontier impracticable.
East of Bloemfontein General Rundle
is advancing toward Ladybrand. His
troops and those of General Brabant
are stretched over distance of 80 miles.
The Beers are described as quite disor-
ganized and are retreating !. northward.
\ President Steyn's ieutenants are trying
to rally them.
The same stories Of disintegration
come from nearly every point where the
English correspondents are. Mr.. Hol-
lowell. formerly correspondent at
Mafeking, who was put over the Trans
vaal border, telegraphing from Lou
renzo Marquee Monday, says:
Judging from talks have had with
tho Beers the end of the war will come
in a month or six weeks. Mr.. Stein
kamp, chairman Of the second raad,
who travelled with me, said that if the
burghers were pressed from Pretoria
they would retire to the district of the
Leydenburg mountains which had al
ready been provisioned.
Another dispatch to the Associated
Press, dated Stone Hill, Monday, says:
"After four days march eastward, at
the foot of the Biggarsberg ridges, in
the direction of Helpmaakar, which
was occupied by the federa1s, the sec
ond brigade, Sunday, led che attack.
Dundonald's cavalry broke the Boas'
center and Bethune's Horse advanced
on their extreme right. In the direc-
ton of Pomeroy small party of bur-
ghers occupied q ridge overlooking
Helpmaakar, but they did not wait for
the ASSAULT"
Beers Again Attack Mafeking.
| PRETORIA, May IA war bulletin
has been issued here announcing that
the British are advancing against the
federals at Helpmakaar and Tonder's
Mex. The burghers this morning at
tackled Mafeking.
!! The telegraphist at 'Malopo says tina,
a heavy rifle and cannon fire was heard
before 6 o'clock today and that the
"Kaffir location" was in flames within
an hour and was totally destroyed. Al
10 O'Clock, he adds, everything was
| quiet.