The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-09
BOERS STILL ON AGGRESSIVE.
MOVEMENTS NEAR BLOEMFONTEIN
ARE DIsQUIETING.

Women and Other Civilians Are Be-
ing Ordered Away From BIoem-
fOntein-BOer Account of De Vets
Capture of $50 British-Nevs Is
Severely Censored and Reports
Arc Not Satisfactory-WhOIe Free
State is Up Again.
London, April 8, 1850 a. m.-When it is
borne in mind that all the dispatches
from the front are severely censored,
there is little in the news to bring salts
faction 60 England.
Assurances that nothing need be feared,
even if the railways and telegraphs are
cut and Bloemfontein isolated, together
with the news that the ladies' and other
civilians are being ordered away, do not
| augur well
There are rumors from Cape Town that
che telegraph wires were already cut yes
terday Sunday, and also that the Hus-
! sars who Were sent to the relief of the
| Royal Irish Rifles are also missing, al
| though probably these are the outcome of
| the Boer exaggerations designed to en-
| courage the burghers.
| The attempt of Gen, Colville to catch
| the Boer leaders in conference at Reit-
fontein failed probably, as usual, because
| of the lack of cavalry.
The results of these serious checks to
the British arms is that the whole Free
| State is up again, and that the Beers
| are full of activity over the entire field.
a belated Boer dispatch says that bay
| onets were being made for the foreign
| legion under the late Gen. DeVille ebois
Mareuil
The Beers are boasting that the Coles
| berg and Stormberg commands, number
| ing 6MM with
gons, have gotten safely through, thus
performing magnificent strategic
feat"
That Water Works Affair.
Boer account of the Bloemfonten
| water works affairs says:
"Col. Broadwood evacuat led Thabanchu
! owing to the advance Of Commandant Oil
vier from the South. The federal troops
| found the British camp in peaceful slum-
ber without sentinel or outpost to give
| the alarm. Gen. DeWet Immediately placed
| guns and commandos in such positions as
| to surround the British, who did not have
time TO recover from their surprise
The Cape Town correspondent cf the
| Times discussing the affair says:
.All the details only serve to bring out
clearly the marvellous cleverness Of the
| Beers, no less than the marvellous care
| lessness and improvidence of the British
officers whom it would seem, no series
of disasters will ever teach 10 keep vide
awake.
The Beers in Col. Broadwoods rear
drove his force into the party at the drft
exactly as partridges are driven to A
gun. Al the drift, itself, as each wagon
descended the hollow, it was shown which
way to drive so as not to block the con-
voy. When the guns arrived, the trap
was all clear again for their reception.
As one who was present said, 1t was like
a cloak The ROprS DOtitplV took
your rife and asked you kindly to step TO
one side. There was nothing else for you
to do >"
BOers Move Rapidly.
The American scout Burnham testifies
! to the terrific pace with which the BOer
| commanders cover the ground, and the
ease with which they move their guns.
The Beers are displaying increased ac-
| tivity in Natal, but there is no sign tn
| Gen. Butler is moving.
| Mafeking was still besieged on April /.
| The garrison was suffering severely from
! lack of bread, and mixture of oats bran
and meaies was doing duty for that ar
| ticie which is described as coarse in
substance, of the color of the ginger bread
and of the consistency of Norwegian
pine"
Beers Long, Thin Line.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Times telegraphing Friday, says:
1.-The Beers now stretch in a thin line
| from Sanna's Post on the south to a point
! east of Jagersfontein. The railway sta
tons are amply protected, but their de-
| fense necessitates heavy patroling work.
| 1.-The question OF protecting the sur
| rendered Free Staters is being solved by
their reception into the military camps.
Many are flocking here, but il is reported
/ that the farms westward of the capital
are teuanted by women only, the men hav-