The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-04
LORD ROBERTS PLAN.
He Expects to Completely Clear the
Country of the Transvaalers.
President Kruger Issues ProcIn-
nation ExPeIIing British sub
jects From the TrnnSvaaI-
Latest From 8infeking.

London, May 3.-The immediate OBJ
| jective of Lord Roberts is to establish
a line of British posts from one from
tier of the Free State to the other at
right angles with the railway. thus
preventing Boer raids southwark 1t
is essential, therefore, that the Beers
should be expelled from the rugged
Thaba NChu district and be forced
TO retire to Ladybrand. As the result
Of the desultOry firing Monday and
Tuesday the Beers were pushed back
few miles, but nothing definite APP
pears TO have yet been attained The
Beers continue TO follow their harass-
ing tactics. One well-horsed COM
mando. operating in the neighbor-
hood Of Sannas Post, interferes with
the British conveys going from
Bloemfontein TO Thaba N'Chu. The
enemy nearly captured convoy Tues
day, but they were driven off after a
brisk fight.
Preparations for an advance con-
tinue at Kimberley. Sir Alfred Miner
has written to the mayor of Kimber-
ley assuring him that the. relief of
Mafeking has not ceased to occupy
his attention and that of the military
authorities, and that nothing Will be
left undOne to raise the siege at the
| earliest possible moment.
The British garrisons along the
railway toward Warrenton have been
strengthened and supplies are going
forward. \ mounted force has gone
to Barkly West in consequence of the
Beers having occupied Windsorton.
\ thousand Beers threaten the COM
munications between Boshof and
Kimberley.
Malala. chief Of the Taungs, has in
formed the British that the Beers are
preparing 10 resist their advance at
PhikOwani 20 miles north of Warren.
\ correspondent at Lorenzo Mar
queS cabled Tuesday that Il large part
Of the investing force ut Mafeking
had been Withdrawn.
Gen Butler continues quiet The
Beers assert that they are delaying
an attack upon him in the hope that
al the horses of the British will die
of horse sickness.
According To q correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph with Lord Roberts,
President Kruger is again asking
peace terms.
The departure of the BOer delegates
from Holland TO the United States,
and what they have said of their pur-
poses and hopes, draw attention to
American views of the war The
Chronicle says: THE men who count
in the United States are not likely to
accept the views which Messrs. Fisch-
er and Vessels intend to place before
them"
y dispatch from Pretoria gives the
text of President Kruger's proclama-
ton eXpelling British subjects from
the Transvaal. 1t SAYS:
AS numerous burghers insist on
the removal of the British, and as the
government is DESTROYS of complying
with the wish of the burghers and
others favorable to the republic. all
Britishers residing in the district and
town of Pretoria, and the Witwater-
strand gold fields must leave the
state within SO hours from noon,
April 80. Exception will be made in
the case of those obtaining special
permits"
Thaba N'Chu, May 1.-Gen. Hamil-
toms division was engaged yesterday
and to-day inforcing passage north
ward. At Houtney the Boer front
held a line OF hills commanding the
sides of the mex. The Canadians and
GOrdOns attacked the hill to the left
and the Shropshires and Marshalrs
horse, supported by a battery. also
made an attack on the enemy, who f.
nally fed. leaving many wounded;
and the passage was cleared.
The Beers on the mountain are now
Smelling the outlying camp, necessi-
tating removal to a safer place The
Beers have three guns on the hill
10 the eastward Of this place. outside
the range of the British artillery.
The Boer Smelling is not doing any
damage. The enemy retain their po-
sitions.
Gen. Hamilton, by reaching Hout-
ney, after a full days fighting, Sc
cured the Thaba Bloemfontein
road.