Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-14
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Lord Methuen'S Small
Swift Columns.
RELIEF TO wEpENER
Beers Adopt New Taclics-Are Man
ufacturing Their OwnI Shells
Fear at Observation-Disclosures a
Bad Way.

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London. April IA. AIS a m.-".The for
ward movement of the Beers is check
ed" says Lord Roberts. This is taken to
mean not by lighting, but by dispositions
to mead off their advance and bar their
way to vulnerable points in the line Of
British communications. w. nd .
Relief is on the way to Wepener. 1.-THE
Beers in Natal appear incapable Of de-
veloping an aggressive movement at
E~landslaagte.
Lord Methuen is at Zwartkopfontein,
II miles east of Boshop, and is sending
small, swift columns through the ada
cent country Lord Chesham, command
ing one of these, encountered a small
commando about ten miles southeast of
Zwartkopfontein. He found most of the
farms occupied by women and children
only.
An editorial note in the Daily Mail
AYERS hat Mafeking is In a very bad
way and that the hope of relief is far
off as no force is advancing from the
south.
h war office thai four
~ 40N WIKI dII4tC dl II d
this week. 1t is we'll understood that
the animals are not ft for work until
about ten days after tine voyage. Two
thousand more are due at the Cape
next week. u
The wal office has called out the re-
serve companies of several infantry
battalions which will be sent to South
Africa forthwith.
The Boer peace ENJOYS documents-the
Rome correspondent of the Daily News
s~ays-shOwing that urgent advices to
the Transvaal to wage war were orig
lnally made by Germany. This CORES
pendent also asserts that Count Won
Buelow. h German foreign minister,
who was said to have gone on "a vi1&t to
a sick brother. really went to Milan for
ne express purpose Of comforting with
the delegates. ss
London, April 1.-THE Bloernfonfein
correspondent Of the Morning Post, tele-
graphing Thursday, says: ss III .
The enemy have evidently determined
to adopt entirely new tacticts. aTEok$oI-
umns are known to be maviuk stpsthe,
south OF BlOemfontein. They are relying
on Cape carts for transportatien.and.ar
CARRYING scarcely any forage@and Nhiy
sulr1cient food to meet the immediateFre-
qulrements of the convoy With axen
transports following at a secure dis
lance. Inc Boer columns are thussen-
airy. III
1t IS reported that there are 5000 Beers
TO the south of Dewetsdorp. The force
extends from that point to OdendahI.
n bureher who had returned to their
farms are undoubtedly rejoining the
enemy.
Lord Roberts has appointed the D,,1a
OF Marlborough to be assistant military
secretary at headquarters.
London, April 14.-The Daily. Tele-
graph has the following from Elands.
laagte, dated April ID:
Inc Beers are changing their tactics
and are moving from Glencoe westward
Win a view OF threatening u lines
OF to Ladysmith.z
On Tuesday a corps of carbineers of
~Ihorneycroft's horse narrowly escaped
pelng cut Off, owing to the treachery Of
a kaftir and a native guide.
Bloemfontein, April 13.-Accounts re-
celved here of the fighting of the
troops under Colonel Dalgety at WEEP
ener show the Beers attacked them viz
orously, but We're repulsed with great
loss. h Beers subsequently relin-
quished the attack and 1t is said
they are returning northwards.
London. April 14.-The Times has the
following from johannesburg, dated
April Is:
Colonel Dalgety's force has been sur
rounded by some thousands of Beers with
eight guns, two "pom-poms'' and two
Maxims, since Monday morning. They
have calamity withstood a heavy attack
on Monday and again a night attack on
Tuesday and on Thursday there was a
continuous shell and rifle fire. We are
confident of being able to repulse any at
tack. Food is plentiful. Our casual
ties. under he circumstances, are small.
The brunt OF the fighting and also of the
loss. has been borne by Cape mounted