Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-05-15
BOERS BEATEN!
British Army Pushing
Towards Pretoria.
BuIIer's Victory Complete
at Biggarsburg'
The Beers Abandon the Free State
to its Fate.
COMMANDMENT At MAfEklNG.

London. May 1.-THE war office has
received the following dispatch from
General Butler: Dundee, May t5.--we
occupied Dundee and about $500 Of the
enemy left yesterday for Glencoe,
where they are entrenched. Their wag-
ons also left yesterday by Dejager's
Drift and the Dannehuser road. Their
Kailirs said they were going to Laing's =
Mex Almost every house In Dundee IL
completely looted. The machinery Of
the Dundee collieries is destroyed.
Houses OF the town damaged, but
structurally intact.
The war Office furnishes tardy confir-
nation of the Associated Press story
yesterday telling OF General Buffers
move ON Biggarsberg In dispatch
from Gen. Butler as follows: "Kemp's
Farm, May i5.-The following tele-
grams sent to Roberts are now repeat
ed to you. They begin under date OF
May 10: In accordance with instruc-
tions to keep the enemy occupied at
Biggarsberg, May IL, | concentrated
the Third cavalry brigade OF the Sec
ond division and some corps OF artil-
lery at Sundays River Drift on Help
maakar road, and directed Col. Beth
uen to advance on Greytown with
Bethuens mounted infantry. Umvoti
mounted rifles and imperial light infan-
try. May ~, we moved to Washbank
and Bethuen to Pomeroy. While Gen.
Hildyard from Eandslaagte, occupied
Indoda mountain. May 10, sent Gen.
Hamilton with three battalions up the
steep slope of Withock hill. The Third
cavalry brigade crowned the hill on
each side of the main road Bethueu
attacked by the Pomeroy road from
three sides. The enemy hurriedly aban-
doned their position, which they had
strongly entrenched. and retired to Neb
In front of Helpmaaker. where we hope
to dislodge them tomorrow, as many
of them retired. We gained the sum
nit of the berg with the loss of only q
few wounded. | advance tomorrow OF
Beth and Hildyard moves on Vessels
Mex. our small loss, l think, was GER
tainly due to the excellent troop lead
ing OF Generals Hamilton and Lorc
Dundonald and Col. Bethuen."
Second dispatch dated May II, says
'The enemy evacuated Helpmaaka
during the night leaving a rear guard o
about a thousand men IN front OF us
These we forced back throughout tn
day under considerable difficulty a
they, fired all the grass on the top o
the berg as they retreated. and tn
wind being unfavorable to US we wer
scarcely able 60 see at all. our casual
ties were small"
The third dispatch is dated Kemp
Farm, May l3-"Dundonald reporte
late last night that he had driven tn
rear guard onto the main body OF tn
enemy near Buralinden, where they oc
cupied in force a strong position wit
three powerful guns. Major Cough
with a composite regiment, manouver
ed to the right around their left fan
and they retired. Dundonald then halt
ed Recovered nearly forty miles dur
ing the day in a waterless countr
most OF the time riding through smok,
think his pursuit a very fine perform
ance. From prisoners | learn that tn
enemy numbered over 1000 at He'll
maakar and being now Joined by thos
who left Van Jonder's pass, they mus
total nearly 5000 men"
Judging from the above dispatcht
the British advance is little more tina
an arduous march. Apparently III
burghers are about to evacuate Nata
concentrate for the defense of Laing
Mex northward, and Van Keenan,
pass west,