The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-28
NOTHING BUT SMALL FIGHTS.
Situation Is Quiet Both in the Free
state and Natal.

State and Natal.
London, March 27.-Reconnaissances of
slight Importance continue to be the only
feature of the war in South Africa
Lord Roberts wires to the war office as
follows:
"Bloemfontein, Monday March %
Capt, Soane-Stanley of the Sixteenth Ian
GERS, was slightly wounded in an affair of
4 outposts, north of the Modder river,
March 25."
dispatch from Bloemfontein dated
tMarch 26, and published in the second
edition of the Times amplifies Lord Rob-
erts dispatch as follows:
"A cavalry reconnaissance was made
yesterday towards, Brandfort. The Six
tenth Lancers. by skirmshing, drew the
Beers from their position into the open
when the Ninth Lancers attempted to
flank the enemy while they were engaged
from the front by a dismounted section
of the Sixteenth Lancers. Our casualties
are reported to be few"
A dispatch from Maseru, Basutoland,
March 26, says:
The Basutoland government is busy co..
Letting natives TO be employed at Bloem-
fontein in repairing and laying railroads.
The natives report that the Free Staters
on the borders of Basutoland have refused
TO go to Kroonstad and are staying on
their farms, as it is now the ploughing
season and they are inclined to keep their
land and submit rather than give it up
and fight"
Situation in Natal.
De-
opments of Importance have occurred there
up to March %. A dispatch from the Boer
camp al Glencoe, dated March 49, says:
No attack is expected to be made on
the Boer forces in Natal Gems. Botha
and Meyer have been Joined by their
wives. Pretorius with a patrol, got be-
tween an advance guard of lancers and
its main body March % One lancer, who
refused to surrender, was shot
Gen. Botha denies the reports that
Transvaal women were wounded in the
Tugela trenches. Gen. Butler has sent
the Beers list of their wounded, stating
that he buried sixty men. Gen. Botha
says this is impossible, as his rolls do
not show any such loss"
Ladysmith special says:
"Boer patrols endeavored to trap
party of the Thirteenth Hussars March
25 at Waschbank A hot chase ensued.
Several Beers were wounded"
The same dispatch says:
"A printed document has been found
giving the Boer losses at Spion kop at
over $500, but this can scarcely be cred
tied"
Advices to-day from Cape Town say:
Rains are general throughout South
Africa and rivers which have been dry for
years are being flooded. Many camps are
transformed into swamps. This will still
more initiate against an immediate Brit
ish ADVANCE.
Sickness aong the Boer prisoners on the
transports is increasing Three deaths &C
Cured March 26. The bodies were buried
by the British with the Transvaal flag on
the coffin, the leading Dutch of the iowa
attending the funeral. Typhoid alone
claims 100 victims among the prisoners and
the population of Simonstown fear an ep-
idemic.
Another War Predicted.
THE Bund at meeting at Pasrl March
26, attended by several members of the
Cape Assembly passed resolutions regret
ting that the Cape government was not
consulted before the war and declaring
that any settlement which did not respect
the independence of the republics would
be detrimental to the highest interests of
the British empire. Mr.. Hargrove, the
chief speaker, prophesied another war
within six years unless independence was
granted, and Assemblyman Marais charac-
terized the war as a continuation of the
Jameson raid"
Gen White was presented with an ad-
dress by the Mayor and municipal Coun-
ell of Cape Town to-day, assuring him of
their sympathy in his enforced hometgo-
ing and declaring that the records of the
siege of Ladysmith are among the bright
est annals of the nation.
Michael Davtt arrived at Lorenzo
MARQUEE March q.
dispatch in the second edition of the
Times from that port declares the Beers
ara using natives from the mines to CON
struct trenches around Johannesburg,
adding that the mines are expected TO