The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-17
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London. May 11.-l:05 a. m.-Members |
OF the House of Commons were freely |
betting In the Hobbies last evening that |
Lord Roberts would be in Pretoria In |
two months. The ministerialists are |
building confident hopes upon the COM |
prehensive plans he has communicated |
to the War Office. Predictions are !
definitely made he will enter Kroonstad |
next Monday. and it is believed that his |
advance is probably already recon-
noitering the vicinity of ventersburg.
where the hill country begins again.
Beyond kroonstad Is an intricate
and difficult country. and IL the Beers
should elect to fight 1t is possible they
could check progress of the British un-
til Lord Roberts numerous cavalry had
had time to ride around their flank
and threaten their rear
From 15.0o0 to 10000 is the highest
estimate of the Beers under the per-
sonal comnla;.d CT General Botha, who
is said to ha:e forty-six guns. General
Botha and General Dewet are reported
to have quarreled.
this force with 35, 600 men and 40 guns;
and 10000 more men are easy availa-
BILE.
President Steyn. with 10000 men, is
reported to have been east Of
Thabanchu yesterday Thursday noon,
and battle Was then imminent The
advance troops Of General Rumble and
General Brabant .'ere being fired on.
According to advices from Durham,
dof tod ,1ox D,,l1
Is showing activity but a complete
news embargo is imposed upon the
correspondents With him.
Parties of Beers are still holding tho
mountains adjacent to Springfield. New
Zealand scouts burned the homestead
of farmer named Greyling, in whose
house ari..s We're found. at Deering.
Du,i iEs concert for the relief Of the
sufferers fruIn the Begbie Works. ex-
plosion, given Saturday. at Pretoria, in
the Gaiety theatre. the doors were sud.
denly closed and every man in the au.
dience was col mandeered. All the
horses Weie .aken from the convey
anceS outside
President Kruger has released the
Daily Mail CORE spondents. Messrs.
Halloweil and Hefmeyer.
London May I0.-l0:20 q. m.-Lord
Roberts telesraphs to the War Odice
from Welsei.gen. under date Of May
9th. evenlg z. as follows:
"PcleCarew's aid fuckers divisions,
Hami,toL's column Of heavy naval and
Royal artillery guns and four brigades
cf cavalry marched here to-day. The
.neluy hold ,te opposite bank Of the
Eand river. Their strength will be as
cer,ai1.d tr-n.orrow when I hope to bo
able to force u passage OF the river"
Lord Roberts also reports to the War
Office :,s fellows:
Gable Cart Headquarters, at the
frrnt My 10. $40 a. m.--We are now
across the Zand river The enemy are
Till holding a strong position. but we
:e gradually pushing them back"
I.ci:d"n. May 10.-10:2O q. NIT is
ifciaily announced that the British
ave crossed the Zand river and that
he Beers are being pushed back from
heir strong positions.
London. May 10.-4:55 p. m.-The War
ffice has received the following dis
.tch from Lord Roberts:
Gable Cart. Zand River, May TO-
40 p. m.-The enemy are in full re-
reat. They occupied a position twenty
Eiies in length. Ours was necessarily
longer. With the widely scattered force
it will take some time to learn tho
casualties, but / am hopeful we have
;.ct suffered much. The cavalry and
horse artillery are pursuing the Beers
by three different roads"
London. May 1O.-The crossing Of the
Iand river by the British appears to
have been effected sooner than even the
most sanguine expected and this morn
ing Lord Roberts temporary head
quarters is estab blished in a cable cart
IN the north bank OF the river. Though
the opposition the federals is offering
shows that yesterdays report OF the
abandoning of their position were ILL
founded. Lord Roberts advance force.
consisting of from 10000 to 1900
mounted men, besides infantry, artil.
Iery and the naval contingent. appears
to be sufficiently powerful to over
whelm any opposition the burghers can
Cfrer Even though, as reported yester.
| day, they have been reinforced by 5000
| men from other commands and possess
| a score of heavy guns. the experts be-
| lieve the opposition will not be pro-
| longed longer than Is necessary to re-
| move the guns and other tmpedtments
| in the direction Of Kroonstad.
Further reports from Lorenzo
| MARQUES show that the customs au-
! thorities there. in addition to clothing
and shoes. refuse to clear corned beef
| for the Transvaal, holding 1t Is contra
| band.
| Lord Roberts announcement this
| evening of the flight Of the Beers from
/
| siderable qualification at the war
| Office where IL is now believed that he
| will not allow TIE federals enough
! breathing space to reform southwark
| Of Kroonstad 1t is just possible that
| Lord Roberts transport may be In
| such condition that he will he able to
| keep his troops moving 20 rapidly as TO
| drive the Beers right through Kroon-
| stad without giving them time to or
| eanfze resistance in the formidable en-
| trenchments 80 carefully prepared AT
the vaIsch river.
| The fact that General French and the
/ cavalry have been brought up to sup
| plement General Hutton's mounted In
| fantry leads to the hope in British
| official circles that the pursuit IN
nounced by Lord Roberts may prevent
all the Boer guns and convoy from es-
! Gaping.
The action Of the customs authori-
ties at Lorenzo Marques In more close
| Iy scrutinizing consignments Tor the
i Transvaal is liza bic tn be a serious mat
ter for the Beers and indirectly Tor the
British prisoners who are likely to b
the first to feel the effects OF any snort
age Of food stuns
Pretoria. Nay e.-The request OF the
Government for permission to sell min
ing rights for prices which should b
approved by the government was re-
3ected by the R2ad by vote OF j to D
The session Is closed.
}. London. May l0--The War Once haa
received from Lord Roberts a dispatch
dated Zand River Camp. May 9th, say
ing: