Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-08
|OERS IN FULL RETREAT
hose in Northern Cape Colony Are
Fleeing to The Orange Free State.
|lNOR SKIRMlSHES AT OSFONTElN
Gene at CoIenso Worse Than
Dante's 'lnferno."
OBERTS OPPOSED BY A LARGE FORCE

>fice has received the following dis
hitch from Lord Roberts:
2"Osfontein, March 6.-Gen. Gatacre
occupied Stormberg yesterday. The
mes of railway north and west will
pw be repaired. Gen. Clements is at
|pubert g Siding station, beyond Coles +.
berg. The Duke of Marlborough. with
be Oxford company of the Imperial
Ieomanry, has left Cape Town for
Daauwpoort. Gen. Butler reports Natal
practically clear of the enemy, and
bat he cannot hear of any formed body
mbulances full Of their sick and
ounded, from which the mules had
ben taken for transport service"
BoERs IN FULL RETREAT.
eos p. m. The Beers in Northern
lane Colony are in full retreat to the
orange Free State. The possession Of
Itotmberg ruts Gen. Gatacre in railroad
Communication with Gen. Clements,
Coesberg, for, though the Beers
hrtially wrecked the railroad, il IS
Understood that it can be quickly re-
bred, and thus the entrance Of, addi-
onal British troops into the Orange
rec State will be greatly facilitated.
From Osfontein, whore Field Mar
bal Lord Roberts is opposed by a
bod sized body of Beers, there is still
news. except reports Of minor
furnishes.
The position gained by Gen. Brnbant,
Dofdrecht, is reported to be exceed
bgly strong. According to the Times
correspondent, the Boers' numbers
lone enabled them to retreat from
ordrecht practically unhindered. He
)so reports violation of the white
he by the Beers, and that they de.
berately fired at close range on q
retcher party.
WORSE THAN DANTE's "INFERNo."
Gen. Whites garrison has begun to
lave Ladysmith, and is arriving at the
ooi River camp, where the troops
i'll remain several days, after which
hey will go further south. They are
naciated and exhausted, and say the
bad to Colenso presents scenes that
ceed in horror those depicted in
|ante's "Inferno. Dead men and
finals are lying mutilated and putri-
BID in the trenches formerly occupied
the Beers. and I'll the air with a
ckening stencil. In cases where
lrried burial had been attempted,
rains have washed the earth away,
bd out of the earth stick legs and
ms of dead burghers.
A dispatch from Osfontein says that.
ecordipg to the Boer prisoners, another
IMPORTANT British success will cause
resident Steyn to flee to Pretoria,
aving provisional government at
1 oemfontein, which is likely to make
bace overtures, those Free Skaters not
shing for peace trekking into the
ansvaal. and there helping to make q
and which most of the British mill
ry critics now point out will con-
itute the most difficult and deciding
n re Of the war. The recent rains
I've afforded Lord Roberts good grass,
ID copious supplies have reached him.
bws of his advance is eagerly awaited.
London, Eng, March For lack Of
news from Field Marshall Lore
pberts, attention turns to Natal. II
reported that Gen. Butler has pushed
rward a force along the HarrismitE
ilroad line toward Van Reenen's pass
ing the railroad freely for communi
tions. 1t appears that the Beers in
ggarsherg range, and contest the Glen
70 passes, although it hardly SEEM
kelly that Gen. Butler will attempt tt
Fcb these for the present. His plans
wevcr, are kept almost as secret a
ose Of Lord Roberts.
While waiting for the important de
lopments which are daily expected
occur in the Orange Free State
mors of peace recur. The second edi
Pn of the Times, today, contains
Bpatch from Cape Town, which say
cre is crying need for an explicit
Element by the British ministry tina
thing short of annexation is in
hded, in order to 'dampen the mis-
ievous agitation that is going O.
der the pretext of demand TO
hce."
LOSSES AT I,ADYsMITH.
Another list of the casualties sus
ned by Gen. Buffers forces fror
bruary 14th to February 9th shows
He'd, 1913; wounded, 573; missing, 81
these, the losses of the Inniskilling
70 as follows: Killed, "a; wounded
missing, %. Dublin Fusilier:
led, Is; wounded, 81; missing
Connaught Rangers, killed. Is
Punded, los; missing, 6. Royal Iris
siliurs, killed, II; wounded. 6s
ssing, 2. Scots Fusiliers, killed, L
unded, 6S; missing, none. With th
I of casualties published Monda,
makes the total cost to the ran
4 file in the final relief of Ladysmit
30 men.
sKIRMIsHEs IN THE TRANsvAAL.
l6 p. ma special dispatch fro
lrban says flying column of BIRTHS
oops from Zululand has entered II
hnsvaal, and has been daily skirmisl
with small parties Of Beers. III
ce consists Of mounted infantr
= |ta scouts and artillery, all cor
! lnded by Major Prendergast. III
: ump first crossed the border Fe
!. hry 18th. 1t now occupies an q
nehed position on Catasa hill, nil
4, les within the Transvaal.
u BoERs IN FULL RETREAT
ord Roberts telegraphs from OSLO
!, o.: Advanced March 18th. Enen
iu'l retreat, followed by our troop
:. sualties few.''
UPRISikG OF DUTCH.
beilton of Those in Prieska and 9th