Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-21
ROBERTS'S FOR
WARD MOVEMENT.
Has Established Headquarters Thir-
ty Miles Out of Jacobsdal.

Has Established Headquarters Thir-
ty Miles Out of Jacobsdal.
LONDON, February 20.-The war Of
flee at 2:25 p. m. issued a dispatch
from Lord Roberts, the main import
ance of which is the fact hat it is dat
ed Paardeberg, 7:05 p. m, Monday.
Paardeberg is 80 miles east of Jacobs
dali The dispatch announces that the
railroad to Kimberley is open and that
Gen. Methuen will proceed there with
reinforcements forthwith and that
large supplies will be forwarded to the
town.
Whatever good news may have been
received from them the front Is being
carefully guarded. In spite of the
queens announcement to the Fourth
battalion of the Lincolnshire militia,
this morning, prior to her departure
from Osborne house to Windsor, that
good news had been received from the
seat of war, the war officials solemnly
averred that they had received no news
up to 1870 o'clock this afternoon.
Unofficially it is rumored that Gen.
Kitchener has brought Gen. Cronje to
a standstill and has engaged him, and
1t is added the var Office now Is only
waiting the result of the battle. This,
however, though plausible, may be pre-
mature. In any case, the confident
hope that Gen. Cronje has been cut
off from Bloemfontein continues to
prevail in London, especially in view
of the detailed dispatches, saying that
the Free Skaters, when they saw the
extent of the British forces, were in
favor of surrendering.
The first train to Kimberley left
Cape Town last night and the neigh
thoroughly cleared of Beers.
A dispatch from Pietermaritzburg,
dated Monday, February 10, says all
is quiet in Zululand and the Beers
main bodies are reported to be retiring
upon Dundee and Helpmakaar, leaving
small forces and two pieces of artillery
at each magistraey.
According to a special dispatch
from Taskastad, a refugee who has ar
rived there says the Beers are 5000
strong at Stormberg, but that at Bur-
ghersdorp they have only a small town
guard.
DOAADaAN, CDi udIJ L. ucIc Was
continuous lighting yesterday from
the British positions on Gun Hill and
Huzzar Hill. The troops advanced
from the former toward Monte Cristo.
There was a heavy bombardment with
three 4.7-inch guns and the 100-pound-
er siege gun, supported by infantry,
against the Boer position on Hang
wana Hill, which adjoins Monte Girls
TO, and is regarded as the key to
Groblers kloof. The firing was par
ticularly active from Huzzar Hill on
the strong Boer entertainments at the
extreme end of Hlangwana Hill.
These entertainments were strength
ened with sand bags. The firing still
continued at 6 o'clock yesterday even
ing. During the day the gun Lady
Randolph" came on an armored train
from the direction of Colenso. The
naval gun knocked out the Long Tom
on Hlangwana Hill at the first shot,
for which Gen. Butler especially
complimented the gunners.
Hlangwana Hill lies between two
bends of the Tugela river. The Beers
have erected a bridge between Hang
wana and the northern bank Of the
river.
While Gen. Butler Is continuing his
movement on the extreme right and
has made every disposition for the
defense Of his position to the left and
south Of the Tugela by maintaining