The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-26
MARCH STOPPED.
Gen. Brabant's Advance Guard
Meets a Strongly Entrenched
Position Held By Beers.
AN ENGAGEMENT OF SEVERAL HOURS
The Beers Still Keep up a Heavy BON.
bardment on Col. Dalgety's Po-
sitiOn at Wepener.
Gen. Brabant's Relief Column Is Re-
ported to BE in the NeighbOrhood
of Bushman's kOp. Twenty
Miles From wepener.

OF bushman's kOp. twenty
Miles From wepener.
Maseru, Basutiland, April 22.-Gen.
Brabant's advanced guard reached
Bushman's Kop last evening. The
Beers held strong position there
with two guns. The engagement
opened at sunrise, with heavy rifle
Are. AT 6:30 a. m. cannonading be-
gan and continued for several hours.
Gen. Brabant's forces are on the
plain and have fairly open country all
the way to Wepener, 20 miles away.
Four Boer guns were hard at work
all day yesterday on Col. Dalgety's
position. The British guns replied at
intervals.
The Beers are divided into three
divisions, two being in positions to
rcpel the relief columns, the distant
roar of whose artillery is audible.
Evidently the Beers re-attacked Col.
Dalgety to-day.
Col Dalgety photographs: "All well.
Beers had 300 shells yesterday with
cut DONG damage.
The Basutos are posted on the bor-
der for defensive purposes. They are
behaving in orderly fashion, but are
showing the most intense interest in
the outcome of the developments of
he next "a hours.
London, April 23.-The Daily News
has the following from Lorenzo Mar
ques, dated Friday, April 20:
ut is reported here that Gen. De.
wet has been killed.
"Other European ambulance corps
besides the Irish-American are taking
up arms in behalf of the Beers. The
latter are unable to obtain smokeless
powder.
Trenches are being constructed for
eight miles around Pretoria. There
are 60 guns in position at Kroonstad
and seven French guns at Pretoria.
Twenty-tiv mines at johannesburg
have been charged with dynamite and
the Johannesburg fort has been dis
mantled."
London, April 23.-The Lorenzo
Marques correspondent of the Times,
under Saturdays date, says: "Infor-
nation received from responsible
sources shows that at one time the
two republics had 100000 men in the
field, including the colonial rebels.
According to the same informant,
they can still muster $4,000, of whom
$4,000 are in the Free State, 10000 are
in the Biggarsberg district and $4,000
in the districts of Fourteen Streams
and Klerksdorp. 1t is now believed
that before the war the burgher lists
were deliberately falsified in order tc
deceive the British intelligence de.
partment."
London, April 23.-The Kimberley
correspondent of the Morning Post
telegraphing Sunday, says: "The
Beers are reported to be near Frank.
fort, where the country is very diff.
cult. AT Klipdam they are entrench
ing their positions"
London, April 23.-A dispatch to the
Times from Jammersburg, dated Sun
day, says: "The Beers are displaying
renewed activity. Five guns were uset
freely to-day from four different posi-
tions against ours. A rifle firing tt
the south and west was heavy ant
continuous. Officers and men are OF
duty day and night in the trenches
and the heavy rains of late have mad,
their task a great feat of endurance
and pluck"
Bloemfontein, Friday, April aO.-
N.,sI IL,
Gems. Chermside and Rumble came in
to contact with the Beers near d.
Welsdorp at noon. The fighting con
tiued in the dark and was principall,
carried on by the artillery which tenn
porarily silenced both of the Beers
| guns.
Bloemfontein, April 2O.-The Brit
ish command the hills for mile
around the Beers, who are reporte'
to hold strong positions, but ar
probably retiring.
| fhe casualties on the British sid
were slight and most of them oC
CURED among the yeomanry an,
mounted infantry.
The firing was at long range. MOL.
OF the British troops were killed.
Boshop. Orange Free State, Apri! q
AT midday yesterday Gen. -dethuen'
field force at Swartzkopiesfontei
was ordered to return to Boshof. 1t
convoy extended over six miles. TIL
escort took up position on a hi
commanding the road, just in tn
nick of time. as force of 200
Beers with two guns and pompor
suddenly appeared in the vicinity an
opened very heavy fire. The BIRTHS
however held them in check unit
the column reached point of safet
when they retired. The British ha
several casualties. The Beers tough
determinedly and must have, suffere
considerably, as they once advance
to within 300 yards of the hill,whenc
q concealed detachment of the Britis
opened a heavy fusilade on them.
President Mckinley Declines.
Chicago, ILL.,, April 22.-The recel
tion committee of the Dewey eel,
bration has received formal motto
from President Mckinley of bis d,