The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-04-05
BRITISH ADVANCE
viii Prob,bly be Resumed Early
NsNt Week.
zen. JOuBtRTS SKILL PRAISED.
0ne Hundred and Thirty-fi,e Miiss
TO be Covered by Lord Roberts Be
fore tic Reaches the Boer Position

London. Cable-Gcne-2i French.
who has arrived az Bloe=Ttc,.e.n fDc.R .
Thaba NChu. says rhat ComnarC2at .
Olivier has 6.Oc0 mcn and Is north %. ~
Ladybr2nd. Immense quantities ~
stores have uox been Accumulated ~
Bloemton:e.n. ard Lord Rober:s' IN
tartry IS seemingly abou. 20 move. An
impress lon, wlilh can Se traced - the
War office, is abroad that the advance
will begin next Monday. Boe. obseT-
walton parties are hoveTins near
Bloemfon;ein. but Lord Roberts has
l35 miles 20 cover before relch.ns the
great position wlich the Docrs are
pre- pairing a. krOcas.ai; Moving tca
miles a day is probably the 0cs; he
can do with field transports. There
fore he can hardly engage the Boc-s in
force for two weeks. The r"c0astruc-
ton CT the railway beh:El a!n may
even delay an inyaslCa OF the Trans
vsal until Mny. Meanwhile. al The
important towns IN The Free sac.
within LoDi Roberts reach. are being
gaTTisoned. TrAba'Nohu. Phillipol.s.
Fauresmith. and JagcrsIoniein are
thus held. Sir Alfred Milner is toar-
Ing in the disturbed newly acquired
territory. investigating conditions and
arranging the administration. He IS
understood TO be getting materials for
a report to Mr.. Chamberlain concerning
a plan OF civil government.
All the London morning papers
print singularly kind editorials con-
, cerning General Joubert. They praise
his military skill. upheld his chival-
: rous conduct and regre: that so strong
| and moderate a mind should be absent
from the final settlement Of the dis
pute Although some o: the youDge
commanders thought the old soldier
: wanting in dash and enterprise. his
: raid into the country south of the
Tugela is considered the best piece oi
l Boer leadership during the whole war
It is now known that he crossed the
, Tugela with only 1900 rifemcn and
e six guns, but SO bold and rapid wo-t
: his movements that the British com
5 manUerS JEOuSuL lh,ubU DOtIo Ntf'
n marching On PietermaritZburg For :
/, few days, although in the presence o
n greatly superior forces, he isolate,
: General Hildyard's brigade az Estoou-
s and at the same time threatened Gen
eral Barton's camp at Noel river. Then
as British re-enforcenents were puSa
ed up Jouhert re-crossed the TCgel.
without losing prisoner. a wagon o
. a gun General Whites estimate "
e him, pronounced on Tuesday before b
II died, as a gentleman and a brave an
u honorable opponent, sorikes the ton
le of all British comment.
i. The Foreign Office. according to III
; Portugal for some thousands of Brl
lie tislh troops 20 be landed at Eei-a an
l. sent ny the Rhodesia railway fra,
ie Massi-Kesse to Um:ali. a perma3el
D. arrangement is understood 20 exi:
E for the use OF this route TO trans'e
81 the Rhodesia police. The possit!li'
ID of foreign protest is suggested by IL
CT Daily Chronicle. Among tha items G
; bled from Pretoria IS a statement tn;
prominent residents there object 70
20 defense of Pretoria a3d desire tn;
ls President Kruger should retire
III Lydriberg. II is expected the princip
Il buildings at Johannesburg ND bee
u undermined by order of Kruger