The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-08
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WITHDB WAL
0F Beers
F1om RobetS, Front They Retired
Bsiote zim n Gr Con-
TeR0BjF GOES 10 81. HELENA
English Cabinet WI Not at Present.
Eutortain Proposals for k
change Of Prsonsrs

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LONDON, March 81 Q. m. = Iipgd
Roberts wired yestefday nicEninB nom
osfcntein and in the evening from Fpp-
lar Grove fourteen miles eastward. ~
an application Of the elementary prime
cipiei o. strategy the Boer positions.
1fteen miles long acrcl his path. have
besn emptIed and their holders have
been obiiee to retire In confusion cone
sequent upon hasty withdrawal.
Nothing mas done by Lord Roberta
toidlntutb the symmetry and the deadly
ingenuity of the Boer trenches In front
Of him. He marched ont infantry 60.
timated from the commands named at
90 900 mem and sent Il, 900 horsamen and
horse artillery in a bold sweep o the
Hosr ieft whereupon the Boer centre
and right became untenable, Ritiy
Brttiah fell when the cavalry came Into
contact with the Boers.
The Boer Strength.
The correspondents dinersag 70 I'M
ensmy's strength. The Daily Mails
representative thinks the Boera mum
Der something more than 1000. The
Daily News man estimates them ct To-
900. AS these figures come from OBJ
servers at headquarters Il Is clear that
Lord Roberts force was lOverwh almflns-
" superior. he can eearceiy have fewer
than $1,000 Immediately available, ~
the guards brigade lreached him from
Lord AGethuen Tuesday.
Lord Methuen now commands only
volunteers and the local forces At hims
berley, some OF whom have gone TO-
ward dafeldng
The Beers do not yet appear to ap-
pfeciate the mobility Of Lord Roberts
corps, which was able to strike 20
swiftly in this affair that the enemy
had to abandon q gun, much fofhge and
large quantity Of camp equlppase
"A Note Of Caution.
The Standard cautions EngliEhmen
against rising 70 d height Of aerene
contentment, which the actual position
doSsnot Justify., and thus measures the
aitIiations
"a large number Of the Boefg are SIN
In the field They have wide range
Of country over which they can oper-
ate. Although their morale Is some
what damaged, It would be too much
tOssay that they will not stand again.
Indeed, what we want them to lois 20
stand again, for It Is only In real
stand-up fight that we can lnfiict those
losses which would eventually lead the
defeated to sue for peace. Lord Rob
erts has gained a success. but It must
not be regarded as signal victory until
we know what damage has been In
dicted and what prisoners have been
taken"
The Dutch risInEs In the northwestern
districts Of Cape Colony are the only
cloudlet visible in the sky Of British
prospects.
cronje to Go to st. Helena.
The military authorities have de-
cideds that General cronje and the other
Roer prisoners shall be sent immediate-
" to the:island Of 81 Helent. there to
remain until the end Of the war.
Lord Roberts has chosen Lord Bath
hurst colonel OF a militia regiment ct
the front, to command the escort 40. st.
Helena, which was last month placed
in cable communication with Cape
Town and London.
1t Is also asserted that the cabinet
has resolved neither to propose norlt
entertain proposal at the present
1uncture for an exchange OF prisoners.