Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-19
AFRICAN WAR NEWS.
Lord Roberts May Not Move for
Another Week.
TIE CHICAGO AMBULANCE CORPS.
Dispatch from Lord Koberts-Boers Set
Fire TO the Grass -I3ritlshers and Amer
icans 10 BE Expelled from the
= Two Republics.

London, April l2.-Tbere is FIFTH
fresh intelligence from the seat o.
war in South Africa. 1t looks AZ
though Lord Roberts may be prepar
ing to take a strong force to cleaI
the Beers from behind him. A Cape
Town dispatch says he will not move
for another week, owing to the neces'
sity of gathering stores and supplies.
4 The war office has received no news
Of the death Of Col, Baaen-powell and
utterly discredits the rumor.
The operations in Natal have not
yet been fully explained. There APP
pears to have been an attempt to out
s:ank the British at Elandslaagte and
70 sever them from their base at
Ladysmli'l.
, rho chicago Ambulance Corp"
= London, April l2.--The correspond
tnt of the Daily Mail at Lourenzo
Marques, telegraphing Wednesday,
says: "rhe departure of the Chicago
ambulance corps for Pretoria was de-
1ayed Oh suspicion of tilibustering.
The members left by special train
this afternoon, accompanied by mot
lev following of French and Germans,
100 in all. The departure only 0c-
Cured after many stormy interviews
with the Portuguese authorities. The
members have no passports and no
credentials beyond a letter from Miss
Clara Barton to the effect that she
knows some of them personally and
believes them to be genuine, but many
have openly expressed their intention
Of fighting. The Beers are paying
from gao to $40 per month for such
recruits. Thirty-fve thousand Beers
with 90 guns are concentrated on the
range Of hills between Kroonstad and
Winburg. The whole line is fortified
and Is almost inpregnable."
D,spatoh from Lord Roberta
London, April 12.-The war office re-
eeived the following dispatch from
Lord Roberts, dated at Bloem-
fontein, yesterday: "Methuen re-
ports that the party of Beers
defeated April made a good
resistance for four hours and only
gave in when our troops with fixed
beyonets were within Is yards of
them. Seven Of the enemy were killed,
Il wounded and 81 made prisoners.
Beside Lieuts. Boyle and Williams,
Sergt. Patrick Campbell was killed
and two Of our men were wounded.
Williams was killed deliberately after
the white flag had been held up. The
perpetraior Of the crime was at once
shot.
"Buller reports that the enemy at
tackled his right flank yesterday while
he was engaged in changing bis posi-
ton, but our artillery silenced their
guns and they did not press the at
tack. Our losses were four killed and
eight wounded"
Roer. Set Fire to the Grass.
Elandslaagte, April 12.-Tuesday
night the Beers set fire to the grass
on two hills, almost on their extreme
wings. The motive has not been as
certained, but the incident disclosed
the fact that their position extends
over fully Is miles to a kopie COM
manding Sundays river on the British
right. During the night the Beers
moved most Of their cannon. There
was some unimportant diminishing
yesterday.
BrIt,shers and Amer cans TO BE Expelled.
Durham, April 12.-lt is said that
State Secretary Reita, of the Trans
saal, has asserted that all Britishers
and Americans, with large proper
fion Of the Germans, will be expelled
from the two republics within u fort
0ight.