Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-29
Beers AGAIN BOLD.
ARaiding Party Headed for Jacobs
dal to Cut the Railway.
coINlyDAyT OLIvIER'S GREAT FEAT


london, March 2s.-The Beers are
having little good luck and are
Allowing some boldness again, as
ssiding party, estimated at AGO. is be-
ueyed by the British forces at War
seuton to have crossed the klmber-
1ey.Bloemfontein wagon road Monday
and to have headed for Jacobsdal, with
the intention of cutting the railway
IN miles west.
Commandant Olivier appears to
hsye gotten his 5000 men and rs miles
u wagons into a rugged country,
where he can make an easy rear guard
Asfense. Charles Williams, the mil
ltsry expert, says: "If this column
sets through substantially Command
ant Olivier will have carried out the
srest feat of the war, seeing that he
ran every chance of being ground be-
tween the upper milestone OF Lord
Roberts army and the neither mill
stone of the Broken Basuto frontier
He will have done it within 50 miles
Or 20 of Lord Roberts main strength.
Certainly it looked for a week as
though Lord Roberts held Olivier in
the hollow of his hand. II Olivier
gets through to Kroonstadt with even
5000 men it will be an important adj
dition to the Boer gathering there.
Comments Of Sponsor wilkinson.
London, March DISPENSER Wilkin-
bon, in the Morning Post, says
"There is nothing to indicate the
early move Of the main forces In
either theater Of war. When 1t comes
II will be unexpected for Lord Rob
erts Is not in the habit of announcing
hu movements in advance. The latest
kilograms give grounds for hopeful
view as to Mafeking and suggest the
likelihood that Commandant Oliver's
force will make good its retreat. The
opinion telegraphed from Maseru Is
that the Beers at Ladybrand were
covering the retirement of their con-
voy toward Soneka, 60 miles north.
II the convoy has escaped the com
mandoes can scarcely be prevented
from retreating. Small parties 1t Is
next to impossible to stop. Natal
kilograms point to reduction in the
Boer forces in that quarter and to a
concentration at Kroonstadt, but po-
sitions and trenches of the Beers will
help them little, now that the British
ere organized with view to mobility
end now that the large bodies of
mounted troops are at the disposal
ex Lord Roberts,
Delay In Advance from Bloemfouteiu.
London, March 2S.-The Cape Town
correspondent of the Daily Mail tele-
graphing Tuesday, March q, says.
1T Ia probable that the advance from
Bloemfontein will not be made for
another month. Gen. Clements Is adj
vsncing to Boemfontein in four col
unms. When Lord Roberts begins
the march northward Gen, Gatacre
will be left in charge of Bloemfontein.
The colonial government has ordered
the Cape volunteers TO withdraw south
OF the Orange river for fear Of ac-
centuating racial feeling
Dutch Loyalty Now Very Strong.
London, March 2s,-The Morning
Post has the following, dated March
70, from the l'argersdorp: Dutch lip
loyalty is now very strong and the
Dutch are tumbling over one another
In efforts to give information to the
British authorities. Real loyalty, how
ever, will be plant of slow growth
In these districts, | have Travelled
with Sir Alfred Miner and | believe
bis policy toward the rebels favors
tempering justice with mercy"
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