Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-05-12
rO-DAY's TELEGRAPHIC NEWS



Lo,dou, Nay I2 TIE ssl Of K-ooC-
sssdr aod TIE I=11sf Ct AstssIos AZ
rEo fhirxs sIl EsgIisaoso are EsEsci-
ussinz. Il Il besisse1 csgs Of both
.yscts vii Be rscssged n . fen csys
Lord Roberts lsss Eigat -ss fo1stee1
uiiss saith o, krooSs1EdI hsyIUg
vz.tsd his army forward % iorcSd
ussrckes- Today TIE s5Ts1ee guard
,rotwbiy cane il ioaca giib tie Soer
ooruosss n KrooDslsdi s,d io1Izht CT
early toGorroE morning u > ezpsc.e1
tast R3b<rss Elll EstAek TIE Beers peel
,joo IN sorc<. TIE Bosrs s1Eecgth L
coz knosa aod il i i@poss- be 70 pre-
Gics tie nasare Of the ergszeOeII eos
iuuiueol TIE fscE sast tie Free
SAFE csustsI has been removed 10 Hesl-
oron. fly miles northeast, and tie
asxs that General Huntsr's column (
On the western border Of tie Irsnssssl
would lead 10 TIE oeiiei Ibst the Beer
sill hurry north 10 TIE Wal river 70
sssrist In the great "lks. stand" Eo,c3
Will Dc 0sde icsrs.
AZ lAst he phantom column WHICH
iof weeks has bsen reported to &c sd-
Yarcicg On Msieking. hss nsierisiizsd.
Both from Boer and British sources
oomss the Dews that British relief
column has reached Vryb1rs, 100 mile
souin Of Msfekiag. TIE col1ma Z
1000 stroog aud moving without srsrs-
port. IIs advance is being contested
ooi apparently not seriously. Hunter,
il seems, Is Dos far behind the nSIDg
colunC. he has seer some hard hsnur 9,
out reliable details are not yet al hand.
Hunter l. rspidly getting ito posi- loo
TO asst Roberis By wide iuTIing
| movement 10 the Trsnsvssl.
Geneva siding, May IA troop o.
Briiizh cavalry while forasing today
Eas deeoytd by white flag ho&u1,g
from a farm house. While the troop
ere we're of-ssddling, they we're fired
81 from the windows Of the house, an
several OF them fell dead. The oshers,
numbering sixteen, surrendered.
London, May l2.-Geperal Roberts
reports from Geneva Sidiag under date
Of May II, evening, as foIloss:
"Gordon's brigade is 10 touch VIII
Boschraod. Tucker il > short distsCee
southeast. Ian Hamilton is fsrtaer cas-
BROAD woods brigade overlook par
0. the eoemy's convoy yesterday II er'
noon ut Poigieters lager, southeast @
Veuiersourg, capturing several wagon:
and some prisoners.
"Geusrsl French with Porter's sDc
Dickson's brigsdes aud Hutton
mounted infantry are some dis,sne'
due north Of here.
1--WE have captured nearly 100 phi.
joners 10 toe past two days, all Free
Skaters. Those of them who we're sol'
10 give 9 good account of themselye
were dissrmed aud allowed to return Il
their farms.
"The nights are getting much cooler
"French's cavalry seized drift owe
the Vslsch river yesterday afternoon
just in time to prevent his passage oe
ing opposed By the enemy"
London, Msy 12-General Robert
wires from BoschrsBj under today :
date, 300 q. IN, as follows:
IAN eight miles south Of Kroonstsdt
The enemy evacuated the first line o
their eutrenchmeDts during the night
We are now reconnoitering towsF'
Kroonstsdi.
Capetown, May Y, IL a. m.-LofC
Roberts has arrived at Geneva Siding
fourteen miles south OF Kroonstadt snC
ak miles from Boschrand West q
KroonstsdD where there the Beers ar
entrenched. The British army marched
twenty miles yesterday.