The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-05-19
GEN. BUTLER HEARD FROM
HAS DRIVEN THE BOERS BACK.
lis Now Moving on Dundee-Was Met
With Strong Defense-GeneraI
Roberts Army lis Extended Two
Hundred Miles.

London, May ia special from Stone
Hill Farm, Natal, says:
General Buffers advance commenced
Thursday, when he left Ladysmith in
strength. When within two miles of
Helpmaaker, the Beers opened a heavy
fire of artillery, and the British guns re-
piled while a portion of Buffers troops
worked around the Boer TANKS. The
British attack was pressed home Sunday.
"Bethuen, ON the right, outfanked the
Beers, whose splendid defensive positions
on the Biggarsberg were practically taken.
General Buffers march subsequent to
the attack was carried out without a
hitch. The British are still pushing on"
Beers in Force Around Dundee.
"Recent scouting in the direction of
Dundee has shown that the federals were
in great force on Biggarsberg, so appar-
emily General Butler concluded it was
necessary to clear them from his rear be-
fore commencing a movement in the di-
rection of the DTakensburg range.
"a correspondent of the Reuter- Tele-
gram Company at Cape Town says Amer
lean residents are taking steps to repu-
date the statements of Webster Davis,
former United States assistant secretary
of the interior, who recently visited
South Africa"
Captain EIswOrthy Killed.
"Kroonstad, May l5.-There were more
casualties in the cavalry division on May
10 than reported by me. | have been I'M
able to get the exact account of what oc-
CURED, as the commanding officer, Cap
tain Elsworthy, was killed, and two off
GERS were wounded at the same time, and
have been sent to the rear. But it would
appear that party of our men going up
to kraal on which white flag was fly
ing, was suddenly attacked by large
number of the enemy Two officers, Cap
tain Haig of the Sixth Dragons and Lieu
tenant Wilkinson of the Australian Horse,
were made prisoners
Steyn at HeiIbrun.
Kroonstad, May l2.-President Steyn
has gone. to Heilbrun, not Lyndley He
has declared the former the new capital.
Review of the Situation.
New York, May IA dispatch from
London says:
General Roberts has an army of 100000
men for guarding his communications,
and operating ON a front virtually 200
miles wide from Fourteen Streams to
Biggarsberg. Against this army the Beers
have 10000 burghers in the Transvaal and
Natal and President Steyn has, perhaps,
5OOO burghers under arms in the Bethle-
hem district. The burghers have fought
bravely and made a wonderful defense,
but the day of miracles has passed.
There was sharp skirmishing on Friday
on the road to Kroonstad, and Jordans
cavalry brigade acted with galantry in
the final onset. The town was formally
surrendered by the landrost after the
Transvaal burghers had removed the bulk
of their own stores, blown up a bridge,
wrecked the railway station and done
other damage There were groups IF
British sympathizers in the streets when
General Roberts entered the town at the
head of his troops, and the scenes enact
ed at Bloemfontein under similar condi-
tons were repeated. The troops halted
yesterday after their long march, the
two columns, which had been 40 miles
apart at the outset, having been massed
at Kroonstad. This town will now be
converted into an advance base. of sup
plies for operations in the Transvaal.
General Roberts plan of campaign, I'M
less all signs fail, will not include opera
tons on a large scale against Bethlehem
and the scattered Free State commandoes
on the eastern flank. He will make a
fresh start from the Vaal after a brief
halt and carry the bulk of his army into
the Transvaal, leaving Steyn's burghers
at liberty to retain control of a small sec
ton of the country around Bethlehem,
where they will gradually dispense under
pressure from Rumble.