The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-12
Preparing to Resume Offensive Ope-
ratiOns and ROund Up the Mis-
chievous Beers.
NOW HAS ALL THE RAILWAYS
DELAGOA BAY LINE RECOVERED
FROM THE ENEMY.
Emergency Naval Brigade Ready to
Land mt Cape Town-An Attack
ON MachadodOrp.

LONDON. Jan. u. 4:50 a. NIT is under
curely all the railroad lines in South Afri-
ca, having recovered possession of the
Delagoa Bay line, which had been cut on
Jan. Z. According TO the Pretoria corre-
spondent Of the Daily Mail Lord Kitchener
is now organizing force of $4,000 irregular
horse, which will occupy some weeks. When
this force is ready he will resume offensive
operations. Meanwhile the invasion of
Cape Colony looks more threatening. The
news that Commandant Hertzog has two
guns is rather startling. as it was formerly
asserted that the invaders had no guns.
The defenses of Cape Town, including
two AZ naval guns, are now completed, and
the recruiting of volunteers is active
throughout the colony. According TO dis
patches TO the Daily Express the admiral
of the Cape fleet is prepared in an emer-
gency TO land a naval brigade of 1000 men
with six Hotchkiss guns.
A Murraysburg telegram this morning
says the Dutch there received the British
troops sullenly, and it reports that there
are rumors that the colonial rebels of the
neighborhood are joining the invaders.
The Pretoria correspondent of the Morn
ing Post wires that a member of the
burgher peace commission whom he inter-
viewed frankly confessed that there was
no hope of many burghers surrendering.
The following has been received from
Kitchener, dated Pretoria, Jan. TO-: ''The
Beers attacked Machadodorp last night, but
were driven off before dawn. Hertzog's IS
commando is in the neighborhood of Suth-
erland. Cape Colony. Settle is organizing
a column to head him off. In the midlands
and eastward the Beers have broken up
into small bodies, some returning north
and some hiding In the mountains south
west of jamestown"
Dispatches from Cape Town say the Brit
fish warship Sybil has anchored in Lam
bert's bay and landed a force of blue jack
cts and a number of guns. This force has
constructed intrenchments.
"Hertzog's main body, 200 strong. with
two guns, has crossed the Roggeveld noun
tains and is now probably in the neigh
borhood of Elande Drift fifty miles east
of Clan William. Hertzog's intention, ap-
parently, is 10 move toward Ceres and
Worcester Only few passes are passable
for the guns and the whole country is diff
fieult to traverse. The passes are narrow
and easily defended According to latest
reliable reports another body of 500 Beers
have reached the Doom river seventy miles
south of Calvinia. The authorities are do
ing all in their power to meet the situation
Refugees from Calvinia and Clan William
are fiocking TO Picquetsberg road. They
state that many poor whites are certain
to join the Beers, as are also many bitter
bondsmen in the neighborhood OF Clan VIII
liam and Malnsberg, who openly declare
that they intend TO join the invaders
"A small commando. about two hundred
strong, crossed the Orange river near ALI
wal 1t was met on lac borders Of the
Aliwal, Wodehouse and Barkley East dis
tricts by a body of police and mounted
farmers and was repulsed with some loss
1t will probably attempt TO cross the river
again.
de Wet was last reported I'm the neigh
borhood of Bothaville. Ali the towns in
Orange Colony on the main line OF the
railway are strongly held by the British
and the Beers show no disposition to ap-
proach them