Show C llAi BY THE BRiT IS It V Main Body of Boers Being Followed by Gens > Hamilton French BrabantV < V and Hart V I V Have an Overwhelmingly Superior ForceOperations are Progressing V Progress-ing Which it is Deemed Prudent to Keep SecretEffort of t British to Get Ammunition Through Basutoland Stopped by7 I BasutosCause of Recent Explosion at Johannesburg 4 V London April 29 330 a mThe total absence of news from the scat of war In South Africa during the last twenty four hours It Is presumed indicates that operations are progressing which it is deemed prudent to keep secret 1 So far as the situation In the southeastern south-eastern part of the Free Slate can be worked out from the latest dispatches the mal body of the Boers composed of the forces recently holding Thaba NChu Leeuw kop and Wewctsdorp Is NClu I retiring probably with < view to Join I I ing in the neighborhood of Ladybrand I the commandos from the vicinity of WcpejQer who according to a dispatch I from Allwal North dated April 28th I made good their retreat to Ladybrand The main body of the Boers Is being followed by Gcns Hamilton French Brabnnt and Hart while Gen Rundle also is on the spot BRITISH HAVE BIG FORCE The British thus have an overwhelmingly overwhelm-ingly superior force and ought to wipe out the Boers iC they succeed In overtaking over-taking them and bringing them to bay I may be assumod that the Boers are to the eastward of a line drawn from Thaba NChu to Wepener The retreat It seems Is being carried out without fighting which indicates that the Boers have a good start and the dispatches say that they are not hampered ham-pered much by transport and leave no visible wheel tracks V behind them 1 on the veldt BOERS MAY GET AWAY This militates rgalnst tho probability of their being overtaken and forced to a decisive action While it Is possible that news of such a battle may come at any moment the chance seems even that the retreating commandos may getaway get-away without being forced to turn and flgnt I Is t within the range of possibilities that Lord Roberts without Availing for the outcome of theso maneuvers may begin his advance northward This maybe may-be the Soerep llMit hu tensor has bcui to Jealously guarding The outcome ot I be this long Intorcrttlng delayed situation V cannot now SHELLING ABOUT WARRENTON The news from other points Is unimportant unim-portant and uninteresting Sniping and shelling continue bout WarrenUm apparently ap-parently ineffectually JIB no casualties have been reported on either side A special from Bclra dated April 27th states that lie dispatch of Gen Car rlngtons division to Rhodesia Is proceeding pro-ceeding as rapIdly circumstances will permit Seven transports have already landed troops and stores STOPPED BY BA UTOS The reporter of Reuters Telegram I company with the federals at Brandfort Is 1 Informed that the British at Jam mersdrlfl tried to get ammunition through Basutoland but that the Basin tos stopped the wagons and Informed Gen Dewet A strong contingent of BasutOB Is now guarding the lino to prevent entrance or exit from Basulo land V EXPLOSION AT JOHANNESBURG Native reports from Johannesburg say the Government Inspectors there are convinced that dynamite was the cause of the recent explosion and that the dynamiters train has been traced to a vacant house In the vicinity of the first explosion They hoe therefore stopped all trains through Delngoa bay in order to prevent the escape of tho suspects Among the persons arrested Is William liam Bcgble Bon of i the head of the Begblp company in wHose case hal has been refused The affair may affect af-fect the question of the British remaining remain-ing In the State V I |