Show END AR OFF British at Last F Recol1iz j That the Mir r is to Be B e S a Long L ii U1111 I I i I i HIGH ROPES BLASTEO I Expectations of What Bobs I Would Do Not Realized i I MORE BLUNDERS ARE MADE Roberts Now Compelled to Wait for Remounts and Winter Clothing for His Men Whose Thin Cotton Khaki Uniforms and Boots are Worn Out Only Six to Ten Thousand Horses are on the Way to the Cape Tho Military Tailoring Department Has Only Just Commenced Making Woolen Khaki Uniforms Two Hlonths will be Required to Provide I Enough for the Men Preparations are Now Being Hade to Guard a Bloemfontein Against Surprises Kitchener Has an Important Duty I II I I London April 10 5 a in Britons arc now beginning thought reluctantly to realize that Lord Roberts is In for JL winter campaign lusting several months This Is the end in a few words of the high hopes based upon I I Lord Rouerlss brilliant dush to Klm berley andr Bloemfontelu Preparations are being made to hold Bloemfontein against surprises Lord I Kitchener has been given an Important duty being responsible for the prelec I thou of tho railway while Lord Rob I crts JsAvalUng pr rempuuti and winter win-ter clothing for Ihc troops whoseHhln cotton khaki uniforms and hoots are S worn out outST S AT A STANDSTILL Gen Brabant and Gen Galacre arc both al a standstill Lord Roberts will probably for some time confine his operations to clearing the Free State behind him of raiders and to the relieving I re-lieving of Mafeking for which purpose I I apparently the Eighth division now arriving ar-riving at Capetown has been ordered I to Kimberley MINE AMBUSH PREPARED Lady Sarah Wilson and other MaCe king correspondents send diaries of the doings there showing that the Boers have tried by abandoning their trenches to lure the besieged out Into a mined ambush Fortunately the British englne rs discovered the mine cut the wire communication and unearthed un-earthed 2iO pounds of dynamite and war gelallnf MUST WAIT TWO MONTHS What the chances are for an advance to Pretoria may bo Judged from the fact that only from six to ten thousand horses are on their way to the Cape and from the further fact that the military mil-itary tailoring department only within the last three eeks began making woolen khaki uniforms It Js said It will take at least two months to provide pro-vide 200000 uniforms PEACE ENVOYS Mr Steyns address to the Free Stale nand at Kroonstad is confirmed The FlBcherWolmarens deputation has full power to negotiate peace subject to the Reads sanction Lady Roberts will remain at Cape town The Duke of Westminster the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Henry Cavendish Benllck have gone to the frontIfANY 71 ANY RUMORS AFLOAT The Bloemfontein correspondent oJ tho Dally Mall telegraphing Sunday I Hays The air IB thick with rumors of large forces of Boers to the southward j I but there Is no positive oinclal Information Infor-mation on time subject On the other I hand guarded the railway is said to be well GREAT VIGILANCE Ja1L1cu The Bloemfonieln correspondent of the Dally Telegraph telegraphing Sunday Sun-day says The railway and telegraph are working well Works and trenches have been prepared In suitable IKW l Ions around BJoemfonteln The greatest great-est vigilance Is exercised Some of the troops sleep In the trenches BOERS AT DONKERSPOORT Conllrinallon has been received oC the report that the Boers are In finger In considerable force wIth guns at Donkerspoort eighteen miles southeast south-east The British scouts report anoth ei body still closer The Boer l patrols have grown very daring venturing much nearer our tents MYSTERIOUS MOVES Tho Bloomfonleln correspondent of the Morning Post lelegraphlng Sunday Sun-day says The movtm nl of troops continues with i bewildering frequency brigade and divisions appearing and disappearing at brief InlorvalH No of such movements spe lllic account are permitted Some remounts were llrcd on yesterday yes-terday on the railway while they were on the wny here from the south The enemy arc reported to be In considers Ida numbers to the southeast of tile line The Boers are also apparently feeling I feel-ing their way to thllt west of the line A party has been thrown forward and has reoccupied the laager at Paard burg probably to search for burled arms and nmmunltlon WEPENER ISOLATED The Times t publishes the following I from Wrpner dated Sunday April Stir Th Wtponor Ksrrlwjn k J practically practi-cally Isolate JJowfver thp hlns nrc norroousIy strong and the Torw IK fully provisioned Desultory ftrior b LWMon outposts continue A commando p5tatj at 2GOO with tour suns went Into laager last night five miles from I here In the direction ot Dewetsdorp S FIGHT AT REDDERSBURG The Bloemfonlcin correspondent of the Times telegraphing Sunday says Two captured Boers agree that only fifty men remained wounded out of the whole British column captured at ReUdcraburg Gen Gatacre and his staff were fired on from inclosurcs while they temporarily occupied Red dcraburg Considerable movements of troops have occurred here with the object ob-ject of preventing a surprise FERRY IS DESTROYED Advices from Allwal North say Small bodies or the enemy have been seen across the river near the town of I Odondoalslroom The pont ferry has been destroyed There Is I a Boer commando com-mando of 600 at Rouxvllle A larger one has left Smlthlleld for Wepencr There are two commandos around Wenencr but thus far there has been only outpost firing A Lieutenant of Brabants horse has been captured at I Rouxvllle who had previously surrendered I sur-rendered The Landrost Is also said to have broken their oath I ACTIVITY OF THE BOERS The amazing activity of the Boers i I southeast and southwest of Bloemfon I ieln the Boer commands seemingly coming and going throughout as wide a region as they please l but taking bood care not lo throw themselves against strong bodies of the British Tho retirement of llu Irish Rifles from Rouxvllle to Allwal leaves Gen Brabant without communication with the t other British forces He has 2000 or 2000 colonials holding line defensive country but he is apparently Invested so far us London knows BRITISH PEOPLE DISHEARTENED Telegraph and railroad communication communica-tion with Bloemfonlcin are kept up as usual but nothing comes through for public consumption Lord Robertas last message was dated April Cth and tho last unoinclal message bore date ot April 7lh The absence of news as usual disheartens the people and produces pro-duces an altogether discouraging effect ef-fect S fectTho Tho last unodlclal message notes that good spirits at Bloemfontein arc continuing con-tinuing and the arrival l of animals and two fresh cavalry regiments Lord Roberts has now 15000 mounted men altogether COMPLEX SITUATION In the Orange Free State the situation situa-tion Is complex with scanty materldl for forming a correct estlmale oC the situation amid tho afternoon papers not being In the confidence of the managers mana-gers aro criticizing the conditions of affairs as they see them Thus the St James Gazette reviewing tho army system says As a consequence of tho foolish sporting boyish estimate of the work of the war Gen Bullet Is 1 anchored Indefinitely as he must wait for transports until Lord Roberts Is I I adequately supplld |