Show BOERS t siiLT RUNo British Enter High Mountain Plateau of Thaba NChu Almost Without Opposition Gen Hamilton Drives the Federals Off a Strong Position at Israels Poort by a WellConceived Turning MovementHe is Making Every Effort to Cut Off the Boer Re reat from Dewetsdorp Powder Magazine Explodes I 1 London April 27At midnight the War office published the following dispatch dis-patch from L Roberts dated Bloom fontcln April 2Cth Gen Im Hamilton yesterday drove the enemy oft a strong position at Is raels Poort by n wellconceived turning turn-ing movement which was admirably Ins carried out by Gel Ridley commander l of the Second mounted Infantry brigade bri-gade and Gen SmlthDorrleu commanding com-manding the Eighteenth brigade The troops arc today advancing toward Thaba NChu Our losses were slight only one yet reported MaJ Marshall Grahamstown Mounted Rifles severe wound In the shoulder WHERE ISRAELS POORT IS Israels Poort which Is not marked on the maps lies between Sannas Post and Thaba NChu Gen Hamilton has probably by this lime arrived at Thaba I i NChu as he Is using his utmost en j I I deavors to cut off the Boers who arc I retreating from Dewet corp I The Boer forces at Thaba NChu arc I not unlikely to make a stand to cover the escape of the convoys from the southward They have laagers eight I miles apart stretching from Brantfort to Thaba NChu with n base camp at Samalldcll station I MET NO OPPOSITION The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Dally Telegraph under Wednesdays Wednes-days date says Our mounted infantry Infan-try entered the high mountain plateau of Thabo NChu today almost without opposition Aa Thaba NChu Is a natural fortress this must mean that the Boers have practically thrown up I the sponge In this section of lie country coun-try I the force presses oil1 to Lady brand the wholecountry south of that point and 5ln line with Bloemfonteln Will be COmnletcIv II our hnmla nnn difficulty hi that many of the nl Boero forming commandos Immediately on finding themselves beaten retreat to their farms and resume the roles of peaceful citizenship hiding their rules HAMILTONS MOVEMENTS The Bloemfonteln correspondent of the Standard telegraphing Thursday says Gun Inn Hamilton with mounted Infant naval guns and it howitzer battery advanced from the waterworks II the direction of Thaba NChu A large force of hifantry supported sup-ported him He met with wih no opposition opposi-tion and the mounted infantry occupied occu-pied a position dominating the Lady brand district BRUSH NEAR KAREE SIDING A report comes that a small force of British mounted infantry had a brush with a party of Boers three miles east of Karee Siding who were trying to establish a connection between Brandt ford and Boer forces to the southward HAD NARROW ECAPE It appears that Gen Brabant In the fight with the Boots at Wepener had a narrow e cal Gen PoJeCarews advance W55 much hampered by lie lardy arrival of artillery which pro 1 vented him from capturing Kceuw kop befouo darkness set in and enabled tho Boers to secure their retreat IS NO BUNGLING Although the large succession of operations worked successfully several cases of unaccountable delay In the advances ad-vances arc remarked by the correspondents corre-spondents Taken on the whole however how-ever there has been no bungling and apparently Lord Roberts vlth the commands in the hands of younger Generals now bus an exceedingly ef llclent army METHUJ3N AT BOSHOF Tho report that the Boers had reoc cuplcd Boshof proves to be untrue Lord Methucn Is still there and Gen Hunters division from Natal which was supposed to be going to Bloom fonU ln Is arriving at KImberley This Is evidence that some Important operations are afoot In that district I Is understood that the reason the Boers did not destroy the Bloemfon teln waterworks was that there are many Boers among the shareholders NATIVE WOMEN WHIPPED The War office has received the fol lowing message from Lord Roberts Bloemfonteln April 2GGood news from BadenPowell up to April 10th McLaren much belief All the wounded wound-ed doing well The Boers caplured several sev-eral native women who were trying to escape from Mafeklng but these were turned Lack after being stripped and sjamboked EXPELLING BRITISH SUBJECTS The Lourenco Marques correspondent of ihti Dully News 11 Dlll under Wednesday date commenting upon the methods of tho I Transvaal Government In expelling lxIlng British subjects at a lime when hero t1ro Is no steamer to take them from here r aaya Unltod States Consul Adelbert Hay Is doing his best to delay their departure unlll a steamer Is ready As the British are suspected at lea Pretoria of causing h causlnJ Tuesdays explosion by means of a tunnel dug from a house on the opposite wldo I of the street the af fair Is lIkely to precipitate the expulsion expul-sion of those yet remaining It Is also I Is alfo feared that the lhe Boers will make reprisals wl prisals on the mines rc MTLD 1iou 1 BA RnI I I L A dispatch from Bradfort Orange Free State dated Monday April Orngo says A British column In the direc tion of Bultfonteln and Iloopstnd ha haen back looPMtnd IHJ been aten through Beshof qlen thrUhh The Besho1 The Federals sustained two casualties and British has J I the Britsh twelve men killed and klc a number wounded Yesterday Gen KellyKennys artillery at Dcwctsdon Indulged In a mild bombardment of Gen WowolH position the Jlrlnjr last j ing through the morning The scarcity lWt I of water Is supposed to be very nresalnc1 I I at Bloemfontoln TWICL VE MEN KILLED A desperate attempt was made bv i large British force in two columns to rocautun the wntonvorka Their might Unk uim bcatfii back hioirover IKn vor L jrt rf ilfiv wore cut off and lv erfo Ut x > fT killfl ThA Johauncsbursr I has capturM I commanl a Brti H nut 11t a Somo American scouts have been shot BRITONS DISAPPOINTED Gen A dispatch from Bloemfonteln says PoleCarews forces arc seven I miles north of Dewetsdorp today They are disappointed at the failure to surround sur-round the Boers but believe the march 1 will havo a good effect on the Free Staters The latter trusting to Brit ish leniency had played the game of pretending to surrender ant of taking every opportunity to light Wherever he found PiCO Slaters who had broken the oath Gen PolcCarevr seized theIr cattle and horses The Boers are showing more activity showlnS actviy in Natal They arc placing some heavy guns four miles north of Elandslaagte CAUSES MUCH COMMENT Mr Wyndhams explanation in tho loU of Commons yesterday has aroused considerable comment especially especi-ally his statement that Lord Roberts hut been delayed by the necessity of defeating detached forces of the enemy which threatened his communication from Capetown and Port Elizabeth and which blocked them from East London The only intimation hitherto received that tho East London line was blocked had been discredited This was the ii Boot report that the bridge at Belhullo iud been blown up brldge Bethule I All discussion of the Splonkop dis patches has been postponed until May 2iid by the blocking motion introduced Lowther iii the Commons yesterday by James BOEIi PEACE ENVOYS The Netherlands Minister of Foreign I Affairs yesterday received tho Boer ncacc commissioners It Is alleged that they will time their arrival In the United Suites so It will occur at the most exciting period of the Presiden tial election From Loinunco Marques comes a re jOlt that large quantities of gunpowder aro goIng to the Boers disguised as sacks of meal ns |