Show SURROTJiNDED BY BOERS Col Dalgetys Force is Pighting Against Odds London April 11Time Times has the following from Jammersbcrg dated April 13th Col Dalgotys force has been surrounded by sonic thousands of Boers with eight guns two pompoms and two Maxims since Monday morning morn-ing They have gallantly withstood a heavy attack on Monday and again a night attack on Tuesday and on Thursday there was a continuous shell and rifle fire We arc confident of being able to repulse any attack Food Is plentiful Our casualties In the circumstances are small The brunt of the fighting and also of the loss has been borne by Cape mounted riflemen WILLING TO OBLIGE The Times says editorially tim morning In both the Free State and Natal matters appear to be progressing progress-ing as we expected and desired Our wellwishers In America who are evidently evi-dently nervous as to the possible effects ef-fects of a check In our advance on the opinion of the electorate need not we trust make themselves uncomfortable Wo are told that there will be no Boer party In the United Stales If Lord Roberts wins a decisive victory before the Republican aWe a-We cannot of course promise to oblige our friends by simplifying their politics for them by that date but we shall do our bast although some Americans indulge their sporting instincts in-stincts by sympathizing with the weaker side In a fashion we did not practice during their contest widi Spain I SpainROBERTS IS SATISFIED Tho Bloemfontcln correspondent of tho Times telegraphing Friday says Everything is going satisfactorily Owing to the enemys enterprise a necessity has arisen for a movement In the southeastern division and for strategic reasons troop trains have monopolized the railway for a short period but the Boer raids are only what was anticipated as a result of the halt In our main advance We In Bloemfonteln are full of great admiration of the calm front with which headquarters has received these Incidents Half of the object of the enemy has failed since Lord Roberts has refused to be drawn Into complications complica-tions but has fostered the enemys enterprise en-terprise making dispositions to checkmate check-mate almost without Bloemfontcln being be-ing aware that movements of the troops have occurred |