Show I BO oas FLEE In Fiht With the British I 5 Near Bosliof They Ire llouteL HAD TO fAll BACK British Loss Was Sixteen Killed and Wounded I EXPERT REVIEWS SITUATION Boers Suit Tactics and Strategy Ito I-to the Country Their Art Consists I in Compelling the British to Attack nnd Make Exhausting Marches I Across a Country IllProvided with I Roads Thus Their First Step is to I Surround Any Isolated Party of BritishThis is the History of Vcpencr Where Dalgotty Has 1500 Hen Surrounded by Boers Brabant from the South and Run dell from the West Have to Fight Their Way to tho Relief of Dal I gctty London April I 22A special dispatch from Swamkop Josfontoln dated ApVll 21wt says This morning 1500 L Boers made a determined attack on a convoy returning to Eosliof The British Brit-ish succeeded In repulsing the attack r and their Ore became so heavy and well sustained that the Boers fell back with considerable loss The r Britth > casualties were sixteen killed and I wounded The convoy reached Boshof ¼ wifely B ER TACTICS r 1 Spenser NTlkJnEon revTifwIriff the sit nation In South Africa for the Associated Asso-ciated Press says at midnight The BOCIH admirably understand how to fiult their tactIcs and strategy to the I COUntry Their art consists In compelling com-pelling the British to attack arid make exhausting inarches across a country ill provided with roads Thus their tlrst step Is to surround In superior force any Isolated l party of British This compels the British If they try to es rape to allafck under conditions which give all the advantages of cover and d Pensive use of rifle fire to the Boer force The British commanderlnchlel Is then forced to send a relief expedition expedi-tion from a distance The Boer forces interpose and the British in order tc get fjnnvaid are again compelled to attack at-tack HISTORY OF WEPENER This Is the hifUory of Wepenor when Pol Da I golly has J500 men surrounded sur-rounded by Uners Gen Brabant from the south I and Hen Unmlell from the uest have to light their Way to the nllef of Dalgully On Rundcll has part of his own d ind ien tlurmsides divisions which If fully pivMMil would make 18000 men Ills plan should be to iiy I I to sm round the HiiPis In front of him but as they 4 ilJo and his nnn walk he may lind tills Impracticable and I have in push thOin bark ulowly by u combination yEa yE-a flank with a frontal attack BOiCRS MOVE SWIFTLY > Tin Boers are using their small y lou eN wit h great energy A day or two ago they were reconiiollerlng < Jen I L llnberlHs position north of Bloemfun toln Next they allackid Lord Me 1 ° thucn who was retiring Low I1d Bosh of Lord LansdowHtfs arllon In publishing publish-ing time Splonkop dispatches Is cxpllc 4111 uIth our present I I knowledge only on the Ihruiy that lie wants to br ns Mired of the suppoit ot public opinion In shortly recalling lien Buller Mln IsteiH of lale years never daicd to act until they first felt the pulse of public opinion BULLER HAS MAN FRFENDS Clou Buller has many powerful frleidn lie WJIH selected ly Sir Henry CainphellDunuirnmti late Secretary of State for War to bo commandcrln chief on the resignation of the Duke of Cambridge Lord Lansdownc Is officially + of-ficially responsible for Gen Bullers selection for the South African command com-mand and ho may hesitate to older him home The publication of the dispatches dis-patches la I an Invitation to the public to produce Inch verdict It is remarkdble thai Lord Wolse hey should lend himself to so Strange a course as the delayed publication of censure unaccompanied by l recall The nation Is gradually growing angry with the head management of the War of I lice and It IH about time RENEWED ACTIVITY AT FRONT Dispatches arriving from the seat of war though meager and unsatisfactory unsatisfac-tory clearly Indicate renewed activity at all points where the British and Boer forces arc In striking distance of caVh other Interest for the moment center at Dewetsdorp and Wcpener here lighting evidently Is I In piogiess A dispatch received from AH will North dated April 21bt says that there was heavy firing on the prcviouH day between Dcwctadorp and Wcpcner and around Wepencr on Saturday but that no particulars have been received SEVERE FIGHT IMMINENT A special dispatch from Maseru dated dat-ed Saturday BII > H The investment of Vepener continues The Doers seem determined to do their utmost to capture cap-ture the garrison before relief arrive Severe lighting appears imminent The activity of the Boer at ElamlH laagle apparently has failed to drnw Gen Buller If that was UH object Into doing more than repel the allude made on hf4 advance posts A dlKpatch from Warrenton dated Saturday ways Theiv has been Intermittent In-termittent nnd Ineffective f sniping by the Doers who al ll o fired a few shells LCoBtinueU on 1ago 71 BOERS FLEET II If I I Continued from page 1 I both during the day and the night at the station the post two days ROBERTS REPORTS PROGRESS The War office has received the fol lowing dispatch from Lord Roberts VBIoemfonleln April 21 Rundles force came In contact with the enemy yesterday four miles southwest of Dew < ls orp They occupied strong positions po-sitions covering the town The yeo mnnry and mounted Infantry seized another position which enabled Run die to drive the enemy oft and occupy the high ground the enemy had been holding Rundle advanced this I holdinG morn I I lug early and Is now again engaging with thg enemy Our cnsuall onsarlnr terday were two l men severely wounded I and Lieut OConnor and seven men slightly Bounded I I METHUEN IS ATTACKED A dispatch from Boshof Orange Free I State April 21st says At midday yesterday Gen Mclhuens field force at bwartzkopfontcln was ordered to te turn to Boshofs Its convoy extended te I over six miles The escort look up a position on n bill commanding HIP road Just In the nick of time as a force of 2000 Boers with two guns and a a pompom suddenly appeared In the vicinity mind opened a very heavy fire Tlm British however held them fre check until the unll column reached a point of safety when they retired The British had several casualties casualle The Boers fought determinedly end must 1m vo Suffered considerably as they once advanced to within 300 yards 1 of the hill whence a concealed detach meni of the Brlllsh opened a heavy fusillade on them BOER FORGE ABOUT WEPENER Advices from Maseru Basutoland April 21st says The Boers around opener have been reinforced and are now stronger than ever The firing of cannon and rifles was heard today o 11 I the dIrection of Deet don > which J vns looked upon as meaning that re I hot was approaching Heavy fighting is hourly expected Two large Boer I forces left the vicinity of Wepener this I morning one going In the direction of directon I I Dewetsdorp and the other toward towtrd Rouxvllle BOERS ARE JUBILANT The Boers are excited and Jubilant in consequence of President Steyns assertions that foreign intervention Is certain nnd It Is only necessary to I struggle for a short time Gens Dewot and Olivier are Inspiring the burghers with Inflammatory patriotic speeches Several houses have been filled with l1cd the Boer wounded and others who have been sent to Ladybrand Field Cornet Bouwer who surrendered to the British and afterward rejoined the Free Slaiere has been arrested by the Boers Ills wife offered 600 hal for his appearance but It was refused BOERS ARE GOOD LIARS Boer ofllclnl notices have been found placarded at Campbell and elsewhere saying that In ihe recent battles the Boor captured 13000 troops eighteen cannon and SCO wagons and selling forth that the burghers were settnG ful valor that the outlook was bright o saying confirmation had been received of the report that Russia had Invaded India with 2500000 men Another of tidal Boer notice appoints Gen LIs benburg to command Grlqualand West nnd warns all burghers to Join under penalty of punishment In accordance with the martial law of the Free State BRITISH OFFICER CAPTURED I A dispatch from Pretoria pays I President Kruger hns received through President Steyn an official report re-port sent by Gen Dewel under date of April 20lh to the effect that the laller still surrounds Gen Brabants colonials at Wepener and that he has captured eleven prisoners including the chief artillery ofllcer Thc report adds that the British coming from Allwal Xorth are destroying farmhouses on the way The Irish brigade paraded this Fri 1 day morning In from of President Krugers house The President made a speech lo them and the force was af terward photographed WOMEN IN MENS CLOTHES A letter from a nurse In a hospital al Capetown corroborates an unpleasant unpleas-ant feature of the war The writer cays the medical ofllccrs for sanitary reasons forced a number of Boer prisoners pris-oners to bathe In the river behind the hospital Two of them absolutely re fused to strip and when forced to do so it was found they were women in mens clothes The writer adds Quite a number of dead on the battlefields have brmi found to be women similarly disguised and worse than all it has often been these women who have been guilty of atrocities such as killing the i wounded |