| Show BRANDFORT FALLEN British Are Reported to Have Captured the Town I GENERAL ADVANCE SLOW Robertas Forces Compelled to Proceed Pro-ceed Cautiously1 Hia Wide Front in n Rugged Country Makes Turning Turn-ing Movements OffHand Very Difficult Boors Who Hohl Thabi NChu District Are Estimated at 4000 They Have Among Their Guns a FortyPounder London May tth 113 a mIt is announced that the British have captured 1 cap-tured Brandfort Brindfort wns captured by n combined com-bined movement of Co1 Tuckers and Gen PoleCarcw3 division on the east and center and Gen Buttons mounted Infantry on the west The British surprised sur-prised the Boers who retreated hastily hasti-ly Four thousand of the enemy moved here yesterday evening In order to oppose op-pose our advance Col Tuckers artil arll lery had n sharp duel with the enemys sunn and put two of them out of action I 1 Gen BroadwoodB cavalry brlgado has reached Isabel fontein twenty eight miles north of Tlmbu NCI Gen Ian Hamilton is bivouacking at Jacobsruhl fifteen miles north of Thaba NChu Gen Tuckers division I Is moving eastward from Karcc Siding Sid-ing The divisions of Gen French and Gen Rundle arc In and near Thaba NChu Thus Lord Roberts has 500JO men operating clear of tho railway along a front of forty miles He Is advancing ad-vancing slowly with some successes but nothlrrg decisive MOVE WITH CAUTION I I Yet at all polnto of concentration the Boers appear In force sufficient to compel com-pel tho British to proceed with caution Their wldo front In a rugged country makes turning movements offhand hAl cult cultThe The Boer Mr Winston Churchill says have enormous herds of cattle and flocks of sheep gathered In the southeast These they arc driving northward HOLD THABA NCIIU DISTRICT The Boers still holding Thaba NChu district arc estimated at 1000 They have among their run a fortypound er One correspondent wiring from Bloemfontcln Vedncsday at 1153 p m said the British hoped to cut off the whole commando BOERS IN NATAL RESTLESS The correspondents at Klmbcrley have been forbidden to communicate for several days the deduction being that a forward movement Is under way there TIe Boers In Natal are restless Two hundred crossed Sundays river Wednesday and tried to engage the British outposts EVERY INCH CONTESTED The Bloemfontcln correspondent of the Standard telegraphing May 2nd says I have Just ridden hither from Thaba NChu along the line of our advance ad-vance cast of Bloemfonteln The distance dis-tance Is fully forty miles and yet almost al-most every point of concentration Is contested by the enemy 3IARRASS THE ARVANCE Gen Rundle with the Eighth division divi-sion Is posted on our right Hank with orders to guard a strong and boldly I outlined frontal position in 0 country of a decidedly difficult nature There tho Boers have posted n number of guns of superior weight and range to our own However they show no disposition dis-position to do more than keep In touch with us and to harrass our advance HAMILTON PUSHING NORTH Further on tho west Gen Ian Hamilton Ham-ilton with his division of mounted infantry In-fantry is pressing northward encountering encoun-tering only a desultory fre The Highland High-land brigade from Yal Krantz has been engaged while Gen Tucker commandIng command-Ing the Seventh division has moved eastward from Korce Siding and has returned south followed by the Boers PREPARED FOR BATTLE Nevertheless the cavalry owing to the greater numbers of the enemy have been prevented from completing the movemnt that was Intended to encircle en-circle the Boers on the march to Brandfort and tho enemy arc now prepared to offer stubborn opposition on an entrenched hill to the southeast of Kroonsta1 They will probably abandon that position as soon as their stores have been moved north of Vet rverTUCI TUCKERS MOVEMENTS Gen Tuckers attempt to advance on Brandfort showed the enemy inconsiderable In-considerable strength The Colonial cavalry were engaged and they lost twenty horses while under fire from pompoms The Boers were however driven from their position REFUSED TO SURRENDER The Dally News has the following fromThaba NChu dated Wednesday In yesterdays Hanking movement Capt Towse and fifty Gordon Highlanders High-landers were surrounded by 250 Boers who demanded their surrender Capt Towse ordered his men to fix bayonets and chars < With a wild cheer the Gordons rushed at the enemy and swept them away with great slaughter Capt Towse was blinded In both eyes by the enemys fire and throughout behaved mont heroically LACKS CONFIRMATION Prices became buoyant upon the stock cxcbungt after a dull opening This was due to i variety of rumors all of which howovcr require confirmation con-firmation Including an Important British Brit-ish victory In South Africa the death Mafeklpg of President Kruger and the relief of nCeklfS NO LIGHT YET I Lord Robertss latest dispatch throws no light on the object and possibilities possibili-ties of the extensive operations In the i neighborhood of Thaba 2sChu One military expert bells the Inference Is justified that Lord Robertss successful suc-cessful attack at Houtnck threatens tho Boer center and puts tho British i in a favorable position to crush the Boer left which Is still facing Gen Rundle at Thaba NChu or their right which Is somewhere between Brand fort and Wlnburg LITTLE ENTHUSIASM Gen Ian Hamiltons success at Houtnek elicits little enthusiasm as the critics unanimously pointed out fa some time tuio that the policy of the pulcy Boors would be one of slow retirement Col BadenPowell reported officially from Matching under date of April 20th that all was well there Hc adds BOERS SLAY WOMEN Thirteen native women tried to getaway Ect away during the night of April 15th The enemy opened fire on them nnd killed nine anti wounded two J wrote to Snymen pointing out that he shells the native Btailt which Is lull of wo 1ul mon mrt children and that when tbcy t ari trying to Asap the Boers logged thwn and sent them back nnd at night they shoot them down pretending to 1 I mistake themfnr nlchl attacks Sny I man has not replied The proportion of killed and wounded above speaks for ItselfSAVING 1 J SAVING PROVISIONS Other nows from Mafoklng details the careful saving of tho provlolona and says there ore diminished rations for 0000 souls within the boUaguured town Tho American hospital ship Muino after having been Inspected by Lady Randolph Churchill and others o the committee sailed from Southampton for the Capo today BRITISH ARE REPULSED Advices from Pretoria under date of Wednesday say An official war bulletin Issued here reports that on April ISth the Federals captured nine prisoners and ten horxes cast of Tlmba NChu and that on April 30th 0 British Brit-ish mounted corps appeared near Bramlfort The Federals attacked them on two sides and the British retired re-tired Two Federals were wounded and eleven prisoners were taken NINBTEEN KILLED Another account scmlolllclal of this affair says that the Wakkorstroom and Ermelno commands had a skirmish with the British near Brandfort After a sharp fight eleven prisoners were left dead on tho field Including Capt Llddy A few Federals were wounded I The heavy bombardment by the British has been resumed at Fourteen Streams StreamsDROVE BRITONS BACK The correspondent of Reuters telegram I tele-gram agency In the Boer amp at Brandfort wires that when the British Brit-ish appeared ten miles east of Brand fort Gen Delarey ordered I charge by O Doers who drove them back tn their Intrcnchmonts The Federate found four dead upon the field and took seventeen prisoners mostly wounded Including Lieut Crane SECOND BATTLE FOUGHT Later in the afternoon Gen De larey learned that the British had forced their way twenty miles east of Brandfort and seven miles north of the Modder river With 230 men De larey sot out In pursuit of the BritIsh who numbered 1JOU The forces met In the open country r sharp engagement engage-ment followed and the British retired As the Boers had a heavy day they were not pursued The Federals had five men wounded AN AMERICAN ARRESTED An American has been arrested in connection with the Begble explosion The War ofllce has received I the following fol-lowing report from Lord Roberts under un-der date 0 Bloemfonteln May 20th HAMILTONS SUCCESS HLlLTcNS Gen Hamilton met with considerable consider-able success and drove tin enemy out of the strong position they had taken up at Houtnek with comparatively small loss to us The Boers dispersed In several directions mainly to the east and south leaving many prisoners prison-ers In our hands Including one commandant com-mandant and sixteen other wounded men Gen Hamilton Is now In camp at Jacobs Rust As the men needed rest after fighting seven out of the last ten day si ordered them to halt for the day BRABANT ASSISTED Gen Brabants brigade of cavalry arrived upon the scene In time to afford af-ford valuable assistance by threatening threaten-ing the enemys rear During the afternoon Gen Ian Hamilton was Joined by Gen Bruce Hamiltons brigade of Infantry BOER LOSS IN FIGHT Tho enemy admit having twelve killed nnd forty wounded yesterday Among the former was Lieut Gunther a German ofllcial belonging to the Twentyilfth regiment and among tho latter was Maxlmoff the Russian commander of tho foreign legion 1 Txvenlyono out of fiftytwo of the enemys casualties occurred among the members of that legion Two Frenchmen were among the killed l PRAISES THtf SOLDIERS Gen Hamilton speaks In high terms of the good senIce performed by the Eighth Hussars under Col Clows and of the regiment of Lancers which came Into Gen Broadwoods brigade and assisted In making the Boers vacate va-cate their position The final stroke to the enemys route was given by the Gordons and two companies of time Shropshire light Infantry who cheered loudly when they got within 200 yards of the position Kitcheners Horse Ifa also spoken o In terms of praise |
