| Show BOERS SAY THEY ARE Fighting at as to SId OFF Ten rOil I or of L Lne Q 10 r Pretoria Wednesday April vices vice mum ro w where a British force torce is y tb battle con can continues ta lt to the federals About 1600 tio ire aft said 1114 to be there thereA A hea heavy cannonade w wee b heard ar this morning 1 Ut Lb direction of situated mIdway between and nd In the Orn Orange Inca IrM State and lId north of AdvIce from the th Boer headquarters In Natal sir MY that after a h heavy born bom the British are re in th direction of ud and the ted fed federals ral to theIr old positions The Fr 11 Gazette publishes or orden orders den ders to the that no person perIOD com eom for active service b has the right to send lid a substitute without the consent conent ot of the In reference to leaves ot of absence e the says that 10 per cent ot of each earh command will b be relieved by ballot for tur period of t twelve elv days day This I is Intended to meet the wishes of the burgher de desiring siring to plant theIr crops April BritIsh Monterey Montere which sailed lied from haitian March Uth with Lord TArd and Mount Royals contingent ot of Canadian troops troop on board has hll arrived here Wednesday April IL 11 According to Information received here the Door Doer activity eastward of the raIl raIlroad road and nd itt In proximIty to th the border Is II largely larely due to the tho fact fot that tbt Presidents Kruger Kruer and StD b have they a are unable to keep klep their forces together torether In Inactivity the burghers declaring they ar are unwilling to remain With their corn com mends unless actively employed as AI they are convinced ed British game rame I is a wait ID lag one It I is believed tile the Boor Boer move movement meat ment was lVa originally d ed to oblIge oble Lord Roberts Robert to weaken hI his force a at In order to protect till the railroad wb the Beers Boell would have at attempted tempted to recapture the capital But the burghers are re evidently por ignorant ant of 01 the enormous forces erts has hal at hI his Olal AdvIce from Karee SidIng say n the Roses Boell are busily bully entrenching their 1 post eat east ot of parallel with the railroad 1 boW bod IDe the tAt Waterval DrIft W ora At es a IN avers aYere tilt the VI Ott the tha British camp was waa mad mAla with whIt the J loss of only three mul mules and two while the losses says Ih the same me report port moat hue have been h havy V The I bombardment lasted elI all day Nothing has been bettI learned the rumor ot of Col deal nor is II there anything tending to show bow how long Jong the general advance towards will be delayed In the absence of exciting develop developments ments public Interest centers center more upon the ot of the new corn com manders and nd In Ih time suppositions a to who the Ibe next general will beto be to be sent lent home homeTh The Th sailors lion ot of the Powerful are arf corn com corning ing In for tor enthusiastic greeting equaling that Ihal which met them on th the first ar an arrival rival at Portsmouth yesterday when young oun and old women kissed and men as they cams came off the dock The Th Hoer announcement ot of the ther r ot of Smithfield b by the burgher jut just received I is no n nIh news as Ih the small British force toree at that place withdrew thence after the affair It 01 now appears thet General Brabant ii 01 t North and anel that only a portIon of hi his column olumn I is at The queen h has to Captain ot of the British ct clasa cru lr Cr Powerful arrived d at Ports lora Portsmouth mouth afternoon as follows follow I 1 sincerely welcome you 11 on your OUr return home bome and congratulate you tn cn the n and nd servIces you OU have bao rendered In South Africa I 1 hope to see ee you flU all n shortly after my InY return to England The duke of ork also telegraphed his hie to Captain hll and tb the shIps company 0 of the Powerful |
