| Show BRITISH TROOPS GROSS THE VAAL Lord Roberts Reports Ills His Army Entering the Transvaal Republic WEEK ta Are Quiet Work dUller uro liro at as London May 26 I 3 p The war the following dIe cUI from rem Lard Ro Roberta OraNge Free Stat May An advanced portion of this force the Vast Vaal river on the Queens birthday near ton tons column Is at Our eouts are now t at Drift DrUt on the frontIer north of TM Tb Ices lucil mines are uninjured and work I is going on as al usual There JI Is no enemy this aide of the river Hunter reached M May U 24 AI antIcIpated the news rein Lord after his hili Ion long silence we wethe the announcement that tIme the BritIsh hd had time the Vaal aal river This I ii probably general Buttons S column which crossed at Vary and nd rail be expected tu to Ji I dash it at U the railroad In III the neigh neighborhood of wh whence l there thell is direct t with Johannesburg len Uen hamiltons column Is I at bank which I is close to the river about eight muss northwest of Wol hoek Lord Roberta Roberti headquarters and Dd mr may maybe be expected ted to also cross cro the Vasi Vaal Ir ci and create a on time the flank of all any l ores oree In the neighbor neighborhood hood of All As he lisa hall only about fifteen mil to traverse e a speedY announcement ma may be expected HAt the British himself h IIRI gained a foothold In the and that he will move on the federl position south lOuth of Johannesburg In the middle ot of the coming week The secrecy CY which bleh shrouded the movements of the m main hl arm army envelops Un On and Oen Gon eel fo e probably the next di pitch patch will chow decisive movements of thee columns Gen Oen Rundi ought to be close to b by no now and It I is expected to hear of some decisive action on the railroad jn part of oC len In force foNe will In coo cooperate rte In the dIrection of at Van Remans Pass Pau Should the l bulletin announcIng Ing the of U by the federals out to be true It will be bea a totally nex tu development RS as an Oit Ian hamIlton occupIed I aed t iia been otI bt 1 t J No C JN TOn Ia official gys ya The 11 have the tho Vail at al J miser larL Iara The level bridge at has bAIl been blown blon up b by the federal leim alII Is that the burch burghers art are comIng forward in force torce to fight to the end After Arter retaking the t teral fed scale eral followed the tho as 01 far Car as k |
