Washington County News | 1900-05-05 | Page 4 | Wepener Relieved

WEPENER RELIEVED. Boers Withdraw Before They Can lie Stirrou titled. It is officially announced that Wep-enerhas Wep-enerhas been relieved. The war office has issued the following from Lord Roberts: "The enemy retired from in front of Wepener and tied northeastward along the Lady-brand road. Their number was between 4,000 and 5,000." It is now apparent that the chances of Lord Roberts catching the retreating retreat-ing Boers in a net are very slender. The Boers have, everywhere retired at the' first pressure of the British advance, ad-vance, and the hope that General Rundle would be able to induce them to remain at Dewetsdorp until they had been forced to fight or surrender has been disappointing