THE ADVANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 105, 4 May 1900, Page 5

THE ADVANCE.

ENEMY FALLING BACK.

BRITISH PRESS ON TO BIUNDFORT.

FIGHTING FOE A WEEK.

THE SUCCESSES OF HAMILTON'S BRIGADE.

SNYMAN ATTACKS MAFEKING.

BESIEGERS REPULSE A TREACHEROUSLY-EXECUTED ASSAULT.

[N.Z. Press Association. —Copyright.]

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LONDON, May 3

The British advance in the direction of Brandfort, 35 miles north of the Free State capital, on the line of rail, is being1 pressed.

General Pole-Care.w marched northwards from Bloemfontein; General lan Hamilton's division from Glen Siding, 8 miles further north. General Wavell started from Karace Siding, and General Maxwells moved from Krantzkraal.

Accompanied by four batteries and two 4.7-inch guns, the Boers are being pressed back all along the front of the whole line.

General Hamilton dispersed the Boers at Hautnek. capturing- 2G, including a commandant.

The Boers admit 12 killed and 40 wounded in Monday's fighting.

The Foreign Legion suffered the worst.

Colonel Maximoff, a Russian, commanding1 the Legion, was wounded.

General Hamilton's forces are resting at Jacobsrush after a week of almost incessant lighting.

Private Keeble (Victorian Infantry) served -the 94-pounder. which fired 1567 rounds in the recent fight at Hautnek. This is equal to 78 tons of iron. Afterwards he fell and broke his arm.

Commandeering the- rebels' horses is proving an effective deterrent.

Lord Roberts leaves no horses to forage outside the camps.