The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-13
No News From Pretoria.
NOT A LINE OFlNEWS Is
ALLOWED TO COME
FROM PRETORIA.

London, June 9, 8 l3 a. m-Gep
Butler has at length taken the often.
slve and by maneuvring he has
secured a position west of Laipe's
Mex, by which he believes he can
make the positions untenable. Pre-
sumably he will Immediately follow
up his success.
Lord Roberts has communicated
nothing for three days, nor permitted
the correspondents to wire what ia
going on London's inference ia
that be is resting, although he is
probably disposing his army for a
reach after Commandant Gen Botha.
A blockade Of the wires, owing TO
the crush of official correspondence,
may account for the scanty press
dispatches. Some kilograms filed q
week ago are only just now arriving
According to one of them, the streets
were filled with women and children.
Rif1e shots could be heard every.
where. The British soldiers would
stop firing and join in the chase after
chickens. The burghers surrendered
to anyone. Kafirs went about loot.
ing the Jewish stores. and mounted
infantry galioped hither and thither
Lord Roberts army has q new
song. 1t runs thus
"We're marcolng into Pretoria (;
1t belongs to Queen Victoria "
The Daily Express has the follow.
ing from Pretoria, dated Wednesday :
1.-The one thousand prisoners who
were deported from Waterfall we're
told that they were about to be given
up to Lord Roberts. They eutrsined
cheerfully and were conveyed to
Nooitgedache, instead of Pretoria.
"Gen Louis Boths. with q rear
guard of 1000, left Pretoria during
the night. The British advance gaard
90 entering was upon the very heels
ofthe retiring Beers Botba has sworn
to carry on the war in the noun.
tains."
At Lorenzo Marques station q
crowd waited oil Thursday night to
zee President Kruger. as it was
reported that he would arrive by q
special train to gain an asylum on
board the Netherlands cruiser Fries
land
Middleburg IL said to be full o1
Boer refugees and wounded The
railway still delivers goods at Brob.
korst epruit. 40 miles east of Preto
ria. A British column is ct Regmers.
dorp. Switzerland Eleven British
prisoners have been taken to Middle
burg The British at Beira are
moving into the interior in detach
ments of 200 daily.
Mr. G. V. Fiddes, imperial secre
tary to the high comm issioner, with
q part of Sir Alfred Miners staff
left Cape Town Tuesday evening fol
Pretoria, possibly. as the Cape Town
correspondent of The Daily Newe
thinks. to arrange the annexation
details.
GEN BULLER TAKES THE OF
FENSIvE.
London, June 8, ii rs q. The
war Office has received the following
dispatch from Gen Butler
Yellow Boom Farm, June Son
June 9th Gen Talbot Coke, with the
Tenth brigade and the South African
Light Horse, seized Van Wyke bill.
The enemy made some resistance
and good deal of sniping occurred
Our casualties were about 4 killed and
l3 wounded
During that day and the following
we got two 7 and two IL pounder
naval guns on to Van Wyke bill and
5 inch guns on to the southwestern
spur OF ,nkewelo Under cover OF
their fire General Hiidyard today
assaulted all the spurs of the berg
between Botha's Pass and Inkeweio
The attack, which was we'll
planned by Hildyard and carried out
with immense dash by the troops, for
whom no mountains were too steep.
outfsnked the enemy, who were
forced to retire from their very strong
position
think we did not have any
casualties. and l hope l have obtain
ed position from which l can
render Laing's Mex untenabIe."
A charter was granted Saturday