The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-31
PRETORIA
ABANDONED
BY BURGHERS.
British Thought to Have Occupied
the oity-Guerrilla Warfare
Likely to be Carried On.
WAR CONSIDERED AT AN END.
johannesburg Surrendered to Rob
erts-wild Rush for the Coast.
Invading the North.

LONDON, May 81, a. m.-Yesterday
at noon the British were only about two
hours march from Pretoria and the
Boer military forces had abandoned the
city. This intelligence comes from the
Reuter- agent at the Transvaal capitol
and from the Earl of Rosslyn, in press
dispatch. The two messages lett about
the same time.
AT 2 o'clock this morning The war
oti,ce had received no news from Lord
Roberts. which the officials would make
public, but IT is assumed that the press
advIces are correct.
Most of the London morning papers
through the courtesy OF the Daily Mail,
Print Lord Rosslyn's dispatch and com
ment upon It, treating the war as end
co. Some Of the more cautious critics
think that guerrilla warfare is likely to
be carried on for some time In various
portions of the conquered territories.
Large Number of Beers Still Out.
Although the Boer forces are dlssolv-
ing. Lord Roberts apparently has not
vet taken any considerable quantities OF
artillery, arms or stores Large bodies
Of Beers must stlll BE- somewhere in the
neld.
Watervalboven or Waterfaliboven Is
12o miles due east of Pretoria on the
pelagoa Bay railway. 1t SHOULD not be
confused with Waterfall, ten miles north
OF Pretor,n, where the British prisoners
are. Watervalboven is small place in
a mountainous country. The seat OF the
Boer government-what there is left of
1t, will probably be Lydenburg to the
north.
A dispatch from Lourenzo MARQUES
dated Wednesday, says:
"Commandant Kraus has surrendered
johannesburg to Lord Roberts. BY to-
nights train from Pretoria arrived a
few Greeks, who say they were told to
leave Pretoria Tuesday. They affirm
that the train in which they left was
shelled by the British and that half of
| the train was cut off. the remainder
1 t'staarnfng a%ay. This Incident probably
occurred ut Elandsfontein Junction.
Pretoria Utterly Demoralized.
Passengers from Pretoria assert that
the town is utterly demoralized. There
is mad rush for the coast. Five train
loads of fugitives are expected here to-
night"
The Lorenzo Marques correspondents
think the border trouble between the
Transvaal and Portugal may come to a
head at any moment, Bomat bridge
is strongly defended. Yesterday the
Portuguese authorities were preparing
to resist n possible engagement. A mule
battery was sent to the frontier.
The British authorities at Bulpwayo
think the Beers viii retire into south
ern RhodesIa.
By the release Of the British prisoners
at Waterfall a new brigade will be add
Cd to the army OF Lord Roberts as
there were l77 officers and 4,1s2 prIvates
among them.
| E4NpnIS elSeWntEG III tHG llGlu vi N1A
seem to dwlndle in comparison. Gen.
Hunter re-entered the Transvaal at
MarIbogopan Tuesday. The advance
was made of the railway Water is
scarce and all the farms are deserted.
Yesterday General Hunter reached
Geysdorp with ten days supplies,
Baden-Powell Has no Opposition.
MarlbOgpanIs Is half way between vry-
burg and MatekIng. Geysdorp is from
twelve to fifteen miles east General
Hunter meets with no resistance. Gen.
Baden-Powel is invading further north
without opposition. Commandant sny-
man having gone toward Pretoria.
In northern Natal Utrecht las sur
rendered to General Hlldyard and Gen.
Lytleton is moving to vrelheId. Three
different correspondents estimate the
number of Beers at Laing's Mex at
about 10000.
Two Australians who escaped from
Pretoria on April 2S have arrived at
Mafekng, having spent u month on the
voldt with but little food and no bIan-
kets. They slept by day and marched
by night. They complain bitterly of the
treatment at Pretoria.