The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-05-14
TROOPS 1T .
KROONSTAD.
Gen. French's Cavalry are
Pushed Five Miles
to the North.

French is now five miles to the
north Of here.
Our headquarters will probably
remain here for a few days to
enable the troops to recuperate
after their long and rapid march,
and to admit of the arrival Of loco
motives and the repair of the rail-
way, which is going on with re-
markabie speed.
General French and Hutton first
entered the town this morning. The
Beers quilted it on Friday, the
Hollanders and the Irish Legion
having burned the forage and de-
stroyed the bridges, and the Free
Staters dispensing to their homes.
The Union Jack was hoisted at
Kroonstad by Mrs. Lockhead, the
American wife of Scotchman.
The Volksraad met here, but adj
journed to Lindley. The war is
practically over so far as the Free
State is concerned. Six thousand
Of the enemy and twenty cannon
trekked north; there was no fight.
ing. 1t is thought that possible
there may be some at Heilbron.
The Transvaalers are dispirited.
Lord Roberts at 2 this afternoon
was present in the march past Of
the troops in the public square.
The soldiers gave him an ovation.
There is much bitterness between
the Free Staters and the Trans
walters.
Ex-President Steyn on Friday
absolutely used the sjambok upon
Free Staters who had declared
their intention OF deserving. One
body OF a hundred men under Com
mandant Nelss melted to seven
teen, the others having returned
to their farms. To-day several
hundreds surrendered their arms.
1t appears the Beers had two
guns, 15-pounders, smashed in
Thursdays action. Since then
they lost three others, for yester-
day and Friday Colonel Gordon
battered them with his horse ar
tillery. The majority Of the Boer
horses are in wretched condition,
but President Kruger has declared
he will continue the war.
Eden, May II, via Thaba N'Chu
May l5-General Rumble is push
ing the enemy back along front
of thirty miles. The Beers are be-
lleved to be concentrating ct Clo-
colan. General Grenfell occupied
Newbury's Mills this morning
without any opposition, capturing
many Thousand bags of whe at flour.
Four hundred Beers just escaped
him. Generals Boyes', Brabant's
and Campbell's brigades are fol-
lowing up the enemy. A large
quantity Of rifle cartridges have
been found on farm.
kroonstad, Orange Free State,
Saturday, May 1.-THE arrival Of
Lord Roberts was hailed with en-
thusiasm by all the British inhabit-
ants. Three hundred Free Staters
we're anxious to surrender. The
bridge to the south had not been
destroyed, but the large bridge
near the town had been demolish.
ed. The Irish Brigade with the
Federals yesterday bnrned the
goods shed.
The Beers are now trekking te
the Vaal River, where they are
entrenching.
General French encamped north.
east Of the town ard dispatched q
force to cut the line. The project
succeeded late at night, but un
fortunately after the departure o.
the last train.
President Steyn has gone tc
Lindley, the new seat OF the Free
State Government A number o
/ the burghers are trekking home
ward. The opposition in the Free
State is practically over.
All the prisoners in the hands o
the British here agree that the
quarrel between the Free Staters
and the Transvaalers is so acute
! that the Transvaal ers have decld
ed to leave their allies, whom they
accuse of cowardice and lack o.
patriotism.
Most of the Transyaal prisoners
think that if they are defeated a
the Vaal River the Beers will re
treat TO Pretoria, but there ap
pears to be a growing distrust il
the Transvaal Government. In g.;
word, the back of the Boer resist
ance seems TO have been broken
The burgfers are lighting withou
their previous stubbornness. They
seem ready TO retreat Oh the slight
est pretext.
The prisoners, even the Trans
walters, appear glad to have beer
captured. They say they arc sicl
of war which can have only one
cad. Several have exclaimed: ave
have lost our liberty; but why
should we lose our lives
London, May Is. Rudy ard Kip
ling brought from Cape Town, The
appeal Of wcll-known Wesley al
minister TO the President of thu
British Wesleyan Conference, il
favor OF the annexation of the TIVE
republics. To this appeal Mr.
KiPling adds
"lt. through any intellectual las
civiousness, we in England prete
to tickle emotion BY being gener
Gus once again al other people
expense when the settlement come!
all this weary. bloody work vii
have to be done anew from the be
ginning, five or ten years hence.
! assume that you have tul
knowledge Of the situation in SoutI
| Africa, but do not thinl, you ca,
realize how passionatcly and Gag
erly the loyalists look to Englan
icr sign that the mother countr
viii neither desert them nor bCtra
them to the Dutch. -aa
ueanay IL blood Deep.