The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-31

guerrilla warfare is likely to be carried on
for some time in various parts of the oc'i-
quered territories.
All the Boer forces are dissolving. Lord
Roberts apparently having not yet taken
any considerable quantities of artillery.
arms or stores, large bodies of Beers must
still be somewhere in the field.
WHERE KRUGER IS.
Waterfall Bowen, or Waterfall Bowen, a
130 miles due east of Pretoria, on the Della
goa Bay Railway. 1t should not be con-
fused with Waterfall, ten miles north of
Pretoria, where the British prisoners are.
Waterfall Bowen is small place in a noun
famous country The seat OF the Boer gov
ernment-what there is left of twill prob
ably 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 on 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 steaming
away. This incident probably occurred at
Elandsfontein Junction. Passengers from
Pretoria assert that the town is utterly de-
moralized. There is a mad rush for the
coast Five trainloads of fugitives are
expected here tonight
The Lourenzo Marques correspondents
think the border trouble between the
Transvaal and Portugal may come to a
head at any moment. Komati bridge is
strongly defended. Yesterday the Portu-
guese authorities were preparing to resist
possible engagement A mule battery
was sent to the frontier.
MAY INVADE DELAGOA BAY.
the Times says: "It would not be surpris-
ing If large proportion of the rebel Dutch
sought temporary refuge on Portuguese
territory. Although the authorities here
are reticent they are not blind to such a
possibility"
1t Is reported that special train from
Pretoria with fugitives was derailed OH the
Transvaal side of Komatipoort. number
of passengers being killed or injured.
The British authorities at Buluwayc
think the Beers will retire into southern
Rhodesia.
BY the release of the British prisoners al
Waterfall full brigade will be added to
the army OF Lord Roberts. as there were
Ia officers and 41s2 privates among them.
Events elsewhere in the field of war seem
to dwindle in comparison. General Hunter
re-entered the TransvaaI at Maribogopau
on 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. Maribogopan Is half way be.
tween NTeyDuTS ana MdlehinS. GeysdorT
is from twelve to fifteen miles east Gen
Hunter meets with no resistance.
General Baden-Powell is invading farther
north without opposition, .Commandant
Snyman having gone toward Pretoria
In northern Natal Utrecht has surren-
dered 10 General Hildyard and General
Lyttleton is moving to vryheid. Three
different correspondents estimate the num-
Der of Beers at Laing's mex at about 1000
Two Australians who escaped from Pre-
toria on April 2s have arrived at Mafeking
having spent a month on the veldt with
but little food and no blankets They slept
by day and marched by night. They com
plain bitterly OF the treatment at Pretoria
The War Office has communicated TO the
organizations OF the Imperial yeomanry the
governments gratitude for the services o,
this force of weii-equipped fighting men,
to whose admirable service In the field Lord
Roberts has borne such high testimony