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LONDON. June s, 1:o7 p m.-The war
Office has received the following from
Lord Roberts:
PRETORIA, June S, 12:55 p. A-Just
before dark yesterday the enemy were
beaten back from nearly all the positions
they had been holding, and Ian Hamil-
toms mounted infantry followed thsn to
| within 1000 yards of Pretoria. through
which they retreated hastily. Do Lislo
| then sent an officer with a nag Of truce
| into the town, demanding it's surrS1Aer In
my name.
| Shortly before midnight I was awak-
ened by two officials Of the South African
Republic-Sandberg military secretary to
! Commandant General Botha, and q gen
eral officer of the Boer arny-who
brought me a letter from Botha propos-
ing an armistice for the purpose Of set
ting the terms of surrender. ! replied
that L would gladly meet the Command
ant General the next morning. but that
was not prepared to discuss any terms. as
the surrender of the town must be un-
conditional. I asked for reply by day
} break, as 1 had ordered the troops to
} march on the town as soon a. it was
light.
In his reply Botha told me he had de-
cided not to defend Pretoria, and he
trusted women. children and property
, | would be protected. At 1 a. m. today.
while in line of march, 1 was met by three
) of the principal officials with a fag of
truce, stating their wish to surrender
the town. 1t was arranged that Preto-
ria should be taken possession of by Her
Ma iesty's troops at o'clock this after
3 noon.
2 Mrs. Botha and Mrs. Kruger are both
in Pretoria Some few Of the British
prisoners have been taken away, but the
mai ajority are still at Waterfall. Over a
hundred of the officers are in Pretoria.
The few 1 have seen are looking well.'
! LONDON, June 6.-The dispatches of
Lord Roberts telling of the incidents be-
fore the surrendering of the capital by
: three civilians, stand alone, the CORE
{ spondents with him have not had their
l. turn with the wires.
e Lord Roberts postscript announcing
) the loss of the Yeomanry battalion came
= too late for the public to know it last
o evening. The newspaper commentators
It consider the incident deplorable, but as
s having no weight to speak of in the re-
;, suits. The battalion numbered between
). 400 and 500.
d General Botha and most of his men go,
e away from Pretoria. This is inferred
= from Lord Roberts message, but the PEE
h sumption is that the Boer Commandant
= | General cannot escape me BRUSH olspo-
y sitions without a hight. Beanett bur.
n lelgn, wlrlng from Johannesburg. says
n president krueger took E20UJ.0O0 III cash
to Middleburg.
h Story of Advance.
e LONDON, June 5.-The War Office thi:
y morning issues the following dispatch re
20 ceived from Lord Roberts:
D. ''SIX-MlLES SthULI, June 4, 8:3
X p m.-We started TINS morning at day
~ break and marched about Ten niles t
J. six-Miles Sprult. both banks OF which
IS were occupied by the eaemy. Henry.
:, and Ross mounted infantry. with th'
IL w est Somerset, Dorset, Dedturd and SuS
sex companies of Yeomanry. quickly dis
h lodged them from the south bank ant
70 pursued them nearly mile. when the,
'e found themselves under a heavy fire frS'rl
Is guns which the Beers had placed In
.e well-concealed commanding position
10 "Our heavy guns OF the Navai siu RGy
ie al Artillery. which had purposeiy beel
ID placed in the front part of the column
1T were hurried to the assistance of tn
rs mounted infantry as fast as oxen AM
" hills surrounding Pretoria. The gun
g. were supported by Stevenson's brigade o
Pole-Carew and: after .h.,r few os;tIonn fonndf
The Beers then attempted to turn ou
left flank, In which they were agai
foiled by the mounted infantry and yes
5. of fuckers division. AS. however. the
orl still kept pressing our, left rear. sen
a. word to Ian Hamilton, who was advant
U ing three miles to our left, to incline t
ur ward us and fill up the gap between tn
he two columns. This finally checked tn
T., enemy, who were driven back toWaT
IN Pretoria I hoped we would have bee
il able to follow them up. but the days no
NV are yerv short in this part of the work
~ and, after nearly two hours marchin
ire and fighting, we had to bivouac on II
.e- ground gained during the day.
od 'sThe Guards brigade Is quite near II
.o southernmost fort by which Pretoria
ID defended and less than four miles fro
lic the town.
MS french WIN 'he hiu aio o1'