The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-06-02

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 capital,
and from the Earl of Rosslyn. in a
press dispatch. The two messages left
about the same time.
At o'clock this morning the war Of
fee had received no news from Lord
Roberts which the officials would make
public, but il is assumed that the press
adVsces are correct.
Most of the London morning papers,
through the courtesy of the Daily Mail,
print Lord Roberts dispatch and COM
ment upon il, treating the war as
ended.
Some of the more cautious critics
think that guerrilla warfare is likely
TO be carried on for some time in vari-
Gus parts Of the conquered territory.
All of the Boe1' forces are dissolving.
Lord Roberts, apparently, has not
yet taken any considerable quantities
of artillery. arms or stores. Large
bodies of Beers must still be some
where in the field
Watervalboven or WaterfallbOven, is
$50 miles due east of Pretoria, on the
Delagoa Bay railway. 1t Should not
be confused with Waterfall, ten miles
north of Pretoria, whqfe the British
prisoners are. WaterValbOVen is
small place in a mountainous country.
The seat Of the Boer. government
what there is left of twill probably
be Lyndenberg, to the north.
a dispatch from DourenZO Marquee,
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
steaming away. This incident prob
ably occurred at Elansfontein junction.
Passengers from Pretoria assert that
the town is utterly demoralized. There
is a mad rush for the coast. Five
trainloads of fugitives are expected
here tonight"
The Lourenzo MARQUEE correSpOn-
dents think the border trouble between
the Transvaal and Portugal may come
to a head at any moment, komati
bridge is strongly defended Yesterday
the Portuguese authorities were pre-
pairing TO resist a possible engagement.
A mule battery was sent to the from
tier.
The Lourenzo Marquee correspondent
of the Times says: 1t would not be
surprising il a large proportion of the
rebel Dutch sought temporary refuge
on Portuguese territory. Although the
authorities here are reticent, they are
not blind to such possibility"
1t is reported that a special train
I rrrri+ in-ac ra-sas 4
rallied on the Transvaal side of Mo-
matipoort. a number of passengers be-
ing killed or injured.
The British authorities at Buuwayo
think the Beers Will retire into south
ern Rhodesia.
BY the release of the British prison
ers at Waterfall a full brigade will be
added to the army of Lord Roberts, as
there were III officers and ASP privates
among them.
Events elsewhere in the field of war
seem to dWindle in comparison. General
Hunter re-entered the Transvaa at
Maribogopan Tuesday. The advance
was made off the railway. Water is
scarce. and all the farms are deserted.
Yesterday General Hunter reached
GeysdorD with ten days sur plies.
Maribogopan is half way between
Nryburg and Mafeking. Geysdorp is
from twelve to fifteen miles east. Cen
eral Hunter meets with no resistance.
General I3aden-P Powell is invading
further north without opposition. Com
mandant Snyman has gone toward Pre-
toria
In northern Natal Utrecht has sur
rendered to General Hildyard and Cen
eral Lyttleton is moving to Nryheid.
Three different correspondents esti-
mate the number of Beers at Laing's
Mex at about 10000.
Two Australians who escaped from
Pretoria on April Is have arrived at
Mafekng. having spent a month on
the veldt, with but little food and no
Blankets They slept by day and
marched by night. They complain bit
terly Of their treatment at Pretoria.
The following dispatch has been re-
ceived at the war office from General
Butler:
New Castle. May 3O.-The enemy
having formed a laager east of the
town at Dornberg, pressed my right
rear annoyingly. On May q l directed
. force under Lyttleton by Schanga
DrlIt on Dornberg. These movements