The age-herald., 1900-05-16
THE RESULT UNKNOWN Lord Roberts Infantry is Still
 at Dundee. EULER HAS OCCUPIED DUNDEE British Troops Found Almost Every House Looted-Roberts Makes No
 Statement on Time in Which
 Campaign Will End.
EULER HAS OCCUPIED DUNDEE

l | London, May 15.-(4:30 a. m.)-"Food will l last until about June r. is the latest news | from General Baden-Powell, the British l commander al Mafeking, sent to Lord Rob- 1 erts under date of May :. Five days later | the Boers attempted to storm the town and ! il is possible they succeeded, although noth- ing is known of the attack or its results cept through Pretoria sources which have no countenance here The British relief column is due there now. Ten days ago General Snyman was having difficulty in keeping the Burghers together owing to the approach of the British, and when the last Associated Press dispatch left Mafeking May the Boers had killed on the previous day one of the horse guards and had captured seven of Colonel Baden-Powelrs few remaining horses.
 Major F. D. Baile has sent the Morning Post, from Mafeking, under date of May 2, this message:
 This morning the Boers attacked Re- suit as usual. There is an aching void here'
 The Transvaal army has take d post .ou at Blaauwbaschdoort Pass, near Teiiborn road station, fifty miles north of Kroon- staad. It's rear guard Is still holding rhe 1 hills north of the Valsch river while the
 Boer scouts are in touch with British re-
 connoitering parties twenty miles north of l Kroonstad
 l The .Boers have held a council of war at Lingley and British spies have learned that the Boers decided to hold Harrsmith as long possible.
 Lord Roberts infantry Is still at Hroon- stad.
 The railway laborers are harl at work and the engineers hope to nave the line re- paired within three days.
 Nights Cold and Days Hot
 The nights bitterly cold, but the days are hot The Free Staters are surrendering in larger numbers than after the occupa- tion of Bloemfontein One officer of the Transvaal artillery says
 There will be no serious fighting this side of Pretoria. Heavy guns being mounted there. But Generals Botha and Limmer are agreed that ultimate success is impossible. President Kruger is obsti- nate and majority of the Transvaaers ! hold firmly with him. | It is estimated that the Transvaalers can 1 still muster 5000 men on the fighting line. l General Buffers advance was by the in- ! structions of Lord Roberts, and 1t will cease or go forward Lord Roberts may direct.
 Certain commentators affiliated to the war office say that General Buffers orders to keep the Boers employed have been sup plemented by an order to drive them com pletely out of Natal, and then to move on Harrismith.
 Generals Bundle and Brabant are taking possession of the wide regions around Ladybrand almost without opposition. , They find the country plentifully supplied i with cattle, horse feed and four General
 Bundle is reducing his transport and feed-
 ing his men and animals largely off the
 country. The Boers in that quarter sur
 render daily, and it is the expectation
 that the eastern section of the Free State will soon be as tranquil as the western. Lord Roberts Writes Lord Roberts contributes line to the discussion going on in the press as to when the war will end by the following telegram, dated Monday, and sent through a correspondent, who had made the direct inquiry:
 "I regret that I cannot give any reply to your question, as it is impossible at present to predict when the campaign will end.' The view of the other side is reported by correspondent, to whom President Steyn said
 "Sooner than leave this country to fall into the hands of the British I would de- stroy all our houses and leave it desert"
 The relations between the Transvaal and the Portuguese appear to be strained The Portuguese consul at Pretoria, according to reports from Lisbon, has been ordered by President Kruger to leave the country. The Portuguese declaration making food and clothing contraband has nearly destroyed the usefulness of Delagoa Bay to the Trans vaal.
 The Lisbon cabinet is understood to count on British protection in the event of Boer aggression.
 Comm ents on Enyoys Reception
 All the morning papers give long accounts of the reception Of the Boer envoys in New York, but none comment editorially except the Daily Chronicle and the Times, the for mer of which says:
 ITO give a parallel instance, suppose that during the course of the Hispano-American war the Spaniards had asked England to intervene and had sent deputation to Queen Victoria. Would the Spanish delc- gates have been received with cheers and presented with the freedom of the city of Southampton or of the meanest township in that vicinity? The difference between the temper of the English popuace toward America and that of the American popu- lace toward England will take a good deal to explain away"
 The war office last evening issued an ab- stract of British casualties since the be- ginning of the war This shows total of