The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-07
.LULL IN THE BOER WAR
Roberts Rests at Pretoria Be-
fore He Advances.
B0ERS AT LYDENBURG
PREPARE TO STAND AT THIS
NATURAL FORTRESS.

operations IN South Africa are aDpar-
emily at a standstilL For a day or two
the tired troops of Lord Roberts are
resting. and he is filing the magazines
and warehouses at his new base Pre-
toria, preparatory to a Ions chase after
the retiring Beers ia the direction Of
Lydenburg. His cavalry are probably
seeking TO intercept Commandment Gen
eral Botha.
1t appears evident that the Boer
eommander-in-chief, General Botha,
with all his guns, Withdrew in good
order. probably along the Delagoa Bay
railroad. with the view of joining Pres
ident Kruger. So the 4 sansvaal forces
remain practically intact. with Presi-
dents Kruger and Steyn. and Gene ~
BOtha and Secretary of State Reitz all
safe and in a position to continue the
direction of affairs. The more optimistic
/ see in the fact that President Kruger S
wife and General Bothas wife were
| left at Pretoria an indication that the
president does not count on long re-
sistance. In any case, it viii probably
/ take Lord Roberts at least a week to
/ organize campaign of pursuit.
/ The military authorities anticipate
/ from General Buffers direction. Plenty
/ of time has elapsed TO complete the
! turning move at Laing's Mex
Armistice is Agreed On.
! A special dispatch from Lourenzo
Marquee. dated Tuesday. Junt 3, says:
General Butler and Christian Botha
/ met at Lainsis Mex. at Buffers request.
when three days armistice was
| agreed upon"
The disDatch adds that the British
! have evacuated Utrecht
A beiated dispatch from Mafeking,
| dated Nav 81, announces the British
/ occupation of Malmania, where - 200
| Beers surrendered.
Some dispatches are at hand which
| left Pretoria Monday, while the fight
| ing was going on outside the city. They
come by way of LOurenZo Marquee. One
| Of them says:
Toward the end OF the day. when
| the British naval guns were Smelling
| the southern forts, a number of pro-
] jectiles burst, damaging the suburbs.
All day armed burghers have been
leaving Pretoria, going east. The
greater part Of the railway rolling stock
/ has been removed.
General Botha was fighting an es-
! sential rear guard action, his object be-
/ ing not to defend Pretoria, but to delay
Lord Roberts until the railway switch
| had been cleared and the main part of
| the BOer army had started to with
/ draw The British advance appears to
! have left open to the Beers the best
| line of retreat along the railway"
Possibly Lord Roberts was able to
cut the railway before a full retirement
/ was effected. That Pretoria would be
defended was apparently given out
| after the council of war, with a view
OF misleading the British.
Lydenburg a Natural Fortress.
Lydenburg, the district to which the
provisions originally destined for Pre-
tOria have been diverted. and where a
I cartridge factory has been erected, and
1 where reserve supplies OF all sorts are
stored, is a volcanic region Of fertile
valleys, enclosed by great ramparts OF
precipitous rocks, penetrated by mar
| row. winding passes. There are herds
Of cattle in the valleys, and there is
much native labor available for fortify.
ing.
Probably the most important Boel
army is at Laings Mex, where botl
sides are passive. General Rumble ant
General Brabant have withdrawn
little southwark.
i Law 10 E@4LGuUEQ.
] General Baden-P Powell has extended
martial law to the Marco and NORTH
Lichtenburg districts. Shots were ex
changed between Boer and British pa
trolls eighteen miles east of Mafekins
on May %. Part of the forces lately a
Pretoria are reported to have gon,
westward to meet Bsden-Powell anC
10 make q show Of holding the country
through which he and General Hunter
are moving
A dispatch to the Daily TELEGRAPH
from Newcastle. dated Tuesday, de
scribed the Beers there as an unoT
Sanized rabble, without flo ur, meat o.
sugar Their surrender is only a ques
ton of time. Nevertheless, the cores
pondent AYERS they hold strong posi-
lions, with a prospect of a safe retrea
towards Lydenburg.
1t is understood at Newcastle tina
the British government has ap
preached the Natal government with
proposition that Natal shall vOluntari
~ renOunce local government 70
a time in order that a good system O
crown government may be institute,
for all South Africa, leading in tn
course of time to federation and tn
subsequent autonomy OF the variou
states simultaneously.
Lorenzo Marques correspondent
attach significance to the number o
British warships in Delagoa bay, sug
costing that they are there possibly il
anticipation of aiding the Portuguese
in the event of disturbances on tn
Transvaal border.
Describes Entry Into Pretoria.
Lord Roberts telegraphed to the wa
Office as follows:
Pretoria, June 5, 5:35 p. m.-The oc
cupation of the town passed off mos
satisfactorily and the British flag ]
now hoisted on top of the government
offices. The troops met with a muc
more enthusiastic reception than ] an
ticipated. The Third battalion of tn
, Grenadier guards lined the squar
when the march past took place.
Owing to their having been on dut
at some distance around the tOwT
very few cavalry and infantry wer
able to take part in the ceremony.
Several of our officers who had bee
i prisoners were among the onlookers.
The Thirteenth yeOmanry battalion
captured by the Beers near Lindley
Orange River colony, contains mum
Der of men in the ranks being cl0sel
; allied to noble families. Among the OF
ficers captured are the Earl of lie
! trim, the Earl of Longford and tn
, Earl of Ennismoor.
Maseru. Basutoland June g.
: i trooper of Brabant's horse says in til
> last engagement the Beers took fou
{ British prisoners, including an office
whom they released cOnditiOnalIy. tn
r officers said the Beers between Flick:
burg and Bethlehem number 5000 mel
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