The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-13
BULLER is
MASTER OF
LAINGS mex.
Broken Communications of Lord Rob
erts Being Rapidly Mended-En-
couraging News to British.
BOERS CLAIM MORE VICTORIES.
Botha and Dslarcy Affirm They Have
Been offered 10000 a Year to
Lay Down Their Arms.

LONDON, June 10, s:2o a. m.-Twu
pieces of news encouraging to the Brit
lsh in the official dispatches are that the
broken communications of Lord Roberts
are in fair way to be mended by the
forces moving northward and south
ward and driving OF the rowing COM
mandoes, and that Sir Redvers Butler
is nt last master OF Laing's Mex.
Telegraphic communication with
Lord Roberts is expected to be restored
to-day, as u despatch from Bloemfon-
teln, dated yesterday. says that the rail-
road is in British possession again and
that the work OF repairing the line is
going on rapidly with the abundant ma
terIal warehoused at BloemfoTten.
From the subjoined telegram 1t would
appear that General Hunter was in
command of the troops referred to by
General Kelly-Kenny in his despatch
from Bloemfonteln:
Hunter Making Rapid Progress.
"Bloemfontein, June 12.-Gen. Hunter
is coming up rapidly from the north
west, having severely defeated large
commando of Beers who had destroyed
two miles of railway north Of Kroon-
stad."
The Boer government is also issuing
news cheering to Its sympathizeis. The
following bulletin, the Boer version of
the disaster to the Derbyhires, was
posted by President Kruger Sunday at
Machadodorp:
ION June Z, four divisions Of burghers
commended by Steenkamp, Freneman,
puploy, Fourie and Mel, attaclCN the
British at Roodeval, killed 20O took 200
prisoners, and captured immense stores
of food and ammunition-a maxim gun
and 900 lyddite shells. Some food was
taken by the Boer farmers and the rest
was burned. The English mail was
taken. The burghers attacked from the
open veldt, and gave evidence of unpre-
cedented bravery"
Gen. DeWet Makes Large Claims.
General Dewet was also fighting on
June 2, whether at Roodevnl or else
where, 1t is not clear, but the Boer war
office gives 1t out that he captured 5000
suits of clothing. blankets, gloves, boots,
etc. Being unable to carry them with
him in his rapid sweep through the
country, according to the Transvanl war
office. he burned the whole mass. Gen.
Dewet has also reported that he put
1000 British out.of action and destroyed
property valued at 100000. AS Lord
Methuen is officially described as fight
ing on June Z, 1t is possible that he was
engaging Gen. DeWet
According to despatch to the Daily
Express from Machadodorp. dated June
TO- via Lourenzo Marques, those around
President Kruger say that Louis Botha
and Delarey have been offered indirect
ly 10000 n year to lay down their arms
and President Kruger expects the same
offer to be made himself, President
steyn and Dewet. President Kruger
believes that the British makes these
offers to close the war on the principle
that 1t would cost less than to fight 1t
out.
Claim 10000 steOdfast Men.
A despatch from Lourenzo says that
$4,000 Beers are reported to be retiring
on Mlddleburn from various quarters
md that, after wedding out the faint
hearted, 10000 steadfast men are still
left.
General Butler was unable on Mon
dny, to follow up the Beers from lack
Of cavalry as well us water.
The dispatches describe him MS fight
ing a spirited advance over rugged
field under prolonged rife fire. The
Beers had two guns, which they got
away Few dead or wounded Beers
were found.
1t seems probable that the major por-
tion Of the Beers had Withdrawn before
the advance begun.
Lord Methuen, General Rumble and
General Brahant are reported to have
35, 700 men and fifty guns engaged in en-
closing the Beers in the eastern part of
Orange River colony
The war office casualty returnr up to
Jure 0, aggregate 23,6s4 besidea 1872 OIL
GERS and 1886 men sent home as inva-
lids, but not including the sick in South
Africa