The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-03-17
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PRETORIA.

sent the following dispatch to the Wal
Office:
"Bloemfcntcin. Friday, March 10. Gen.
eral Clements crossed he Orange rivel
yesterday. Repairs to the railway bridge
at NorvaPs POnt have commenced, and Il
will shortly be ready for traffic.
| General Pole Carew telegrnphs his ar.
| rival at Spr!ngfontein, SO that Bloemton-
teln now is practically in rail communica-
| tion with iCapctown. My PROCLAMATION
Is already having an excellent effect.
| 'Savernl hundred burghcrs have expires.
! sed their intention to surrender their arm
! and return to their occupations
'Iho resident commissioner of Basuto-
/ land reports that 800 Beers lately arrived
from Boemfontein, AMI that further
contingent from Aliwal North was only
waiting to know the terms OF my pr0cia-
mation to surrender They had refused
| to attehdFa council at kroonstndt, to
which President Steyn had summoned
them"
BRITISH WOUNDED WELL TREATED.
General ROBBERS also reports that he
found seven British officers and forty
three men wounded in the hospital ut
BioomfonIein, AMI hat they had been
well carel for. He adds
Il rcjoiCed he wounded Beers by toll
ing them they woua be allowed to pro.
coed to their homes instead Of boing mad0
prison rs as soon as they can leave the
hospital"
1t was officially announced to-day that
tho British casualties at Driefontein
March 10 were siXty-two men killed and
3al wounded. including one Canadian
wounded.
Lord Roberts made quaint speech to
tho guards at BIOemfonten to-day when.
in congrntulatOry words, he expires ed
pride in their splendid march of thirty
eight miles ia twenty-cight hours, and
gave ampio ASSURANCE of his ultimate de-
sign
THROUGH n small mistake" said Lord
Roberts II have not been able to march
into b oemfontAin ut tho head Of tho bril-
gade. rs inten led. lpiomisa YOU how
ever, that will lead you INTO Pretoria"
Tho Free Skaters sou h Of Bloom fontain
aro reported to be rapidly returning TO
their farms.
General Grobelnar Is Attempting to es-
cape TO the north. Ho has large com.
mand and biz convey of supplies.
Tho ma niiiv Of the Boemfontein
tnwnsncopn anticipate that tho Free Stat
ers will offer no further resistance
London March 16. The report that the
Bocra will DESTROY johannesburg 10 pre-
vent the British from using it ~ base
against Prctnrl arouses deep interest in
mining shares are held Tho krenz Xri-
tnHg, u Hcrlin paper, SAYS the proposed
Beer move would "sma Il tho IDOLS Of
the Rhodes school of capitalists aud war
advocates.
Cecil Rhodes, in IN interview with Jul.
ian Ralph, the weil-known corresponds
ent, at Cape Town, complained of the
''hunglng of the hcme AZ hori icsp He
said there had brcn only 5000 Doors in
Ia, ~ u ,,,ft }, :. "A
their numbers had been exaggerated to
explain tho Bri in rcvcraes.
The British Bible Society will send
cory of thu Bible printed in Dutch to each
of this Boer prisoners at st Helena.
London, S lturday' March III. % AM.
With the railway communications to tho
CAPE intact, Lord Roberts will N n few
tlrvS be in position To begin Tho advance
on Prrtn'in, His deop political intuition
combined with biz bold trntagy. is hav-
ing the result desired in the southern sec
tons of the Orange Free State, which arc
rapidly calming down.
MatckHg is now tho only point for anX-
ietr, ana rs i: il known hat force has
left Kimberley. its relief may bo announr-
ed lrtura many DAYS PASS. The efficiency
Of the relieving column Is heightened BY
the fac that it IL partly composed Of Yesu-
lnra'
III iHe iNDDltS bl IhTllH'htnU lHSU even
inG il was rumored that Lord Roberts is
about to issue n proclamation announcing
that the rmcr system of government in
tho Orange FREQ State is abolished and
promising FREQ Stnters who Immediately
surrender due consideration.
LONDON, March lG -GrneraI Lord Rob-
CrtS, in tranmi'ting General & ,tacrc's re-
port oi the Stromberg defeat, gives his
opinions thus
Tho failure was mainly duo to reliance
on INACCURATE information rrgariing he
ground to be traycrsud to III, position
held by tho Boe"s. to the employment of
too small n forco and to tho men bring
tired ont ky a long night march before
they came in con act with tho enemy.
When it became evident, shortly after
midnight that the guides were leading
tho column in the wrong direction, | con
s'dor Gatpcre should have halted aud en-
deavorod to find a proper road, ur should
have fallen back on Molt,no, rather than
have riskrd THO safety Of the entire furco
by following n route which brought the
troops into ditfrnlt ground commanded
Gu both sides BY Bocrs."