Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-03-02
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lie and His Entire Army
Capitulated.

HE ana His Entire Army
Capitulated.
| LoNDoN, Feb 27.-It is officially an
nounced that Gen. Cronje surrendered
with his whole force Internationally
at dawn this morning
The news of the surrender comes in
the following dispatch received by the
war Office fr4p Lord Roberts:
"PAARDEBERG, Feb. ~, 7:45 a. NJ
General Cronie and all his force capt.
ulated Internationally at daylight and
is now prisoner in my camp. The
strength of his force will be commune
icated later. !. hope that her majesty's
government will consider this event
satisfactory, occurring as it does on
the anniversary of Majuba." s.
LONDON, Feb. 2s.-The war Office
has received the following dispatch
from Roberts: = 7% ~
Ss'PAARDEBERe, IL o'clock Tuesday
morning.-From information furnish
ed daily to me by the intelligence de-
partment it has become apparent that
Cronjes force is becoming impressed
and that the discomfort of the troops
Ind discord among the leaders is rap
idly increasing. This feeling doubt.
less accentuated by the disappoint.
ment caused when the Boer reinforce
ments which tried to relieve Cronje
were defeated by our troops on Feb
ruary 49, l resolved therefore to
bring pressure to bear upon the enc.
my. Each night the trenches were
pushed forward toward the enemy's
lager, SO as to gradually contract his
position and at the same time bonn
bard it heavily with artillery, (which
yesterday was materially aided by the
arrival of a 4-inch howitzer which I
ordered up from DeeAar. Carrying
out these means captive balloon gave
great assistance by keeping us in.
formed of the dispositions and move
ments of the enemy. At a. m. to-day
the Canadian regiment and some en-
giaeers supported by the First Gordon
High]ande"s and Second Shropshires,
resulting in our gaining points 500
yards nearer the enemy and about 80
yards of his trenches where our men
entrenched themselves and maintained
their positions till morning. The gal
liant deed was worthy of our colonial
comrades and which am glad to say
was attended with comparatively
slight loss.
"This apparently clinched matters,
for at daylight to-day letters signed
by Cronje, in which he stated he would
surrender Internationally, were
brought to our outposts under a flag
of truce.
Sin my reply told Cronje he must
present himself at my camp and that
his forces must come out OF their
lager after laying down their arms.
BY z a. m. received Cronje and dis
patched telegram to you announcing
the fact. Cronje starts for Capetown
this afternoon under charge of Major
General Prettiman, who will hand him
over to the general commanding at
Capetown. The prisoners, who num-
Der about 5000, will be formed into
commands under our own officers.
''They will also leave here to-day.
reaching Modder river tomorrow.
when they will be rallied to Capetown
in detachments." ..
Twenty mine Transvaal officers were
captured and eighteen Free State
Ulcers. The guns captured from the
Transvaal force were three 75-centi-
metre Krupps, nine 1-pounders and one
Maxim gun. From the Free Staters
the British captured one 75-centimetre
Krupp and one Maxim. The officers
captured by Roberts besides Cronie
include the following: Chief Com
mandant NJ. j. Wolverans, member
of the volksraad; Field Cornet Frus, a
Scandinavian; Major Albrecht, the
famous Gordon artilleryman; Major
Won DEWITT. a distinguished German
officer, and responsible for most of the
splendid engineering works of the
Beers since the commencement of the
war Office.
British Loss Heavy.
The war Office has issued list of 721
non commissioned officers and men
wounded in the fighting at Paardeberg
on Sunday, February IS, including 60
Canadians and 273 Highlanders.