The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-15

stroom District,
London June 14,-It was officially an
nounced this morning that the Beers
! under General Botha had evacuated
their strong position near Pretoria and
retired to the eastward. The war office
made public the following report from
Lord Roberts, under date of Pretoria,
June 10 (afternoon):
THE enemy evacuated their strong
position during the night and have re-
tired to the eastward. Buffers force
and mine have afforded each other mu-
tual assistance. Our occupation Of Pre-
toria caused numbers of Beers to with
draw from Laing's Mex, and Buffers
an advance to Volksrust made them feel
their rear would be shortly endan-
gerad."
Lord Roberts also reported to the
war office under date of Pretoria, June
49, $3.50 a. M, as follows:
"Methuen advanced to Honingspruit
yesterday, and found all quiet. Kroon-
stad is strongly held. Methuen return
ed to-day to Rhenoster river, where the
railway is being repaired.
I'VE were engaged all yesterday with
Botha's army. The enemy fought with
considerable determination, and held
our cavalry on both TANKS; but Ian
Hamilton, assisted by the Guards Brig
AIDE of Pole Carew's division, pushing
forward, took the hill in his front,
which caused the enemy to fall back
on their second position to the east
ward. This they are still holding 1t is
slightly higher than the one we have
captured.
THE great extent of country which
has to be covered under modern condi-
tons of warfare renders progress very
slow Details of the casualties have
not reached me, but I understand they
are moderate in numbers. The only
further casualties reported to date are
two officers wounded
General Butler reports to the war Of
flee as follows:
Headquarters at Laing's Mex, June
IA (morning,)-G Lyttleton yes
terday received the formal submission
of the town and district of Walker
stroon, which the enemy is believed to
have completely evacuated"
Lord Roberts's engagement with Cen
eral Botha terminated, as expected, by
the Boer COMMUNICATIVE chiefs retiring
from his position. Beyond driving
Botha further from the capital not
much seems to have been accomplished,
as Lord Roberts does not mention the
capture of prisoners or guns or the in
Fiction of loss Perhaps the most i'm
portant feature revealed by to-days Of
fetal dispatches is the announcement
that the army of Natal is at last in
touch with Lord Roberts troops. The
Accomplishment Of this movement, long
delayed, should considerably accelerate
the pacification of the Transvaal That
it is already bearing fruit is shown by
the submission Of the WakkerStroom
district to General Lyttleton.
Another dispatch from General Butler
says that General Clery encountered no
opposition in his march from Ingogo to
Laing's Mex, which he now occupies.
General Dartnell marched through
Laing's Mex yesterday on his way to
Charlestown. The press dispatches say
that Charleston was partly destroyed
previous to its evacuation by the Beers,
but that no damage was done at Volks-
rust
The war office has made public a dis
patch from General Butler, accepting
the congratulations of the secretary of
state for war; Lord Lansdowne, in
which he says:
1.-THE Dorsets, who have been I'M
lucky, had a chance at Almonds Mex
and showed themselves to be as good
as any others.
about $50 yards at each end of
Laing'S Mex tunnel are blown in and
it win require several days to move
the debris. The line, otherwise, is UNI
injured and open to the reversing sta
lions and also to Sandspruit."
In the Orange River colony affairs |
seem to be returning to the status
which obtained previous to the cutting |
of the line of British communications
THE CAPE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. |
Cape Town, June 14.-Sir Alfred Mil |