The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-03

the Pretoria road on Friday morn
inc. At that time French and Ham
ilton were well toward Pretoria.
Very likely General French was east
of the railway and the remainder of
the army within two easy marches
Of the Boer capital.
"Meantime. Lord Roberts COM
munications were we'll covered and
the Free State forces were receiving
punishment. On Tuesday General
bundle defeated the Free Staters near
Seneka and received reinforcements
from the Third brigade. On the same
day the Highland Brigade which had
marched north from Ncntersburg, en-
tered Hebron.
"On Thursday the Free Staters near
t'icbsburg were reported from Maseru
10 have been surrounded by Generals
Brabant and Rumble, which proves
that General Brabant has an infantry
brigade which though not fundle'S
may be Chermside's.
Now to Pretoria. On Wednesday
President Kruger left. The Boer
| troops were dismissed from the forts
at Pretoria. and the town resolved
to surrender and made lis arrange
| =.
and believed that Roberts was close
ut hand These facts were telegraph
ed here bv two independent witnesses.
Our news of Lord Roberts was TWEEN
tv-four hours old and there was moth
| ING improbable in his troops being
where Pretoria reported them to be.
! Therefore. we were ready to believe
that Pretoria would be occupied on
| ..I hn
Pretoria kilograms expected the occu
patton two or three days too soon.
General Roberts must now be be
fore Pretoria. but the evidence is not
sufficient to enable us to Judge wheth-
err he has met serious resistance
There might he slight difficulty if the
| Beers have re-occupied the forts, but
| irr all probability the entry into Pre-
toria will not be long delayed. The
| Boer military power is now COM
pletely broken and the war practically
over. although the complete occupa-
ton of the country will take some
time and probably will be delayed
| by many guerilla bands.
''President Kruger may form a
band at Gutenberg, which. however
| can do no harm. as General Butler
|
way and stop Kruger's supplies. SO
| soon as the British have all the rail
WAYS. fving columns will quickly
make an end to all local opposition
and the Lydenburg region can be
dealt with at leisure.
COLNILLE At HEILBHON.
London. June At is officially an
nornced that General Coltille has ar
rived at Hebron. northeast If kroUn-
| stadt. at the Orange River Colony. al
| ter meeting with great opposition.
The War Office has received the
! following dispatch from Lord Rod
! erts:
Johannesburg. Jure l. ~!o:25 y. m.
Fridavo-Sir Henry (olIlllA. IN re-
porting the arrival of The Highland
| Brigade at Hebron. May 9';h safes
that he was opposed more or less the
whole way from Ncntef5OuTF ri2ht
men were killed and four officers ard
! thirtv-two men were y n.nird.
"Rundle teleeraphs that his rasuai-
ties were 81 killed AMI 80 rcI
wounded.
KRUGER At MACH ADDnOlP.
Lorenzo. MARQUEE. june ,. -i'resl-
| dent Kruger Yesterday was stIn III
| Machadodorp. about half WaN between
| Pretoria and the Portuguese frontier
on the railroad between the lranoNaai
capital and Delagoa Ray. l'oer com
mands totalIng about 10000 men
held Thursday all the positions ana
| hills around Pretoria. Another large
command was at Bron>hnrstS Sprint
about 40 miles from Pretoria. on 1he
railroad leading 10 Dela"oa Bay.
Telegraphic communication with the
| Transvaal is closed 10 he public. Fey
| erish excitement reigns here owing
to the almost total absence of news
from either side.
At Trenton. y. j.. Yesterday the
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