The sun., 1900-05-17
6HTING At MAEEKING
'Ortuguese Official Dispatch Reports
BOer Defeat There.
3RITISH REOCCUPY GLENCOE
FROM Cape Town Comes Report That
Boer Delegates Have Advised
TransvaaIers to Surrender If
,f Beaten at the vaaI.

London, May 16.-An important de-
Velopment in the war news is statement
cabled from Cape Town announcing that
the Boer delegates had advised the
Transvaalers to surrender if defeated at
tile Vaal. This remarkable announce
ment is vouched for on good authority
and evidently obtains more crcdence in
Cape Town than would mere rumor.
Al Portuguese official dispatch, via
Lourcnco Marques, says an encounter
has occurred at Mafcking and that the
Beers have been repulsed with heavy
EIhc occupation of Glencoe was merely
aslogica sequel of General Buffers adj
Eancc and the Bocrs' retiring movement.
MAs usual, the Beers are reported to be
dying preciptatcly, but also, as usual,
fhe accounts add that their transport
N and guns We're removed in safety, which
iii itself is Il contradiction Of any state
meIt that the Beers were panic stricken
s About 1,lOO more troops have arrived
at Bcra Portuguese East Africa.
Among them is Lord DunravCn who ac-
companicd the Dunravcn slIarpshootcrs
rs sup6rnumcrary captain on tho bat
n talion staff.
M The governor of Bcira, Senior Ney-
relles, during the course Of II speech ut Il
&Ndinner of the yeomanry, said:
1 "I'riends as we have always been Of
n England, we never could have realized
the magnificent unity of the Anglo-Saxon
& race without such an object lesson. Re
alizing this, Portugal not only congratu-
Iates her ancient ally, but rejoices with
IL, as the strengthening of Il friend is the
" Strengthening of ourselves"
7 D,,INn cft
u ing at Kroonstadt preparatory to making
M q swift movement on the Vaal river.
NM The Occupation of Glencoe.
The war office has posted the followini
dispatch from General Butler, dateC
Dundee, May 16;
M "We occupied Glencoe yesterday. Th,
% Transvaalers have now evacuated Big
garsberg. The Free Statcrs on the Ora
kenberg are much reduced in numbers
The Carolina, Lyndenberg ind Pretorii
commandos trekked north from Hiatt
kulu on 18th and 14th of May. Elevel
guns were entrained at Glencoe. Th
last train, with ambulance, left there a
dawn May 10. The result has beel
largely produced by the action of tn
VA Fifth division, which, during the last few
days, has done a great deal of very har
work, marching mountain climbing an
road making. Trains are now runnin
to Vessels Mex station"
The war office posts the following dis
M patch from Lord Roberts, under date @
"a Kroonstadt, May 10:
"Two officers and six men of Prime
Alrr2ds guards while out foraging yc'
terlay. few miles from Kroonstadt, ha
"A visited farm flying white flag, til
n owner of which surrendered himself
with arms and ammunition. They the
approached another farm also flying
white flag. When within 40 yards of Il
Enclosure, they were fired upon by IL
Ii Beers, concealed behind the farl
wall. Two of the men were killed. ihel
tenant +. Il. Walton was wounded an
Lieutenant w. Il. Evcrton and two MOI
commissioned officers were taken prso'
erS The owner of the farm states lh'
the Beers threatened to shoot him wht
he protested against their making IN III
proper use Of the white flag.