Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-01
Cen. CR0N)E
CAP|TULkTES
8oers Surrendered Internationally
to Lord Roberts at Dawn
Tuesday,
1000 PRISONERS WERE TAKEN
1000 PRISONERS WERE TAKEN
Anniversary of Majuba Witnesses
the Most Crushing Blow the
Beers Have Received.
cRoN!E IN The BRITISH CAMP
Roberts Reports Tha, lie Is IL Prison.
CT at English headquarters
No Details of the Afr In
Yet Received.

London, Feb. 2i.-The secretary OF
state for war, marquis of I.ansdowne,
announced i'm the house OF lords this
afternoon that 1000 prisoners were
captured with Cronje. Cronje will be
sent to Cape TOWN.
Late This afternoon it WAS am
nounccd that Roberts had informed
the war office that the number OF pris-
oncIs approNlmatcs 1000, OF which
over ,0G0 are citizens of the Orange
Free State
Twenty mi, Transvaal officers were
captured and eighteen Free State Off
GERS. The guns captured from the
'Transvaal forces are three 75-centi-
meter klupps, nine 1-pounders and
one maxim guns. From the Free
Skaters the British captured one !5-
ccntimct.,r llrupp and one maxim.
The officers captured by Roberts.
besides Cronie, include the following:
Chief Commandnnt S. Nj. Wolvcr,
member OF the volksraad; Field Cor
net Frus, Scandinavian: Major Al
brccht, the famous Gordon artillery
man; Major Won DEWITT, Il distin-
guishcd German officer, responsible
for most of the splendid engineering
work of the Beers since TIL, com
n.cncement OF the war.
The war office has issued IL list Of
72l non-commissioned' officers and men
wounded in the fighting at Paarde-
burg, Sunday, February 10, including
G3 Canadians and 213 llighlanders.
London. Feb. 27--It is officially am
nounced that General Cronie sniren-
dcred with his whole force uncondi-
tionally at dawn this morning. The
news of the surrender comes i'm the
following dispatch received by the
war Office from Lord Roberts:
"paardeburg, Feb. aT7.-7:45 Il. m.-
General Cronjc and all his force capt.
ulated mnconditionaliy at daylight,
and he is now a prisoner in my camp.
The strength of his force will be com
nlunicated later ] hope that her mai
esty's government will consider this
event satisfactory. occurring as it does
on the anniversary of Maiuba.'
No one who did not know OF General
Cron.ie's surrender would suspect from
the appearance of the town that Lon
don WAS today celebrating HE chief
victory of the war. Not a flag is flying
i'm front of places where bulletins are
displayed to the public. Scarcely
more than IL dozen people stop at
them to read the news. Outside the
war office there is the same absence of
enthusiasm, which is due doubtless to
Il drilling rain.
I'm the war Office Hobbies. when the
clerk posted the news of the SUN en-
der, quite n crowd was waiting and
here the tidlngs were, hailed with con-
siderable enthusiasm and i'm an incred-
IDLY short. space of time the news had
spread TO !ftl parts of London. At the
mansion h1tlse when the news was
posted il was received with great eN-
element by crowds of business men
hurrNing to their offices and cries of
Bravo Roberts and "Majuba' were
heard.
The lord mayor nj London said to
the correspondent OF the Associated
Press that while the surrender OF
Cronic was IL foregonc conclusion the
news was received With great sense
of relief and the result OF The capit ula-
ton. he thought would be rapid
conclusion OF lostilitics. Nj he stock
exchange there WAS much excitement
and cheering, but this quickly sub
sided when the house opened. Stocks
opened with an upward tendency. but
with no material improvement i'm
prices and consuls Were slightly weak
er.
l.oNcrts Sends the Details.
The war office has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from General Rob
crS:
''Paardeburg, / Il. IN. Tuesday,
From information furnished daily 10
me by the Intelligence department it
became apparent that Cronje's force
was becoming more depressed and
that discomfort among the troops and
discord among the leaders was rapid
~ increasing. This feeling was doubt
less aceantuated by the disappoin-
ment caused when the l,oer reinforce
ments which tried to relieve Cronje
were defeated by our troops on Feb
ruaIy -. | resolved, therefore, t.
bring pressure to bear upon the enc
my. Each night trenches were pushed
forward toward the cnemy'S lager SC
as 10 gradually contract his position
and at the same time lombard ii
heavily With artillery, which yester-