The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-18
FIGHT WON BY BADEN-P0WELL
HUT MAFEIxING HAS NOT YET re-
CEIVED RELIEF.


England Awaits with Great Anxiety
News From the Gallant Garrison.
President Steyn Reported as Flee
ing-Said the Free Staters VIII Ac-
cept Annexation--Boers May Make
Stand at johannesburg Before
Pretoria.
London May 49, $3.50 a. m.-England
still awaits with intense anxiety for news
of the relief of Mafeking.
Skeleton messages from Lorenzo Mar
quez, based upon information that leaked
out at the Pretoria war office, show that
the Boer stormers Saturday fell into
trap. Col. Baden-Powel permitted them
TO seize one fort and he then surrounded
and over bore them before the large forces
near at hand, perceived the strategem. 1t
was thus that Eloff, President Kruger's
grandson, and part of his commando were
taken and fifty Beers killed.
The Canadian artillery contingent OF
the Rhodesian force is now reported May
O. at Bulawayo, 49O miles from Mafeking,
and may yet participate In the relief.
Gen. French, scouting northward, found
the Beers In strong force at Rhenoster
spruit, thirty miles from Kroonstad.
Gems. Botha, Delarey and Olivier, with
artillery, were holding the position.
President Steyn, according to one dis
patch, has gone to Pretoria. Another says
he is a fugitive at Lindley The Free
Staters are surrendering on all sides. A
dispatch from Cape Town says that proc
lamations are being printed there to be
published on the Queens birthday, May 2l,
annexing the Free State.
VIII Accept Annexation.
One of President steyn's brothers, who
is a prisoner of Gen. Brabant, says that
the Free staters will accept annexation
Those who took up arms the second time
he explains, had to do so under threats of
instant death if they refused.
Five hundred rifles have been surrender
ed at. Kronstad in excess of the number Of
Beers who have taken the oath of allegi-
ance. Lord Roberts has directed The
in a good spirit and to issue TO them passes
to go to their farms.
Gen. Butler Is pushing straight ahead
"
wounded during the movement Apparent
ly he Is aiming at Laings Mex, which is
the direct road TO the Transvaal, although
he may diverge to Botha's pass.
Gen. Hunter has returned to Fourteen
Streams with one brigade leaving another,
Gen. Barton's. at Christlania. Lord Me-
thuen is said to be advancing along the
south bank of the Vaal.
Durham reports the receipt of a telegram
from Lorenzo Marques saying that Beer
plots to blow up the British cruiser Forte
was discovered, and that in consequence
the warship steamed out seven miles
nightly.
President Steyn saw the fight at the
Zand river The impression he got there
was that his burghers could not face Lord
Roberts in pitched battle, resulting in
the evacuation of the Kroonstad works
without a battle.
Where the Beers VIII Fight.
The Standard says:
From pro-BOer sources We learn that
that the first great stand by the federals
will be on the ridges rear Johannesburg.
If driven out pare of the force will be
thrown into Pretoria to Withstand a s ege,
while the main body will retreat to the
Lydenburg district to maintain a guerilla
warfare from that mountainous region.
They believe they can indefinitely post
pone a pacifcation of the copntry."
A LORENZO Marquee disratch TO the
Times says:
There is general talk in Pretoria of
President Kruger contemplating an imme-
diate departure from the capital There
seems no longer any doubt of the inten-
ton of the TIansvaal 10 transfer the seat
of government TO the Lydenburg district.
and to endeavor to make a final stand
there The Raad is reported to have in
dorsed the proposal"
TIE Times SO says that a number of
the Transvaal officials are preparing for
ght, and that Secretary Reitz has Sc
lee ed South America as his future home.
1t is unofiieially asserted that Lord
Kitchener is In command of the Mafeling
relief column and that news of the relief
Of the town cannct be received until Mon
day.