The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-13
UNION JACK IN PRETORIA
ROBERTS rs OCCUPATION or THE
BOER CAPITAL.
Kruger and Botha Retire To- the Noun
tains with An the Boer Artillery
Mrs Kruger in Pretoria.

LONDON, June 8, 1907 y. m.-The
War office has received the following
from Lord Roberts
PRETORIA. June 3, 1855 p. Must
before dark yesterday the enemy were
beaten back from nearly all the posi-
lions they had been holding, and Ian
Hamiltons mounted infantry followed
them to within 1000 yards of Pretoria
through which they retreated hastily.
De Isle then sent an officer with a flag
of truce into the town, demanding its
surrender I'm my name.
shortly before midnight ! was awak-
ened by two officials of the South Al
rican epubliC-Sandberg military sec
rotary to Commandment General Botha,
and a general officer of the Boer army
who brought me a letter from Botha
proposing an armstice for the purpose
of settling the terms of surrender. | re-
piled that l would gladly meet the
Commandant general the next morning,
but thai | was not prepared to discuss
any terms, as the surrender of the town
must be unconditional. l asked for a
reply by daybreak, as I had ordered
the troops TO march on the town as soon
as it was light.
In his reply Botha told me he had
decided not to defend Pretoria, and he
trusted women children and property
would be protected. At / a. M today,
while in the line of march, l was met
by three of the principal officials with
a flag of truce, stating their wish to
surrender the town. 1t was arranged
that Pretoria should be taken posses
sion of by her majestys troops at 2
o'clock this afternoon.
Mrs. Botha and Mrs. Kruger are
both in Pretoria. Some few of the Brit
ish prisoners have been taken away,
but the majority are still at Waterfall.
g .fR Il,
Pretoria. The few l have seen are
looking we'll"
LONDON, June 6.-The dispatches of
Lord Roberts telling of the incidents
before the surrender of the capital by
three civilians, stand alone, as the cor
respondents with him have not had
their turn with the wires.
Lord Roberts postscript announcing
the loss of the Yeomanry battalion
came too late for the public to know it
last evening. The newspaper. common
tators consider the incident deplorable,
but as having no weight to speak of in
the results. The battalion numbered
between 400 and 500.
General Botha and most of his men
got away from Pretoria. This is in
ferred from Lord Roberts message, but
the presumption is that the Boer Com
mandant General cannot escape the
| British dispositions without a fight.
Bennett Burleigh, wiring from johann
nesburg, states that President Kruger
took G2,000,000 in cash to Middleburg.
! LONDON, June 5.-Lord Roberts to-
| day announced the capture of the I'm
perial Yoemanry by the Beers near
Lindley. His dispatch is as follows:
| PRETORIA STATION, June 5, 1855
p. MI regret to report that the Thir-
teenth Imperial Yeomanry had to sur
render to a very superior force of the
enemy on May 81, near Lindley. On
receiving information of the battalion
being attacked, l ordered Methuen to
proceed with all speed to its assistance
"Methuen was then on the march or
the Hebron side of Kroonstad, and
half an hour after the receipt of my
telegram, on June l. he started off. By
! 10 a. m. of the following day he had
marched forty-four miles in twenty-five
hours. But he was too late to rescue
Colonel Spragges Yeomanry. Methuer
attacked the Beers, who were between
1000 and 5000 strong, and after run
ming fight of five hours, completely
routed the enemy.
! ut is very regrettable circum-
stance; but l trust it will not be very
long before the Irish Yeomanry are re-
. leased from captivity"