Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-06-07
NOT v r
Lord Roberts Reports Several Re-
cent Enlargement

secretary of state for wa b re-
ceived the following from ] ~ ID
erts, GATED Orange Grove, j
Johannesburg is quiet. ] B"
are surrendering arms an,
Only three Boer guns were
forts. The Q~ueenslanders a. "
May 30, a creusot with elev N".ol'
and stores of amnunitio ON
mandant Botha of Zoutpansi ~, ms
field cornet and 100 prison ; we're
taken in the fighting around Johannes
burg, some belonging 10 the foreign
contingcnts and the Irish brigade.
The Thirteenth yeomanry were at
tackled May % between Kroonstad n
Lindley. There were some casuaitles'
Imperial Y~eomnnry Attacked.
lowing to the interruption Of tele-
graph lines l only to-day received a
report from Col. Sprigg that his tat
talon of imperial yeomaIry wa ~
tackled between Kroonstad AZ 1 j d.
ley May %. Casualties to Il w.
The shops in Johannesburg a o ns
opened and there seems to b. n.
eral feeling of relief at the ,eac", I'll
occupation of the town. T. I pr0ela,
nation announcing the am Satiob o.
the Orange Free State Eas maze
known at BloemfonteiR May - ~
Gen. Prettyman. military go "',
The troops under Gen. Kelly
| formed a square, the royal 81 u
was hoisted, the troops saluted.a foyal
salute was fired and the queen was
cheered. The name Orange RIVER
Colony was well received
London. June 4.-There is no direct
news from Pretoria OF later date than
Thursday evening. Gen. Frenchs
cavalry was then at Irene. eight miles
south Of Pretoria, and firing was
heard there. Lord Roberts was con,
Quoting secondary operations else
where. The correspondents with Lord
Roberts have not got through 4 line
about the operations after the oecu-
patton of johannesburg. Official mes
sages continue TO come through, but
press kilograms are held up, probably
to avoid their giving a hint even as
10 what may be the pending opera
tions. From the other side there filters
through Lourenzo Marques a mass Of
statements, some contradictory, others
obviously improbable. but al purport-
ing TO be facts: Passengers arriving
a. Lorenzo Marques Saturday. direct
from Pretoria, say that the capital was
Preparin. to Surrender
when they left Thursday. The ferts
were d;smantlad. The Boer guard at
Komati Poort searched all trains and
turned back most of the fngitfves,
among them deserving foreigners who
were striving to reach neutral soil.
Immense Boer conveys Of provisions
are between Pretoria and M~iddlebure.
Fifteen trains are sent daily 10 Mach
adasdor with supplies for Lydenbarg.
Pretoria is pictured by the refugt IS
in d state OF iudescribable co.. sion
and chaos. The p0pulace are dis
mayed and the British are expected
hourly Some foreign attaches have
arrived at L%0ufenzo Marques 10 COM
municate with their governments
For Orders to Leave,
as they consider that organized war
on the Transyaal side is at an end.
| FLYING among the Beers are reports
that the British have been beaten back
at LinJley with heavy loss, that the
main attack on Elandfontein failed
andIord Roberts was forced 70 retire
to Klipsriyerburg: that the railway
has been cut behind him, south of
Vereeniging. aud that a provision train
has been captured. Without crediting
any of the Boer bulletins everything
from the field Of war behind Lord
Roberts points to n great effort last
week 10 paralyze his advance by a
bold stroke from the eastward at the
railway north of BIoemfontein. Unless
foCr Boer columns were in q move
ment seemingly with this objective.
there was a commando in front of
Gan. Brabant. near Ficksburg: another
faced Gen. Rumble near Senallal d
third occupied L.indley and prcsSpd D.
ward kroonstad. These Operations
assuming taem to have been independ-
ent. all
Appear To Have Failed.
A revival of the Boer fighting power
east o. Lord Roberts advance, FL
though fruitless, is a symptoms that the
Roers are not yet crushed In Gen.
Rrndlc's attack on the ~intrenehed
Beers. seven miles east of Senekal
May 20, the British did not see a Boer
all day. SO completely We're they
screened. The British infantry ala
not get within LOCO yards of their
rifiemen. The Isl losses wired by
Lord Roberts were suffered by he
GrenadieTs and Scots Guards while an,
vancing over a level from which the
grass had been burned. Tie soldiers.
clad In khaki. were a conspicuous tar-
get against the black burned ground.
Gen. Rumble withdrew his whole force
at Shutdown 10 Senekal, having sue
ceeded in drawing the Beers from
Lincley. allowing the threatened force
to get away safely.