The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-15
B0THA
Checks British Army for two
Days and CHANGES Position.


LONDON. JUNE 2L-Lord Robrts re-
ports to the war office under date or
Pretoria, June 13. $50 a. m. as follows:
"Methuen advanced 20 Honingspruit
yesterday and found AN quiet. Kroonstad
Is strongly held. Methuen returned to-
day to Rhenoster river, where the rail-
way Is being repaired. we were engaged
an yesterday with B0-h4s army. Tn
enemy fought with considerable deter
minauon ana held our cavalry on bota
hanks; but Ian Hamilton. assisted by tae
gaurd's brigade Of Pole-Cara ws divis-
ion, pushing forward. took the hin in his
front. which caused the enemy u fan
ward. This they are stil holding. IL f.
back on their second position TO the east
slightly higher than the one We have
captured. The great extent Of country
which had to be covered under modern
conditions Of warfare renders progress
very slow.
"Details Of the casualties have nos
reached me. but l understand they are
moderate in numbers. The only fulther
casualties reported u cate are two ofii.-
ers wounded
LONDON, JUNE 1A-General Butler
reports 10 the war office as follows:
headquarters Lair gsnek, June IA
General Lyttleton yesterday reviewed the
formal submission Of the town and dis
trict of WakkerstrOm. which tn enemy
is believed to have completely evecuat-
ed"
BOER VERSION.
LONDON, JUNE 15-3:30 a. m.-That
Commandant General Louis Botha should
have been able to stand for two days
against Lord Roberts and then to retreat
without losing any guns or having any OF
his men captured. is taken TO mean that
he has a force which the British must
still reckon as formidable when acting
Extensively.
The pacification Of the whole OF tho
Transvaal. especially the wide spaces,
far FROM the railways, is looked upon
as a business requiring months rather
than weeks. Meanwhile everything goes
well for the British arms. A Boer bull
letin issued June y, says:
Both wings OF the federal forces
touched the advancing army at a. m.
continued until dark. The enemy, ,aaa
yesterday east Of Pretoria Fighting con-
tinued until dark. The enemy, though
IN overwhelming numbers. were checked
along a line Of thirty-six miles and the
Burghers succeeded in driving back their
right wing five miles. Two Burghers
were killed and ten wounded
Another Machadodorp annOunc -ment /
that the first regiment Of General Bu!-
ler's force attacked Almonds Mex and
was "annihilated" but as the British
were in overwhelming numbers, the Bur
sghers were compelled 20 abandon the
Mex.
"President Kruger f. holding onto 9
god and issuing notes from the press In
his executive car. The Boe- lverrm ms
coin IN stock s. exhausted and the oaic-
iaIs are now paying out plain gold skS
stamped. Some who have declined 10
accept notes have taken their salaries in
g5ld bars.
The Boer government is still paying out
much gold IN that way.
Two steamers arrived at Lorenzo Z ar
ques yesterday bring ng several tons Of
slppiss consigned to the Portuguese.
President Steyn IS at Uitkop. His pres
ence there is supposed 10 account fo- the
Boer activity
BULLER PRAISES HIS TROOPS.
LONDON, JUNE 1.-THE war office
has made public a dispatch from General
Butler accepting the congratulations Of
Lord Lansdowne, in which he says:
"The Dorsets, who have been unlucky,
had a chance at Almond Mex and show
81 thems elves TO be as good as any 9TH
ers
about one hundred and fifty ya'ds at
each end OF the Laigns Mex tunnel are
blown in and II will require several DAYS
to remove the debris The line Otherwis
is uninjured and open TO the reversing
stat ons and also to Sanl SDrJ 1T
PEACE TALK.
LONDON, JUNE 15.-The Lorenzo Mar
aues correspondent of the Times, tee Q
graphing, says:
Among the Boer agents here there IL
talk Of negotiations being opened with a
view Of securing peace. The nature Of
these negotiations IS not made public.
Mr.. Wolmarans. counsin q the MEM
her of the Transvaal executive Of the
same name has arrived here He de-
clarss that he intends 70 take no further
part in the fighting.
The British prisoners at No-itgedacht
ere suffering terribly from cold, and ar
rangements are being made 20 provide
them with shelter. Their ratons are iden-
tical with the scanty fare served out 10
the Burghers.