St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-06-06
WAR IN THE TRANSVAAL.

1ondon June 5.-There is no direct
uo,rs from. Pretoria Of later date than
rhrrsday evening. General French's
cavalry were then at Irene, eight miles
auth of Pretoria, and firing was heard
there. Lord Roberts messages about
secondary operations elsewhere and the
si+uation at johannesburg, dated at
orange Grove, farm four miles north
eost of johannesburg, show that on
saturday, at $40 p. m, he was rs miles
from Pretoria.
rbe correspondents with Lord Roberts
have not got through line about the
onorations after the occupation of Jo-
bannesburg. Official messages continue
IN come through; but press kilograms
orA held up, probably to avoid their CIV
ing even hint as to what may be the
nending operations. From the other
side there filters through Lourenzo
Marouez a mass Of statements, some
contradictory and others obviously i'm
probable.
The revival of the Boer fighting power
fruitless, is a symptom that the Beers
are not yet crushed. In General Run
dies attack on the entrenched Beers,
seven miles east of Senekal, May 20, the
British did not see Boer all day. so
completely were they screened. The
British infantry did not get within 1000
Yards of their riflemen. The 1872 losses
wired by Lord Roberts We're suffered by
the Grenadiers and Scots guards while
advar cing over level from which the
grass hal been burned. The Britishers
in Khaki were a conspicuous target
against the black background.
G neral Rumble withdrew his whole
force at sundown to Senekal, having
succeeded in drawing the Beers from
Lindley, allowing the threatened force
to get away safely. The Beers sent to
the British for medical help, saying that
Commandant De Villiers was seriously
wounded General Rumble sent a doc
tor, with bottle of champagne and his
compliments, as well as a message that
he would release all the Boer prisoners
at Senekal.
In the advance of the Grenadiers COL
onel Lloyd led in the face of deadly
fire. He was hit, but struggled on. only
to be disabled by another bullet. Lieu
tenant Murray, falling, cried: For
ward Grenadiers." The binding smoke
of the veldt hampered the operations.
Lieutenant Seymour, on Offering to go
back to direct the artillery, was wound
ed The order to retire was given and
executed under a screen of smoke. The
Boer fire was kept up until dark.
According to a dispatch to The Daily
Telegraph from Newcastle, dated Satur-
day, the Beers exhibit no signs of leav-
ing Laing's Mex.
Newspaper commentators here gen
orally regard the situation at Pretoria
as enigmatcal. They rather expect
news of the British occupation today.
An odd consequence of the impending
extinction of the Transvaal is that its
coinage is at an enormous premium in
Cape Town, pennies bringing so shillings.
Lord Lansdowne, secretary Of state for
war, has received the following from
Lord Roberts, dated Orange Grove. Juna
2:
johannesburg is quiet The people are
surrendering arms and ponies. Only three
Boer guns We're left in the fort. The
Queenslanders captured May 80, creu-
got, with II wagons of stores and am
munition, Commandant Botha of Zout-
pansberg, his field cornet and 100 prison.
ers were taken in the fighting around
johannesburg, some belonging to the for
elgn contingents and the Irish brigade.
The Thirteenth yeomanry were attacked
May %, between Kronnstad and Lindley.
There were some casualties.