New-York tribune., 1900-05-31


open; BY this time Lord RobeTts's fore. had moved
River where cr6nie made m lis ' last stand and was
surrounded by the British. After his request for
under General Botha had been driven of and all
ing. General Cronje with 1850 troops. surrendered
Meanwhiie on Februar1 W ID General Butler began
his fourth advance the relief of Ladysmth -Four
the Beers across thu Tugela and occupied Hlwans.
wane Hill on the 20th General Hart occupied
w. W. 1S Te4 & LEE a. ne I iH daE 1iat
resistance It appears thai although much of
Buffers progress to Ladysmith stubboruy
since many OF them were being Withdrawn to assist
CronJe on the Modder River.
THE RELIEF OF LADYsMITH
On February % the Beers gave the town its final
bombardment. for after sharp engagement
Peters Station the oath the rest of the march
northward almost unopposed. On the 2sth
Lord Dundonald entered Ladysmth, and March
the siege and hurriedly withdrew the northward,
S,,rt- a., u .i su
paign General Buffers losses were about twenty
four hundred, and the entire cost OF the Ladysmith
relief from the beginning was about ffty-fve hun
While these stirring scenes being enacted on
the Modder River and at Ladysmith, the British
Africa. On February 16 General Brabant's horse
force drove the Beers from strong position at
hard nghtjng; Boer attacks on Mafeking on Febru-
70 the attacking party. On February % General
GataCre's suffered a reverse a he
hands Of the Beers near Stormberg. on February
Is IL reported that General Cronje and his sol
of The same day General Clements entered
Colesberg, where he met with enthusiastic
N March opened with rejf0cing throughout the Brit
lief of 1adysmith for now il seemed evident that
the war was drawing to a close. For such hope
there seemed good reason. since the Beers
everywhere retreating. Ladysmith being free of
them, General Bra bant having dslodged them from
LororecGht ana a ntle later put them to rout, and
Genera! Giatacre having entered Stormberg without
Osfontafn he +I1rneG +Eeir All ~ 80 cu 4 al
River and put Generals Dewet and pearey 10 Tomf
Every DAY the British approached nearer to the
posed by the Beers. The latter again resorted fo
their former tactics OF firing on the British under
cover Of white flag and using explosive bullets
On March u Genera French h. the Kimberley hero
commanding Bloemfontein The next fav 7 ord
Roberts and the British troops occupied the Orange
him.
on the 18th letter from Presidents Krfiger and
Steyn. relating to possible terms of peace and
Lord Sasburys reply rejecting the proposition for
in the House OF Commons. The offer OF the United
declined by the Britias 22n1 Rsa'e was also
LORD ROBERTS ENTERS BLOEMFONTEIN
The entry of Lord Roberts into BIoemfontein, fol-
lowed II by the occupation OF Boshof pro-
duced a speedy result OF the highest Importance
On the nth large numbers OF Free State burghers
f6er fsrm c+5 neir S4GP5 ana went oaGk TO
the efforts relieve Baden-Powell at Mafeking
Kimberley Light Horse had started from the
South and Colonel PIuner advanced from the north
as far as Lobatsi where he was repulsed on the
18th and again. Mafeking the 3lst Hav-
ing received the submission of the Free staters and
erts prepared 10 moe on toward Pretoria
March closed with the death Of General Joubert
on the 9th and the capture on the S1st at Korq
sprt nca Of 400 n men Including the 10th Hussars and
April opened with a dsaster-that Of Redders-
companies of Irish Rifles and OF the 9Th Mounted
dnIahtty were G4pt4TeQ & py me Boers' me ne mex next
pany Of Beers. and Colonel de ViIebos-Mareui.
f6e Fsp'6 5b9 ary ia expert who had been General
on April the British garrison at wepener was
Isolated and the siege against Colonel Dalgetty and
his men began. on the next day they also at
on the llth General Gatacres recall 10 England
was announced, ana a week later The British War
which he severely criticised Generals Warren and
Butler and Major Thornycroft IN connection with
A little later General warren was appointed mill.
Lord Roberts dispatched General Pole-Carew to
he assistance OF General Bundle who % was nard
pressed by the Beers az Wepener snt ut Generals era
aTd and nd BTa5ant who ha6 arrived be 6efqIe & ni n
tired were unavaiing.
THE ADVANCE FROM BLOEMFONTEIN.
On April 80 the long expected advance OF Lord
Robertss force from Bloernfontein began Brand
fort occupied on May 8. and two days later the
Vet River reached. when after sharp battle
Beers right flank. The Boer army fell back. and
Lord Roberts captured a quantity of stores at
Ian Hamilton on May 12 General Roberts, At the
head or the British army. entered Kroonstad the
temporary capital Of the Free State, without Op-
position Hundreds Of Free Staters were reported
as being anxious TO surrender. Meanwhile, Cen
eraI Butler began mis- advance from Ladysmlth.
capturing Dundee, Glencoe and Newcastle the
Beers evacuating them positions on the Biggars-
berg On May It, Lindley. the latter temporary
capital of the rec State, was occupied Lord
Roberts also announced the capture of three Boer
generals
But the piece II news that produced the great
enthusiasm the part of the symDathizers with
the British that of the relief OF Mafek-
ing May Colonel 3. T, Mahon, with MS
troops from the south Joined forces with Colonel
Plumer the 18th, and after hard nghtlng for sew
eral DAYS entered MafeknE UnOpposed- Col0nel
Baden Powell the gallant defender, was at once
promoted from the rank Of Northumberland TO
that of major-general.
on the approach Of Lord Robertss army the
Beers abandoned their strongly fortified positions
on the Rhenosrer River and retired across the
vaal River partly destroying the railway bridge at
Vereenging they crossed. on the Queen plrth-
day May q, and the day following, the left wing
crossed the Vaal at Parys, west OF the railway
bridge On May q the main body OF the British
army crossed the river unOpposed. near Nereenlg-
ing and camped the north bank RoberTs's 9 army
marched twenty miles May rs, reaching Kip
River Station. within eighteen miles or Johannes
burg The Gold City OF South Africa was on the
following night within the grasp Of the British
commander the progress Of whose columns on 70
Pretoria is told in the current dispatches found
elsewhere in this paper.