The sun., 1900-05-19
EAFEk|NG'S BRAVE
| MEN RELIEVED BY
| LORD KITCHENER
Mystery at Last Solved and
Colonel Baden-POwell's
Garrison is Free.
RENEWAL OF PEACE TALK
Lord Roberts Reports That General
Metheun Occupies Hoopstad and
That General Broadwood Oc-
cupies Lindley---Botha
is Captured.

London, Nav 1S.-The mystery of
Mafeking has been solved. The war
office tonight received cable from Lord
Roberts announcing the relief of Mafek-
ing. Lord Kitchener was in command
oi the relief force. 1t left Bloemfontein
at the beginning Of May, and marched
straight across the country toward its
goal, passing to the rear OF the Boer
forces at Fourteen Streams. Its mission
was achieved and colonel BadenPowell's
brave garrison rescued.
the national anxiety, which was
strained almost beyond endurance, has
been & eatly relieved by Generl Roberts
cable message.
Commandant Botha has been captured
BY General lIutton's mounted infantry
thirty miles northwest Of Kroonstadt.
This Botha is not, however the COM
mander-in-c chief of the Boer forces.
Ii has loon officially announced that
General Aletiucn entered lIoopstad NM
opposed. that Generals Duprcy and Dan
ielS and 10 men have surrendered, and
that General Hroalwood occupied Lind
ley.
The following is the text Of Lord Rob
crts dispatch to the war office, dated at
Kroon,tadt May is:
Mtlh'lNl tlltitl iA''l'oh'h sN7tNi''s
unopposcd. Generals Duprcy and Dam
icls and 10 men have surrendered.
"Broadwood occupied Lindley yestcr-
day after slight opposition Only two
of our men We're wounded. Stcyn was
net there and his government officials
had left last Sunday.
"IIutton's mounted infantry yesterday
surprised and captured about 30 miles
northwest of this place Commandant Boz
tha, Field Colnet GassCn, > Johannes
burg policemen and II Beers. There
were no casualties on our side
''Bullcr reports that several Natal
farmers are handing in arms.
From both the right and left tanks "
the British army comes the important
news that Lord Roberts has brought the
two wings of his forces on a level with
the main body. rs shown in his dispatch
to the war office announcing that Lord
Mothucn had entered IEoopstad and that
General Broadwood'S cavalry had Occu-
pied Lindlcy the same day, and. as 50
many Had expected, lord Roberts adj
vance has been promptly resumed.
Evidently the Comnandant Botla
whom lord Roberts reported to the wal
office as captured with number al
others. 80 miles northwest of l<roOnStadt
lis not the federal commander Ill 'Hlel, oi
he would have mentioned that fact in his
dispatch.
go Talk of Peace.
From I[ruonstadt comes Il story ut
triluted 10 excellent authority to the ef
feet that n peace party is being forlQe'
at Pretoria. while reports from lretori;
itself Indicate encouragement at the re
cent rcverses and the possibility Of a.
early suing for peace.
According to New York dispatch tn
Pretoria correspondent of the New 1or
Sun has sent the following to his paper
1.-The recent reverses in the Orange IRE
State have had most depressing eifec
on the Beers. There is no longer an
concealment of the fact.
1.-The correspondent of The sun ha
reason to believe that the Beers will pres
emily sue for peace.
'''rhe government has asked the CORE
spondent to invoke The Suns best el
deayors to secure intervention by tn
United States. :. .sr'7 -+'e'..sisssstest' -.
v GColonel Blake Of the Irish brigade SUI
ceeded in cleverly escaping at hrool
stadt. f&*af'
"All the federal commandos are concel
trating in the Drakenberg.
Heavy fighting is again reported aloI
the line of the Bechuanaland railway. .