Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-06-21
THE TIDE OF WAR.
1t Still Ebbs and Flows in South
Africa.
Both sides Report Minor Successes,
the Greatest Being the Capture of
700 British by "a HOer Conn
mandO The British
Defeat Dewet.


tai line of railway between America
Siding and RoodevaI. 1t is a bold raid
and veNatious, but it does not dis
quiet the military authorities as yet,
for they expect Gen. Kelly-Kenny to
drive off the marauders and to re-
open the line.
London, June 12.-Fifty thousand
British troops are within 80 miles of
the marauding Beers north of krOon
stad and they are expected to make
short work of them. Nevertheless,
outside of the slender war Office tele-
grams, no one knows what is going
on.
South of kroonstad there is a wide
gap. The railway is only partially
defended and, as Gen. kelly-kenny
has hurried all the available troops
northward, the assumption is that
there is danger of second raid. The
loss of the Derbyshires is estimated
at from 600 to 700 men.
\ dispatch from Maseru, dated June
II. says; Fifteen huhdred Beers
surrendered to Gen. Brabant to-day
in the Ficksburg district"
Machadodorp has been officially
proclaimed the capital of the Trans
vaal
An official Boer telegram asserts
that the British have been defeated
with considerable loss at Donkcrs-
poort. in the southern extremity of
the Free State. 1T was thought that
this district had been cleared of
Beers and rebels long ago.
Gen. Forestier-W in command
of the lines of communication in
South Africa, reports that in the dis
aster to the British troops, June Z.
at Roodeval, where the Beers cut
Lord Roberts line of communica-
tions, the fourth battalion of the
Derbyshire regiment were all Eilled.
wounded or made prisoners, except
six enlisted men. Two officers and
u men were killed and five officers
and 72 men were wounded, many of
them severely. The Beers returned
the wounded to the British.
London, June 13.-Two pieces of
news encouraging to the British in
the official dispatches are that the
broken communications of Lord Rob
erts are in Il fair way to be mended
by the forces moving northward and
southwark and driving off the rowing
at last master of Laing's Mex.
A telegram from BloemfOntein
says that Gen. Hunter is coming up
rapidly from the northwest, having
severely defeated a large commando
of Beers who had destroyed two miles
of railway north of Kroonstad.
The Boer government is also issu-
ing news cheering to its sympathiz-
erS. The following bulletin. the Boer
version of the disaster to the Derby
shires. was posted by President Kru-
ger at Machadodorp:
son June four divisions of bur
ghers attacked the British at Roode-
val. killed 200, took 700 prisoners and
captured immense stores of food and
ammunition--a Maxim gun and 1000
lyddite shells. Some food was taken
by the Boer farmers and the rest was
burned. The burghers attacked from
the open veIdt and gave evidence of
Unprecedented bravery"
According to a dispatch from Ma
chadodorp. dated June 10, those
around President Kruger say that
Louis Botha and Delarey have been
offered indirectly e1O.OOO a year to
lay down their arms and President
Kruger expects the same offer to be
made to himself President Steyn and
De Wet
London. June 14.-Lord Roberts
has been heard from, his line of COM
munications having been practically
restored by means of a complete vic
tory gained by Gems. Methuen and
Kitchener over Gen. DcWet at the
Rhenoster river, June l2. The Boer
camp was captured and the burghers
were scattered in all directions On
Monday Lord Roberts attacked Gen.
Eotha, who was in strong force Is
miles southeast of Pretoria After
strenuous opposition the British
forces gained considerable ground,
but Gen. Botha, when Roberts left the
field. was undefeated.
London. June 15.-That Gen. 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 cap
tured, is taken to mean that he has Il
force which the British must still
reckon as formidable when acting de
fensively.
The paciication of the whole of the
IranSNaal. eSpeclallN the VIDE spaces
far from the railways, is looked upon
as a business requiring months rath-
er than weeks.
\ dispatch from Lorenzo Marquee
says: President Kruger is holding
on to his gold and issuing paper
notes from a press in his executive
car. The Boer governments coin
stock is exhausted, and the officials
are now paying out plain gold disks
unstamped.
A Settlement Seems Nigh.
Chicago, June 14.-As a result of
Wednesdays conference between
hnildino contractors and emplOXeS.