Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-07
At A STANDST|LL
MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH
AFRICA SUSPENDED.
TIRED TROOPS ARE RESTING.
Lord Roberts Will Make Pretoria His
New Base-British Warshlps
in Delagoa Bay.

London. June Z, ASS a. m.-Miltary
pperations in South Africa are appar-
entity at a standstill. For a day OF Two
the tired troops of Lord Roberts are
rastine and he is filling the magazines
and warehouses at his new base, Pre-
toria. preparatory to a long chase a1ter
tho retiring Beers in the direction OF
Lydenburg. His cavalry are prooapis
-.a,,u :, ;,tercept Commandant Gem
eral Botha. $50
some a;spatehes are to hand which
left Pretoria Monday, while the nghtihs
was going on outside the city. Ane'
come by way of Lourenzo Marques. oie
CT them says:
Toward the end of the lay when the
British naval guns We're snells i1as
southern forts. a number OF proJee'5es
1,,,rst damaging the All Gay
ARMED b,rghers have been leaving Ere
toria. going east. The greater PAL '"
the railway stock has been removed.
"General Botha was fighting an es-
sential rear guard action, ms ooJeo. -
ing not to defend Pretoria. put TO aetas
In,a Roberts until railway switches mao
haen cleared and the main part OF the
Boer army had started to Withdraw.
The British advance appears 70 nave -
open to the Beers the best line OF re-
treat along the railway. -
Possibly Lord Roberts has been abie TO
ont the railway before a full retirement
was effected. That Pretoria would De
defended was apparently given out aiter
the council of war, with a view OF mrs
leading the British. Lydenburg. the o,s.
trict to which the provisions orls!liai.s
destined for Pretoria. have been overt
~ ana where a cartridge factory has
been erected and where reserve sup
Mics of all sorts are stored. is d Eoi-
canic region of fertile valleys, m
closed by great impair Oh ple.ipr-
tuous rocks. penetrated py marrow:
winding passes. There are herds OF
cattla in the valleys and there is much
native labor available for fortlfylng. IN
Roers used Doth heavy and light artll-
lery at Pretoria. What is supposed 10
have been the last train. left pretoria
and arrived at Lourenco Marquee on
Sunday evening. The passengers in
Guided a number of foreign volunteers,
who were leaving the Beers, and also
the wives and children of Hollanders:
They described Pretoria as destitute of
food and clothing. What the Boer Off
Gals could not take, the natives and
t~ownspeople did.
Probably the most important Boer
army is at Laing's Mex. where both sides
are passive. General Rumble and Cen
eral Brabant have Withdrawn a little
southwark
General Baden-Powell has evidently
extended martial law to the Marco and
North Lichtenberg districts.
Shots We're exchanged between Boer
and British patrols Is miles east of
Mafeking on May %.
Part of the forces lately at Pretoria
are reported to have gone westward to
meet Baden-Powell. and to make a show
of holding the country through which
he and General Hunter are moving.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph
from Newcastle, dated Tuesday. de-
scrib@d tie Beers there as an morgan
lied rabblc. without flour. meat or
sugar. Their surrender is only a ques-
ton of time. Nevertheless. the CORE
spondent AYERS, they hold strong posi-
tions with a prospect of a safe retreat
toward ~Lydenburg.
1t is understood at Newcastle that the
British government has approached the
Natal government with a proposition
that Natal shall voluntarily renounce
local self government for a time in order
that a good system of crown government
may be instituted for all South Africa
leading. in the course of time. to feder-
alton and the subsequent autonomy OF
the various states simultaneously.
\ LOurenco Marques correspondent
calls attention to the number of British
Warships in Delagoa bay. suggesting
that they are there possibly in anticipa
ton of aiding the Portuguese in tn,
border.