The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-09
WILL FIGHT
Geneaal BOtha Swears he Will
Garry on War in the
Mountains

LONDON JUNE S.-11:25 a. m.-The war
office has received the following dispatch |
from General Butler:
"Yellowboom Farm, June s.
con June 6, General Talbot Coke with |
the Tenth trigade and the South African
light horse seized Van Wyke hill. The
enemy made some resistance, and a good
deal of sniping occurred. our casual
ties were about for killed and thirteen
wounded.
During the day and the following we
got two Al and two 12-pounder naval guns
on top of Van Wyke hill and two 5-inch
guns on the southeastern spur of Inke-
welo. Under cover of their fire, General
Hildyard today assaulted all the spurs
of the berg between Botha's pass and
Inkewelo.
"The attack, which was well planned
by Hildyard and carried out with inn
mense dash by the troops, for whom no
mountains were too steep, outfanked the
enemy who were forced to retire from
their very strong positions.
Il think we did not have any casualties
and 1 hope I have obtained a position
from which l can render Laings Mex un-
tenable."
GENERAL WAR NEWS.
LONDON, JUNE 9.-315 a. m.-General
Butler has at last taken the offensive,
and by manouevering, he has secured
a position west Of Lains Mex, by which
he believes he can mako the Boer po-
sitions untenable. Presumably he will
Immediately follow up his success.
Lord Roberts has communicated moth
ing for three days, nor permitted the cor
respondents to wire what is going on
London's inference is that he is resting
although he is possibly disposing his
army for a reach after Comandant Cen
erl Botha.
A blockade of the wires, owing to a
crush of official correspondence may ac-
count for the scanty press dispatches
Some kilograms filed a week ago are only
just now arriving. Among these are spir-
tied descriptions of the fighting at Gland
sfontein. According to one of them the
streets were filled with women and child
rem. Rife shot could be heard every
where The British soldiers would stop
firing and join in the chase after chick
ems The Burghers surrendered to any
one. Kaffirs went about looting the Jew
ish stores, and mounted infantry gallop-
ed hither and thther.
! Lord Roberts army has a new song. 1t
runs thus:
'We're marching into Pretoria.
1t belongs to Queen Victoria
The Daily Express has the following
from Pretoria, dated Wednesday:
The 1000 prisoners who were deported
from Watervel were told that they were
about to be given up to Lord Roberts.
They entrained cheerfully and were con-
veyed to Nooit Gedache, instead of Pre-
toria.
General Louis Botha, with a rear guard
of 1000 left Pretoria during the night.
The British advance guard on entering
was upon the very heels of the retiring
Beers. Botha has sworn to carry on the
war in the mountains.
At Lorenzo Marques a crowd waited un-
til Thursday night to see President Krug-
er, as it was reported that he would ar
rive by special train.
Midleburg is said to be full of Boel
refugees and wounded. The railway stl
delivers goods at Brockhorst Spruit, forty
miles east of Pretoria. Eleven British
prisoners have been taken at Middle
burg A British column is at Bremers
dorp, Swaziland The British at Beirt
are moving into the interior.
Mr. G. V. Fiddler, imperial secretar!
to the high commissioned with a par
of Sir Alfred Miners staff, left Cape
} town Tuesday evening for Pretoria posi-
bly,, as the CapetOwn correspondent o
the Daily News thinks, to arrange tn
annexation details.