The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-13
No News From Pretoria.
NOT A LINE; OFsNEWs IS
ALLOWED TO COME
FROM PRETORIA.

FROM PRETORIA.
London, June 9, 8 13 m Gen
Butler has at length taken the often
sive and by mareuvring he has
secured a position west of Laing's
Mex, by which he believes he can
make the positions untenable. Pre-
sumably he will Immediately follow
up his success.
Lord Roberts has communicated
nothing for three days, nor permitted
the correspondents to wire what is
going on London's inference is
that be is resting, although be is
probably disposing his army for e
reach after Commandant Gen Botha.
A blockade of the wires, owing to
the crash of official correspondence,
may account for the scanty press
dispatches. Some kilograms filed a
week ago are only just now arriving
According to one of them, the streets
were filled with women and children.
Rife shots could be heard every
where. The British soldiers would
stop firing and join in the chase after
chickens. The burghers surrendered
to anyone Kaf1rs went about loot
ing the Jewish stores, and mounted
infantry galioped hither and thither.
Lord Roberts army has new
song. 1t runs thus
"We're marcolng into Pretoria /;
1t belongs to Queen Victoria -
The Daily Express has the follow.
ing from Pretoria, dated Wednesday /:
The one thousand prisoners who
were deported from Waterfall were
told that they were about to be given
up to Lord Roberts. They entrained
cheerfully and were conveyed to
Nooitgedache, instead of Pretoria.
"Gen Louis Botha, with 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 noun
tains'
At Lorenzo Marques station a
crowd waited all Thursday night to
see President Kruger, as it was
reported that be would arrive by q
special train to gain an asylum on
board the Netherlands cruiser Fries
land
Middleburg is said to be full ot
Boer refugees and wounded The
railway still delivers goods at Broh
korst spruit. 40 miles east of Preto
ria. A British column is at Regmers
dorp, Switzerland. Eleven British
prisoners have been taken to Middle
burg The British at Beira are
moving into the interior in detach
ments of 200 daily.
Mr. G. V Fiddes, imperial secre
tary to the high commissioners, with
a part of Sir Alfred Miners staff.
left Cape Town Tuesday evening fol
Pretoria, possibly, as the Cape Town
correspondent of The Daily News
thinks, to arrange the annexation
details
GEN BULLER TAXES THE OF
FENSIVE.
London, June 8, IL rs p The
war Office has received the following
dispatch from Gen Butler
Yellow Boom Farm, June 8 On
June 9th Gen Talbot Coke, with the
Tenth brigade and the South African
Light Horse, seized Van Wyke hill
The enemy made some resistance,
and good deal of snipipg occurred
Our casualties were about 4 killed aud
l3 wounded
During that day and the following
we got two I and two IL FOUNDER
naval guns on to Van Wyke hill and
5 inch guns on to the southwestern
spur of Inkewelo Under cover o1
their fire General Hiidyard today
assaulted all the spurs of the berg
between Botha's Pass and 1nkeweio
The attack, which was well
planned by Hildyard and carried out
with immense dash by the troops, for
whom no mountains were too steep,
outhanked the enemy, who were
forced to retire from their very strong
position
I think we did not have any
casualties, and hope | have obtain
ed a position from which can
render Laing's Mex untenable."
A charter was granted Saturday
to the Clear Water Bleachery and