The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-06

THE SITUATION
AT PRETORIA.
Spenser Wi!klEson's Review
OF Events Of the Week.
Loodoo, June 8 -spenssr lsi;!kio
s2a, reviewing tee eeerts OF tie geek
in Scu!5 africa Tor tie Associated
Prasa, ea!s: Tie s;ta&.ioa csa
clearly be understood il .e i::ie Gss
;asrsace ve aegleei re pretos;a tee
.s.raa1s. LsTd II,,9:5erss l, advanced ::ou
t5s Vaat 10 two CO eons, &c :,is-sssiii
,e;s.h ;a= Gai3 sscy: io;io-:Hs b :!;aa
c; saiias3 aac Geas F..a.ca sd {; ss.,:-
f9a keeping pa2e With h:r ssor;
c:ayca 70 :soe .e,s a.l; e!iga;!g IL az
vacce
Ga Monday nie5: Gsa r Sc. :s vas
At Kip River staiioa, TIC lett uiins
coicnn beice soa;o os Kip Rivers
ae7e. TIE Beers resres:ed before Gen
22aae.ts, bu, resisted the leiG virg
"Oa Tuesday right Gen Roberts
sss q. Ger.istoa a0d the left wiog
neay Florida, just vest OF jobaaaas
burg.
% Wednesday morning Gen Rob
er;s summoned johannesburg aad
agreed to give twenty feurs ee'ay BE
fore entering the town. which. heve7er.
BE surrounded With bls troops Gers
French and Hamilton we're kept a@sg
f7cn tee towr and pushed forward
"Oo Thursday Gen Roberts catered
Johannesburg apd made foTusi occu
p.tioo. He held review OF two
DIVISIONS, AID then. leaving brigade to
garrison the town, he put bic ma;p
bosy toto camp 20 the coeib. CO the
Pretoria road, ca Feiday moroIoe. ~
that tine French and Hamilton we're
veil toward Pretoria. Very likely Gen
Ffeoob gas east OF the railway and tue
remainder of the army 1itbia Two easy
u,a-cbes Of the Bosr capital
Meantime, Lord Roberts's com mu-
n;ca,ious we're we'll covered and the
Free State forces were receiving punish
meat. On Tuesday General Rundle
defeated the Free Staters near Seuekal.
aad received reiDforcemeDts from the
Sd brigade. Oo the sane day the
Highland brigade, which had marched
north from Veo,ersburg, entered He'll
brun.
..On Thursday the Free S:a,ers, pear
Fyckburg, we're reported from Maseru
TO have been surrounded by Generals
Besbant and Rupdle, which proves that
Gen Brabant has an Infantry brigade,
which. though not Ruudle's may be
Chermside's.
'.Now to Pretoria. On Wednesday
President Kruger left. The Beer
troops we're dismissed from the forts at
Pretoria, and the town resolved to
surrender and made IT'S arrangements
The burgbers we're in panic aud
believed that Roberts was close q. hand.
The facts we're telegrrpbed here by two
independent witnesses
Our news of Lord Roberts was
81 hours old aud there was Eo,blng
improbable in his troops beiog where
Pretoria reported them to be There
fore We we're ready to believe that
Pretoria would be occupied on Thurs
day. Nov is it clear that The Pre;oris
,eieeraus expected the occupation teo
CO :b7ee days TOO soop.
"Geu Roberts rusc nov be before
Pretoria, but the evidence is rot sufh
ciept to enablc US to judge whether de
has met serious resistance. There
night be slight difficulty ii the Beers
have recccupled the forts. but 10 ali
probability the entry iuto Pretoria will
uos be long delayed The Bosr mi'l-
,ary power is now completely oroSeo
ard the war practically IS over.
although the complete occupation Of the
country will take some time and
probably will be delayed by many
guerilla bands.
President Kruger may form baud
at Lydepberg, which, however. can do
90 great BARN ss Gen Butler will Cove
up to tie Delagoa Bay Railway aud
s,op K,uger's supplies So 5000 ss the
British have ali the railways aylog
columns will quickly make az eod to
all lccel opposition ard the Lyderburg
region cao be dea!s With at leisure