The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-11
THE BOERS' DARING RAID
DESTR UCTION OF THE RAILROAD
BEHIND LORD ROBERTS.
Miles Torn Up-Nothing
Heard From the British Field Marshal
for Three Days-Gen. Keliy-Kcnny
Expected TO Quickly Open the Line
Butler Reports u Further Advance
Rurghers Move to the Northwest
Hunters Advance.

London, June II, 3:3O.-The Beers
have torn up twenty-one miles OF LORD
Roberts vital line of railway between
America siding and RoodeVal. 1t is
a bold raid and vexatious, but it does
not disQuiet the military authorities as
yet, for they expect General Kelly
Kenny to drive off the marauders and
to reopen the line. The rapidity OF the
advance of Lord Roberts cannot have
permitted him to accumulate large re-
serves of stores. Therefore an Interrupt
tion of the railway, even for week
bring the forward operations to
standstill.
Sir Forestier- Walker wires to the war
office from Cape Town, under today's
date as follows: Information received
from natives early yesterday (Satur-
day. reports the enemy in three col
umns near Honing. The railway has
been almost completely destroyed be-
tween America and Roodeval.'
Nothing has been heard from Lord
Roberts for three days. This raid on
the railway, the strenuous opposition to
General Rundle and the nimble escape
of General Botha's division forced the
war office officials to the belief that the
war is not yet over, but they can not
see how the Beers will be able to do
anything to change the result.
General Rundle's and General Bra
bant's divisiona are still at Hammonia,
in the Ficksburg district. The latest
intelligence from. their headquarters is
that the Beers are determined to fight
to the bitter end. They are concentrat-
ing four thousand men around Bethle-
hem. The country between them and
General Rundle is mountainous and re-
sembles northern Natal in being ex-
ceedingly difficult for military opera
tions. General Rundle's present care Is
to prevent the Beers getting past him
,southward. Major Wood of Rundle's
staff rode to a Boer outpost on June |
and announced that Pretoria had been |
occupied by the British. How the |
Beers received the news is not record |
ed. Altogether 600 Beers have sur
rendered to General Rundle.
General Hunters advance has occu-
pied Ventersdorp, one hundred miles |
southwest of Pretoria. This took place |
on June 7. General Plumer's column is |
on the Glands river, northwest of Pre- |
toria The British are sending detach- |
ments right and left to accept the sur
renders of commanders, horses, cattle
and forage and to overawe the sparsaly
settled country. Thus far only one
small commando has been heard Of
command at Tail Basch.
General Hunters immediate objective
Is Potchefstroom. This town and Rus
tenburg are the largest towns west of
It is reported that
Potchefstroom is ready to submit Cen
eral Hunter has warned all burghers
that if the telegraph is cut behind him
he will send back and burn the houses
near the line.
The Dutch in Cape Colony appear to
have split, majority Of the Afrikander
Bund being displeased by the unwilling
hess of Mr.. Screiner, the Cape premier,
% go the full length of the proposed
opposition to the British.