The sun., 1900-05-16
BRITISH ENTER DUNDEE
Beers Who We're There Have Retired
to Laingsnek.
BULLER'S OFFICIAL REPORT.
Snys That Almost Every House In
the Town Has Been Looted and
Machinery of COI1ieries
Destroyed.

London, May 15.-The war Office has
received the following dispatch from
General Butler:
'.Dundee, May 15.-We have occupied
Dundee. About 2,500 of the enemy left
yesterday for Glencoe, where they en-
trained
"Their wagons also left yesterday by
De Jager's drift and the Danhauser road.
Their Kaffirs said they were going to
I.aingsnek.
almost every house in Dundee is loot
ed. The Navigation collery is all right.
The machinery Of the Dundee collieries
is destroyed The houses of the town
are damaged, but are structurally in,
tact"
Earlier in the day the war Office gave
out Il number of dispatches from General
Butler which were copies of reports that
commander had sent to Lord Roberts
The first was dated May - and read as
| follows:
:. I'm accordance with Instructions to
keep the enemy occupied ut the Biggars
berg on May IL | concentrated the
Third cavalry brigade of the Second di'
| vision and some corps of artillery at Sun.
days River drift. on the Helpmakaal
road, and directed Colonel Bethune. to
advance on Greytown with the Bethune
mounted infantry, the Ilmvoti mounted
rifles and the Imperial light infantry.
son May II we moved to Waschbank
and Bethune to Pomeroy, while Genera
Hildyard, from Elandslaagtc. occupied
Indoda mountain. On May 13 | SEN
General Hamilton, with three battalions
up the steep slope of Withock hill. Th
Third cavalry brigade crowned hill OF
each side of the main road, and Bethun
attacked by the Pomeroy road from thre
sides.
1.-THE enemy hurriedly abandoned tn
position, which they had strongly III
trenched, and retired to the mex in from
of Helpmakaar, whence we hope to dis
lodge them tomorrow, as many OF theI
! have retired. We have gained the sun
NIT Of the berg with the loss of only
few men wounded. / advance tomorrow
9 on Beth, and Hildyard moves on We'
sells mex.
''Our small loss, think, was certainl
due to the excellent leading of Genera
Hamilton and Lord Dundonald and Col
. mel Bethune."
Evacuated Helpmnkanr.
i 4 second dispatch, dated May IA, say
y tsThe enemy evacuated Hepmakaar ne
during the night, leaving rear guard
:. about 1000 men in. front of us. The
y we have forced back throughout the d;
!, under considerable difficulties, as tn
20 fired all the grass on top of the berg
y they retreated, and, the wind being Il
IN favorable to us, we We're scarcely able
g see at all.
+. Il halted the infantry, who march
!, very well through the hot smoke,
"a Beth. The cavalry have not yet repo
.. ed, but are some miles ahead. We M
y. taken a few prisoners. Our casualt
he are small
in third dispatch, dated from KEN
IN F;Hm, May Is. says: "Dundonald rcpo
he cd late last night that he had driven
~ rear guard on to tho main body of
IN enemy, near Buralindcn, where they
cupied in force ii strong position, W
three powerful guns. Major Cough, W
the Composite regiment, maneuvered
the right round their left flank, anu Il
X. retired.
rot "Dundonald then halted He was
al miles, as the crow flies, from his preVl'
ing nights bivouac. and had covered nea
rly 40 miles during the day in waterl
in country, most of the time riding thfol
ere smoke.
II think his pursuit very tlne |
Torrance. From prisoners l learn I
the enemy numbered over 2,ooo at IL
. makaar and, being Joined by those '
left Van .Ionder's pass. they must t
'rA nearly 5000 men.
I'VE move on Dundee today. II
ID. tla nf WpSS
en.. sns mex and is repairing the line"
.o. ~ Judging from the above dispatches,
and British advance is little more than
ties, onerous march. The Beers. who
ills, active at first. later appear to b
Bar shown the same readiness to reti
ern- which is now marking the movements
'A''' the federals in the Free State. APP
emily the burghers are about to evaci
lit Natal and concentrate for the defens
i44 Laingsnek northward and Van Keen
oIh pass westward.
7st The reoccupation of Dundee by
,'s ,SWs British places the coal supplies e
sIa1 again in their hands.
soS From elsewhere there is little new
lsx definite character. Interest for
lo6M moment is almost entirely centeret
Mafeking, whence the wife of the m
tl6es has received cablegram saying tina
t1o'4 '94 was well on May y.
5sst Beers Concentrate on Vani.
. 21I1 A dispatch from kroonStadt says
791s II is reported that the whole of the
forces are concentrating on the
withdrawing from Biggarsberg and
Is. southwestern borders.
teady 1t is computed that not more
! pat 1000 Free Staters will fight on the
as;pg; 90 ~ Railway communication with N
s'''' stadt is expected to be open on II
to fa- day. The transport is working smoo
July, the troops and horses are receiving
rations, water is plentiful, and the h
York, of the troops is excellent.
t. A dispatch from Plumer's camp,
: crop .op A, via Ootsi, May {, says:
- =" "Natives who have arrived here
3. 2sa that the bombardment of Mafeking
resumed on May 1, but was not h
.mily Twelve hundred and eighty ref
from Mafekng have reached here.
.soc. "Patrols who have returned from
etnto ..o-4Lo,n hor.1ars of the 1ranSvaa