The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-05-17
BRITISH 0C-
CUPY GLENCOE.
Beers Made No opposite n
and Moved Out With
All Their Guns.

10 looihS Nv tiiiS AAN 'SAA~" vi AA'S
recent success. Glencoe was occu-
pied by British troopson Tuesday,
and very speedily the railway COM
munication will be restored be-
tween that place and Ladysmith.
There is little doubt that the
Beers have trekked away withno
hope of returning. The feeble re-
sistance they offered is in striking
contrast to the amount of labor they
had expended on the strong posi-
tions in the Biggarsburg.
Eleven guns which they had
mounted at Glencoe never fred
shot, and the fact that the Beers
sent back the transport by way of
Vryheid is taken here as proof that
they will make no attempt to hold
any position south of Laing's Mex.
The absorbing topic at this hour
however, is Mafeking. All were
we'll there on May Z. when Baden
Powell last communicated with
Lord Roberts, but the nation is on
tenterhooks to know what had hap
pened in the intervening ten days,
and what progress has been made
by the relief column. That there
has been fighting, stiff fig hting, is
abundantly evident, and there ia
strong opinion in well-intormed
circles that Mafeking by this time
has actually been relieved.
London, May 1.-THE advance
of General Butler is beginning to
take shape as to direction. The
occupation Of Glencoe once more
puts the railroad in British hands.
The Beers escaped, however, with
their guns and munitions.
The War Office has posted the
following dispatch from General
Butler, dated Dundee, May 10:
We occupied Glencoe yesterday.
The Transvaalers have now evacu-
ated Blggarsberg. The Free Stat
ers on the Drakensberg are much
reduced in numbers. The Carolina
Gutenberg and Pretoria COM
mandoes trekked north from Hiatt
kulu on 18th and 18th of May.
Eleven guns were entrained at
Glencoe. The last train, with am
bulance, left there at dawn May Is.
This result has been largely pro-
duced by the action of the Fifth Di-
vision, which, during the last few
days, had done a great deal of very
hard work-marching, mountain
climbing and road making.
Trains are now running to Wes-
sells Mex Station.
A Portuguese official dispatch
which has reached Lorenzo Mar
ques says an encounter has occur
ed at Mafeking and that the Beers
have been repulsed with heavy loss.
The date Of the dispatch is not
given.
Lord Roberts telegra phs, nder
date Of Kroonstad, May IS:
Two officers and six men of Prince
Alfred S Guards, while our forag-
ing yesterday, a few miles from
Kroonstad, visited farm flying
white flag, the owner of which sur
rendered himself with arms and
ammunition. They then approach
ed another farm, also flying white
flag. When within forty yards Of
the inclosure they were fred upon
by fifteen or sixteen Beers conceal
ed behind the farm wall.
Two of the men were killed, Lieu-
| tenant +. B. Walton was wounded
and Lieutenant w. b. Everton and
two non commissioned officers were
taken prisoners.
The owner Of the farm states that
the Beers threatened to shoot MIN
when he protested against their
making an improper use Of the
white flag.
The Chancellor Of the EXchequer,
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, spending
! at Bristol this evening, said:
We are contending with foe
whose courage and skilled tenacity
we have learned to respect But
we are entitled to hope that the be.
ginning Of the end is coming.
Esir Michael added that the thanks
Of the nation would be due to Lord
Roberts and those under him.
The Chancellor denied that he
was personally responsible for any
delay in forwarding troops to South
Africa, and announced that it
might be necessary TO still further
increase the navy.
II the government, he declared
was not entitled to credit for the
successes, it was not blamab'e for
the reycrses. 1t had shrunk at
nothing to supply men and means.
He disagreed with the suggestion
that large, permanent increase
OF the army might be necessary,
but said that the country must look
to the volunteers and the militia.
London, May l6.-A statement
has been cabled from Cape Town
announcing that the Boer delegates
had advised the Transvaalers 10
surrer der if defeated at the Vaal.
This remark able announcement
is vouched for on good authority.
New York, May l6.-The Boer
delegates, Messrs. Fischer, Violin.
arans and Vessels, when asked
about the Cape Town report that
they had advised surrender sever.
ally and collectively vehemently
denied that they had given any
such advice, and they declared
that they were unalterably opposed
| IN surrender