The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-06-15


Fought Tor his flag. You are too coward
~ TO fight for any nag
4 march past subsequent TO tn" march
through the town closed the ceremony
Lord Roberts headquarters were at n
small inn In an orange grove. 1nere was
a characteristic scene there at the close
Of his victorious day. one OF me stai
officers approached In order TO discuss
matter OF Importance and found the
field marshal with the innkecper niue
daughter on his knee. trying 10 l'ach n'I
to write. When the officer lhterrupIedi
Lord Roberts looked up with smile ana
said: Don't come now, can't Eo" see
| am busy
British Battalion Captured.
LONDON, June Lord Roberts today
announced the capture of the Imperial
Yeomanry by the Beers near Lindley. Ills
dispatch is as follows:
PRETORIA STATION, June ., l2:5S
u. nj regret to report that the Thir-
teenth Imperial Yeomanry had to sur
render to a very superior force OF ths
enemy on May Slst, near Lindlty. On
ceiving information of the battalion De
ing attacked / ordered Methuen to pro-
coed with all speed to It's assistance
"Methuen was then on the march on
the Hebron side of kroonstadt ana,
half an hour after the receipt of my tei.
esram, on June lst, he started on. bS
10 a. III. of the following DAY ne mao nae
marched forty-four miles in twenly,nny,e nv,
-,
onel Spragge's Yeomanry. Methucn AT
tackled the Beers, who were between =,
OJ0 and 5000 strong, and after rulh.hs
fight of five hours completely routed '"e
:'It is a very regrcttable circumstance
but ! trust it will not be very long pe
fore the Irish feomahry are ''''"s''
from captivity.
Transvaal Army Intact.
LONDON. June G.-until the situation
in the neghborhood of Pretoria IL en-
liphtcncd, the officials here, as well as
others, will find difficulty in prognosu-
eating Lord Roberts immediate program
II appears evident that the Boer com,
mander in chief, General Botha, win an
his guns, withdrew in good order. PROB
ably making the Delagoa Bay Railroad.
with the view OF joining President krue-
Practically intact with Presidents krue,
ger and Steyn and General Botha ana
Secretary of State Reitz all safe ana II. IN
4 position to continue the urec',oh ~ M
affairs The more optimistic see III the
fact that President krueger's wiie ana
General Botha's wife were leit at IRE
torin an indication that the PRESIDENT
does not count on a long resistance; IN
any case. IL will probably take Lord Rod
erts at least n week to organize caH,
palsn OF pursuit The military autnori.
ties anticipate that me rai neI' pmllep's . al.
r.c,Ion. Plenty of time has elapsed to
fShfn!T'FN Iains's Mex. s"' .' -.
cd NAV 81 announces the British occu-
nation of Nalmani. where 200 Beers sur
rendered
A Three Day Truce.
LONDON, June Ga special dispatch
from I.ourenzo Marquee dated Tuesday.
General Butler and Christian Botha
met at I.aings Mex at Buffers request;
when three days armIstice was asreeu
The dispatch adds that the British have
evacuated Utrecht
Mansuvering to Victory.
NEW YORK, June Ga dispatch t" the
Tribune from London says:
The promenade from Cape Town to
Pretoria was ended yesterday after "a
battle of maneuvers, rather than serious
fighting. Lord Roberts gives detailed
description of this engagement, and helps
thereby to dignity the entry OF the Brit
have hollow ring and 1t is not clear
that the resistance offered by the Beers
was serious. The Beers. when attacked
by the mounted infantry and the yeo-
manry fell back upon a position III the
rear. where they had concealed several
guns. The naval guns and the batter
les of artillery moved up with the m
fantry brigade behind them, and the
Dutch retired. The Beers then made
feeble attempt 10 turn the left flank of
the British army, but We're thwarted
when General Hamiitons column r,o oi
mounted infantry iilled the gap: The
Beers retreated and Lord Roberts army,
after bivouacking over night, entered
Pretoria yesterday afternoon, the Guards
leading the way. The casualties were
not heavy and the engagement was q Sc
ries of maneuyers ON each side, without
desperate or persistent lighting IN the
dense Dutch stronghold.
Lord Roberts was embarrassed by the
Earl OF Rosslyn's enterprise last week m
revealing the helplessness of panic-strlGk-
en- Pretoria and the facility with whieh
II could be entered by the British troops.
and he was deprived of the credit of
forcing his way into the Boer capital
since the eagerness of the othcialS 10 sur
render the town was proclaimed when he
was not prepared to advance. BY waiting
six days he gave to the Beers time TO
recover from their panic and 10 make
some show of defending the capital. The
Tuesdays entry is better reading for
each side In consequence or the delay
The Beers have the credit for making a
final stand at SiN-Mile Spruit and of seek
ing to ambush the British and then 10
outflank them, and Lord Roberts, in
stead OF marching in several days after
the enemy had scuttled out, has the sat
isfaction OF entering the capital in gal
liant style after successful engage
meat
Lord Roberts does not appear to have
used more than two brigades of infantry,
with a strong body of cavalry, and while
the heavy guns We're kept Well In front,
there was little work for them. He had
stationed two brigades of cavalry north
of Pretoria, and General Hamilton's coli
umn TO the west and had not attempted
10 concentrate his forces, since the Boer
commanders were not strong.
After u few hours OF maneuyering the
capital was left defenseless. The forts,
owners and strengthened during the war,
were abandoned, the creusots and krupps
and the famous Long Toms. which were
to render Pretoria impregnablc, were
taken east 20 the mountains and the
capital, which President Kruger 5
burghers had boasted would he defended
for month after month, was surrendered
after n single feeble engagement
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