Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-06-13
HARD FIGHT,
LORD ROBERTS REPORTS srou1
RESISTANCE BY BOERS.
HUNDREDS ARE KILLED
British Meet With Severe Losses,
But Are Supposed To Be Near
Transvaal Capital.

| London, June 5.-Pretoria Is still un
occupied by the British army. to judgs
from Lord Roberts failure to report
the eagerly awaited event. and England
Is beginning to wonder If, after his sue.
cessful entry into the Transvaal, neN
campaign must now be planned and the
enemy be followed into the Lyndenbura
Businesses, whittier they are apparent
ly going with their heavy guns to join
President Kruger.
Evidence that the Beers have not
given up the struggle is afforded In
plenty by the recent trapping OF Bra
bant's patrols, the sharp fighting heal
Lenekal, in which the British, IL Il
known, had thirty-two killed and 15t
wounded, and the fierce attack on War.
rem at Douglas, in Cape Colony.
These events, in widely scattered sec
tions of the field of war, point plainly
to long continued guerrilla warfare.
unless the main body of the enemy 10
speedily crushed or captured.
The exact situation as to Pretoria 10
mystery. According to the press dis.
patch from there Thursday. British pa.
trolls weIe around the town and the
citizens committee was maintaining or.
der. In a dispatch dated at Johannes.
burg late Friday night, Lord Roberta
says not word about the Boer capi.
tai and tells vaguely about French
having taken up the position north O.
Johannesburg to which he had been or.
| dered.
Wide speculation Is possible as to the
extent and meaning of the important
operations which Lord Roberts doubt.
less has in progress The seeming delay
in the British commanders dispatches
has given rise to theory that his
communications to tho southwark a.se
being tampered with by maraudius
bands of the enemy, Sut this has few
adherentS.
1t Is generally believed that the
British forces are cautiously approach
ing Pretoria, taking every military pre-
caution wI,sh they would were the en-.
emy known to be ~ great strength on
their front In this Lord Roberts would
be following the dictates OF his soldieriy
nature. not making dash until the
armed foe were out of the capital.
A cabIegram from Lord Roberts, dat
ed Johannesburg, May 81. but which
was not dispatched from there until
$50 a. nl., of June 1. has been received
by the war office. 1t says:
''The occupation of Johannesbura
passed off quite satisfactorily. thanks
to the excellent arrangements made by
D,. Eronc ba
here, and order prevailed throughout
the town.
DR. Kraus met me on my entrance
to Johannesburg, and rode by my side
to the government offices, where he in
troduced me to the heads of the several
departments, I'll of whom acceded to
my request that they would continue to
carry on their respective duties untib
they could be relieved f them.
Johannesburg is very empty, but q
good crowd of people assembled In the
ma square by the time the British
flag was being hoisted. A royal salute
was Ired and three cheers for the
queen were given. At the end OF the
ceremonies the seventh and eleventh
divisions marched past with the naval
brigade, the heavy artillery and two
brigade divisions of the royal artillery.
General Ian Hamilton's column and
the cavalry and the mounted infantry
were too far away to take part In the
ceren. ony.
THE troops looked very workmnlike
and evidently took keen interest in ~
proceedings.
"The Fourteenth and the naval brios
ade have been left in johannesburg to
preserve order, while the remainder o,
the force is encamped north Of the
town on the Pretoria road