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A London Story
That Botha Has
Laid Down.
gGNS OF A
BOER COLLAPSE
Ktchsnsr's Plan of Campaign
Seems to Be Working Out
With Success.

LONDON, Feb. 2S.-An announce
nsnt, declared to be official, was made
mat Commandant Louis Botha had
surrendered to Lord Kitchener, the
t)mmander-in-c chief, in the Middleburg
iistrict
Later it was reported that the mes
sage was an unofficial one.
An earlier message was to the effect
that Botha's force was moving towards
yTjoens headquarters, at Roosenkal,
seventy miles northwest of Middleburg
snd thirty west of Lydenburg.
LONDON, Feb. 27.-Three hundred
surrendered to General French after the
i lighting.
Lord Kitchener has reached Middle
burg He reports that up to the 25th
inst General French's additional cap
lures include one 19-pounder Krupp,
one Howitzer, one Maxim, 20, 900 rounds
# small arms ammunition, 5000 cattle,
1000 sheep, 2S7 wagons. There were
70 British casualties.
The Beers in Pretoria are filed with
Nasternation at General French's sue
Iesses.
General French's scouts have discov-
sred cannon and some ammunition
which had been buried by the Beers.
The conflicting statements regarding
i Commandant Botha's surrender are the
Gtcome of his Wife's return to Pretoria
after urging her husband to yield. Mr..
St John Broderick, Minister for War,
stated il the Commons that nothing
lfcial with reference to the surrender
had been received.
DE WET ADVISED SURRENDER.
LONDON, Feb. 2S.-Commandant De
Wet recently advised Commandant
Hertzog that unless the raid into Cape
Colony proved signal success it would
be better to consider the advisabflity
Of surrendering.
C0mmandant HertZog has now sue
'eeded in effecting a junction with De
. Wet and Steyn and the three are
eamped together. on the south bank of
the Orange river.
Colonel Thornycroft' brigade is pass
ing towards them from the west and
the other British commanders are con-
rerging to intercept them in every dl-
rection.
De Wet is preparing to move east
ward across the railway between Nor
la.s Pont and Naauwpoort junction.
In Saturdays engagement with Com
nandant De Vets force, Captain w. c.
Narcer of the Coldstream Guards and
PTiyates Sheehan, O'Brien and Green OF
The Victorian Mounted Rifles captured
l5-pOunder
Sir Alfred Milner confirms a report
mat Commandant Hertzog flogged q
Aatiir named Esau at Calvinia so bru-
ally that the punishment proved fatal
BRITISH GRIP TIGHTER.
LONDON, Feb. 27.-Mr. Burleigh, the
q correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
aOled on Tuesday evening that the
VTange river was still high and thai
me British column was tightening Its
srlp on Steyn and De Wet. Hertzoe
i near Petrusville (ten miles west o1
land Drift, through which De Vets
'Fce crossed into Cape Colony, ano
me patrols are engaged A battle Ii
Il imminent.
Forty Beers were captured neal
"AloWmore, 110 miles northwest o1
Fort Elizabeth.
Lommandant Scheeper's laager a
pIHoWmore, with all supplies, was cap
Ned when the bulk of the commando
vas absent.
SHELLED THE BOERS.
LONDON, Feb. 2S.-A force of New
~salanders in Zecrust, in the Westerr
rahsyaal, shelled the Beers south
ARDS Of the town and compelled then
remove their laagers.
-hey also captured some cattle.
Inc garrison of Zeerust, which ha'
zen frequently threatened by larg'
s'uons of the enemy, has succeeded
erecting bomb proofs for the en-
ehments and entanglements u
'[aIu the approaches of the town.
II IS evident from the above that th'
22-lI'Son Of Zeerust, of which the New
-galanders from a. part, or possibly thu
''iei IS in a state of siege.
RAIDING RAILROADS.
LONDON Feb. 2S.-The Beers a
s'ersburg, the terminus of the rail
north of Pretoria, are RUNNING
LIS southwards as far as Warm
us Watching for an oportunity Z
boy the railway bridge across tn
sr,t. suaar river and thus cripple the op
ohs Of the expeL.tion now organ
"s at Pretoria for the subjugation o
northern Transvaal.
NRuEGER'S BEREAVEMENTS.
l,soNDON, Feb. 2S.-Krueger has beel
ID. Hed that one of his grandson
naI hrueger) and a son-in-law (Com
u@ht Malon), both serving with d