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Show Preliminary Battles. Pretoria. May '29 (Tuesday).-An official war bulletin just issued is as follows: "On Sunday a fight occurred close to anwycksrust in Gatsrand. The federals fought well and the British troops seemed tired out. At dark the federals were forced to retire in the Direction of Van- ECff S.?Vi?nt of lhe overwhelming overwhelm-ing force of British. "The British attacked Wltwatersrand y.a5d were, m contact with the federals at Gatsrand. but thev were beaten beat-en back with good results by the federals under Commandant Louis Botha. The .;'' i federals were heavily bombarded all day long, but kept their positions. The British Brit-ish loss is reported to be considerable. "The British are near t'trecht and they are also marching on Laing's Nek." A dispatch sent from Johannesburg last night describes the town as intensely excited ex-cited throughout the day on reports that the British were approaching, but says the excitement subsided in the evening owing to rumors that the British had been driven back. There are large numbers of burghers at Johannesburg, but remarkable remark-able order prevails there. |