Show EGBERTS AT Newspaper N Men den Were the tha First to t t tEnter Enter Eter the City Ct Bonten n March arh 13 1 Tuesday Ty Lord Lr L ord Roberts entered etel the th Free F State Ste capital today t practically unopposed u uHe ed ede He Ha H e lay ley J at fourteen fort miles J way away a last l night with th G General Kelly K ennys and General Gen divi d ions s ln the guards ar brigade and a the mounted u infantry General nel French Fren having cut ct the t rail railway r way wy w ay and an telegraphs t experienced a alight slight light s skirmish with wih some sm exp Doers Boers B hold holding hod ing ag l the th kopjes southeast of the t town to Early arly Erl E in the te morning mn the tb cavalry bri brigade gade g ge ade moved forward and an occupied B sew ae era trl e ral kopjes koj which wal commanded op the theBo Boers Bo B o A few well wel placed pla shells front from f the te teh horse h h orse artillery alry drove off ott 0 the enem ey enemy General Ge G French then Un seat st out o scouts to t o fee fast thou their t way w toward t t th m per pr c jn which the t coci o eDo of or orth th the Sydney S y Herald He and aad A the I I In Ine a en ena e f a tl which wore an everyday aspect a u Tote T Th pj were nere ere out ot shopping si or o for morning ml walks wak and aD at first the three newspaper newspapermen men mn were regarded r aa an a townsfolk t k We When later ater l It i became known kow that they thy were the he t forerunners fOler of o t the British Bt army I they hey thy t were WI greeted se cordially ci and a cn dueLed to tn t a a dab club cub where wh they ty met mt Mr XI Fraser Frazer Fr of or the th executive council the mayor mayo an and nd other oh officiate officials oda These T they thy persuaded pd to t take carriages and a go g tom to meet m t Lord Roberts Rob An As A the party pty drove out ot of o the th city the British Bis cavalry were we closing eoln around and like ike l a high net nt The Te deputation soon sn arrived arYe opposite oppte the te kopje where hr Lord Roberts W was S stationed st and a this thi correspondent c eec cor respondent re r rode ro forward ford and ad had h the honor hD of announcing to the command o ana c e that would surrender A little later t the depute deputa deputation ion tion tin t began to approach apr h and ad Lord L Rob Roberta Robert erta ens ert went wet forward fOI to meet mt th them The Te scene was waa picturesque in the th ex en extreme t reme A few yards ya away the th guns guso g of or ofa ora ofa a a battery batten pointed their thir grim gi mouths toward oward t the late lae position of the th Boers Beers B while the th tin tn roofs rf of o shone shon in the th distance disc After Afe salutes sut had ha been exchanged a member m of the deputation stepped sepp for forward forward ward wad and a declared that tat the town wished wih to tD surrender hoping that tt Lord Roberts Robrt would protect life and prop property pp property erty He replied replie that th providing there then was no opposition he would wd undertake Uke fo to 0 guarantee the th security of both b The interview was very e cordial without a ag sign of g It I struck this correspondent that tt the deputation seemed sd relieved by the presence of o the th British Bt troops tr Lord Roberts Robts notified the th deputation of his hs intention of entering ener the th town toun tow in state stE stEan and townspeople an they the withdrew with w to inform Ifo the Lord Lr Roberts Robt then t made hIs lite hi military mla dispositions Qi ordering oin the th First Ft bri brigade br brigade gade to follow him and a to take te p sk sin sloTh n of the town With his hi staff t and a the th military miia attaches att he descended d n the te kopje koj and an arrived arrive on O the th plain where he be b waited until the th cavalry cvar ap approached pM Then T he h entered eter the t city ct followed by his personal staff ste the gun gen general oral eral the erl troops staff s the th military mii attaches atM and a |