Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1900-03-25 | Page 1 | Will Fight to the Bitter End

ILL fiGHT TU THE BITTER END H Hare ve No Idea Yet Tet Y t of o Surrendering 4 i BUT FREE GIVE UP TIP STRUGGLE I I I Boers Preparing For the De Dc Defense Defense of Pretoria Occupy Strong Positions and British Will Find it a a Tremendous Task to Drive Them Out Expected That They Will Make a Determined p ed Stand at Johannesburg Hop Hoping ing in For Mediation From Prom Germ any or the United States March 24 The scouts fre Ire frequently freQuently engage the Boers beyond Meran under the but no important fighting has taken place The Free continue to enter our lines surrendering under the proclamation issued by Lord Roberts They declare that the are determined to fight to the bitter end The majority of those who have hith hitherto hitherto hitherto erto taken part in the fighting have been Free Stators The have been held in Ia reserve The Boers are preparing for another campaign and will wUl occupy a strongly for fortified fortified tilled position in the Transvaal necessitating tating heavy fighting before then can be driven out The Boers are not expected to make a stand at Johannesburg but to concentrate at Pretoria