Show BOERS CROSS TilE VAAL I 1 I iCrugers Army of Twelve Thousand Men I j and Four Guns is Now in 1 l Full Retreat r j I Lord Roberts is Drawing Near the Frontier of the TransvaalHis Infantry t In-fantry Forces are at the Rhenoster RiverSome Thousands of f I His Cavalry are Already AcrossNumber of Free Staters Give Up Their Arms t r ii London May 21 310 a mLord Roberts Rob-erts Is drawing near to the frontier of the Transvaal Ills Infantry forces arc thirtythree miles north of Kroon stad at the Rhenoster river Some thousands of cavalry are already across the river The Boors arc retiring toward the Vaal with their heavy baggage They arc reported from Pretoria as already across that river Twelve thousand men and four guua compose the retreating re-treating army Trains continue to run from Veronniglng at the Vaul to Pretoria Pre-toria READY FOR LONG SIEGE Foreign engineers assert that Pretoria Pre-toria Is able to stat a years siege According to advices from Lourcnco Marques the Pretoria formications arc described aa complete but Johannesburg Johannes-burg has not yet been placed entirely 3n u state of deCease The Tranavnal Government papers and the war chest have beeen removed to Lydanburg Foreigners continue to leave the republic re-public Thp Dutch cruiser Frlosland Is at Delagoa bay so it is I reported to furnish an asylum to the fleeing Hol landers and passagcvto Europe BOER FORCES DWINDLING Time Boor forces continue to dwindle Some of the correspondents assert that probably only about 24000 bf the hardiest lighters yet remain although there are detached parties in various parts of the Transvaal KRUGER HARD AT WORK One of the curious pieces of gossip sent from Lourenco Marques Is that several women tried to sjambok Presi dent Kruger who was rescued by his body guard He rarely leaves the presidency now but works Incessantly holding councils at daybreak and dur ing the night ADVISED TO SURRENDER A dispatch from Capetlwn says It Is reported 1 here that President KrUger has received a communication from Abraham Fischer one of the Boer delegates now in the United States I advising him to surrender on the best I terms obtainable from Lord Roberts o It Is also understood that when Lord Roberts crosses the Vital river he will Issue a proclamation announcing that If the burghers return to their farms their property and stock will be re opecled ROBERTSS ADVANCE The War olllca late this evening published pub-lished the following from Lord Roberts Rob-erts South Bank of the Rhenoster River May 23 ISO p mVe found on arrival here this morning that the enemy had fled during the night They had occupied a strong position on the north bank of the river which had been carefully Intrenched but they did not think It advisable to defend It when they heard that Ian Hamiltons force was at Heilbron and that our cavalry which had crossed the Rhenoster some miles lower down the stream were threatening their right and rear I DROVE BOERS TO HEILBRON The bridge over tIme Rhonoster several sev-eral culverts and some miles of railway rail-way were destroyed Ian Hamiltons force drove the Boers under Ret de Wet before them from Llndley to Hcllbron The passage pas-sage of the Rhenoster was strongly da I puted Our loss might have boon heavy but for a wellconceived plan which brought Smith Dorrens brigade on the enemys flank Just at the right moment mo-ment FREE STATERS SURRENDER The officer commanding at Boshof reports that upward of 350 Free Stators have surrendered during the last few 3 days and that they have given up 3CO rifles 100 horses and a large amount of ammunition KellyKenny reports that three companies com-panies of yeomanry who were sent to repair the telegraph line and to clear the country between Bloemfonteln and Boahof have returned to Bloemfonteln having performed the duty exceeding ly well wellTROTTED TROTTED INTO AMBUSH The ensnaring of time squadron of Bcthunes Horse appears io have been I quite na bad as was at first reported Col Bclhune thinking there were no Boers at Vryheld determined to go that way toward Newcastle as a shore cut The advance squadron was hurrying hur-rying to make Vryheld before dark It left the main body behind and trotted trot-ted Into the ambush The Boers lint Maxims and the British seeing they had no chance to retire dashed forward for-ward to a point within twenty yards of the Boer rifles Five officers and sixtythree men were killed or wounded wound-ed Bethune ordered his four other snuadrons to retire BOERS AT LAINGS NEK The damage to Lalngs Nek tunnel Is capable of repair The strength oC the Boers at that point Is not known Probably they have from 5000 to 6000 men LEYDS NOT IN FAVOR Dr Leyds according to the Brussels correspondent of the Dally Express has quarreled with the Transvaal Government Gov-ernment A representative of President Presi-dent Kruger Is alleged to have demanded demand-ed an accounting respecting 50000 2500000 thathas passed through Dr Leydss hands Dr Leyds Is said to have replied that the money had aU been expended and to have expressed indignation when asked for an itemized Item-ized statement President Krugers emissary Is described de-scribed as showing to Dr Leyds certain cer-tain antiwar letters In which Germany and Franco said they would Intervene and Dr Leyds according to this account ac-count grabbed the documents and throw them Into the fire having a bodily struggle with tho emissary These alleged Indictments arc cited to explain time repeat reserve of Dr Lyd |