Show PURSUIT OF French and Hutton are Close After Krucjers Men BURGHERS FLEE IN DISORDER Sunter Has Occupied Foriersburg 3Jasutaland is Closed to the Boer Forces and Harrismith is Now the Only Line Open Broadwood is Watching Christian Dewet Who Has Token Up a Position Near Reitsburg Seven Miles South of the Voal P Dewet Surrendered London July 2T1ii9 p mThe War office has received the following dispatch from Lord Roberts French and Hutton continued their pursuit on July 25lh The former crossed Olifants river and from the high ground on the east bank he could see Mkldleburj and the enemy retiring In great disorder The main road north was blocked for several miles with horsemen and wagons The en emys rear was then seven miles north Mounted forces were still west of the river Night was closing In the rain was falling In torrents and so it was impossible to follow The night was terrible In addition to the rain a strong east wind made the bivouac most uncomfortable One officer I ic gret to say died from exposure and the mortality among the mules and oxen uao great The men made light of hardships and were in famous spirits spir-its when I saw them HUNTER AT FOREIRSBURG Hunter has occupied Forclrsburg and so far as I know did not suffer loss lie found Mrs Steyn wife of the exPresident and several of our men whom Dewct had captured at different times and whom he was unable to send to Machododorp The enemy in the Bethlehem hills arc now closed in upon Basutoland is closed to them Harrlsmith is the only line open and it will not be easy for them to reach there Tvlth guns and wagonsWATCHING WATCHING DEWJET Broadwood Is still watching Christian Chris-tian Dewet who has taken up a position posi-tion pn high hills near Reltsburg about seven miles south of the Vaal l P Dewet a younger brother of Christian surrendered at Kroonstadt yesterday Barren reports from Krugersdorp that he has reconnoitered the railway to Bank station where the train was wrecked on July 19th and will be enabled en-abled to replenish his supplies Methuens column which reached the KrugersdorpPotchetstrom railway Is now moving on Potchetstroom Buller reports that the railway was opened to Heldelburg yesterday giving giv-ing us through communication to Natal Na-tal |