Show LAYS DOWN TS ARMS Free State Army Practically Out of Existence SURRENDER TO GEN HUNTER Terms Were Unconditional the Boers lna tho Caledon Valley Ficksburg Commando Consisting of About 550 Men the First One to Give TJp Tjadybrand Commando With 450 Men Polio wed Gen Prinsloo and Commandant Crow thor Relieved by Gen Hunter Bloemfontein July 30Gen Tinnier having received a written unconditional surrender of all the Boers in Caledon valley attended to accpet the surrender sur-render Gen Prinsloo lately elected to the chief command arrived and tried to repudiate the unconditional sun render Gen Hunter however refused re-fused any concessions except to allow the Boers to keep one riding horse About 11 oclock the troops were drawn up in two long lines on the hills and over the valley and the Boers rode between throwing down their rifles together with a motley collection col-lection of clothing blankets and gear such as was found in Gen Cronjes I laager FICKSBUHG COMMANDO FIRST The Flcksburg commando was the first to lay down arms consisting of about 550 men Then came the Lady brand cOmmando with about 150 Fifteen horses two guns and fifty wagons were given up Gen Prinsloo and Commandant Crowlher were received re-ceived by Gen Hunter at his tent where they were well treated and accorded ac-corded every courtesy MORE WILL FOLLOW Many of the Boers have gone through TJaaupoort and with surrender to Gen MacDonald Others still arriving here The Harrismlth and Vredo commandos are yet at large as well as some Boers who got out of the valley nt night but the prisoners say that those outside will surrender and this will practically i end the Free State army The BJcrs say they would not have surrendered had they not been surrounded The prisoners have been placed In a laager under guard and will be kept there until all arrive KITCHENER LEAVES PRETORIA The Morning Leader asserts that Kitchener has been dispatched from Pretoria to Krugersdorp to organize a column to relieve Gen BadenPowell now besieged by Gen Delaney at Bus tenburg in western Transvaal MAC DONALD IN AN ACTION The following official dispatch has been received from Lord Roberts Pretoria July 29thOn July 2Cth MacDonald fought a rear guard action with the enemy from early morning until dark nine miles outside oi Naauwpoort In the Bethlehem hills resulting in his effectually blocking Naauwpoort Nek to the Boer wagons TWO NEKS CAPTURED Hunters reports that the enemy twice checked his advance by holding strong positions on two neks one of which was token before dark by the Scots the Royal Irish the Wiltshire and the Lancaster regiments Our casualties were only five or six To second nek was taken during the fight by the Scots and Guards without opposition op-position the enemy retiring closely to Naauwpoort REQUESTED AN ARMISTICE Prisoners taken staled that 10G burghers would surrender if guaranteed guar-anteed that they would be tfcated as prisoners of war and net as rebels To this I had assented As a result of these operations Prinsloo commanding the Boors asked under a flag of truce this morning a four days armistice for peace negotiations HUNTER DECLINES Hunter replied the only terms he could accept were unconditional surrender sur-render and until these were complied with hostilities could not cease I expressed ex-pressed my approval and told Hunter on no account to enter Into negotiations negotia-tions As I am writing a telegram has come from Hunter saying that Prinsloo had written a second letter expressing willingness to hand over himself with his men rifles ammunition and other firearms upon condition that the horses saddles bridles and pthcr possessions pos-sessions of the burghers be guaranteed them and they be free to return IQ their homes ONLY UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER SURREN-DER I have replied that the surrender must be absolutely unconditional that all rlllcs ammunition horses and other possessions must bo given up and that the burghers will be considered prisoners prison-ers of war I added that Prinsloos overtures will not be allowed In anyWay any-Way to Interfere with Hunters operations opera-tions which muse be continued until the enemy is defeated or has surrendered sur-rendered PRINSLOO SURRENDERS A later dispatch from Gen Roberts chatted July 29th confirms the surrender of Prinsloo with GOOO Boers |