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Show tm : Buller Occupies Town Czar Turns Down Leyds. London, Aug. 29. Lord Roberts, under un-der date of Belfast, Aug. 29, telegraphs: "Ruller's advance occupied Machado-dorp Machado-dorp this afternoon. The enemy made a poor stand and retired northward, followed by Dundonald's mounted troops, who could not proceed beyond Helvetia, on account of difficult nature of the country and th? enemy taking un a position too strong to be dislodff-ed dislodff-ed bv the mounted troops This appears ap-pears that Buller's casualties were very few. "French continued the movement today to-day as far as Eladsfontein, frim which he turned the enemy out with no difficulty. dif-ficulty. The latter retired, leaving quantities of good cooked food behind." "Dr. Leyds' interview- with Emperor Nicholas," says a dispatch to the Daily Mail from St. Petersburg, "lasted barely bare-ly five minutes. The czar said he was sorry he could do nothing for the Transvaal, except to urge it to make peace, as he hated all war." j |