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Show DfTlTISH ENTER PRETORIA tllr aatrroilrrad I nronitlllonallj, lis, llotti. sad Ilia lonini.nil I se.prd Klght month, after the declaration of war. June Sth Lonl Uoberta enteral Pretoria Previous dispatches of thi occupancy of the Hoer ctpiul were premature Thero were several fights In front of the city, and one by one the defenders driven back, until evacut tlon wn, accomplished Lord Uoberta telegram announcing the rcult I, ,s follow "Pretoria, June S, IS 3 p m Jut. before dark yesterday the enemy were beaten back from nearly all the posl lion, they had been holding and Ita Hamilton , moil n lid Infantry followed them to within : otKl jnrdsof Pretoria through which they rclrcatid hastily Dellsle then sent an ofllcer with a flag of truce Into the town, demanding Its surrender In m name Shortly before midnight 1 n.s awakened by two 031 ccrs of the loiilli African republic S.ndberg, military secretary to Low maud. at lintha .ml a general ofllcerof the Hoer army, who brought me a let tcr from Hatha, propotlngan armistice for the purpose of acttllug tho termaof surrender. "I replied that I would gladly meet tho commandant general the next morning, but that 1 wa. nut prepared to dlacuss any terms aa the surrender ot the town must be unconditional I asked fur a reply by daybreak, at I had ordered the troops to march on lie ton n a, soon at It was light. In his. reply, llothn told me that he hud de elded not to defend Pretoria, and he trusted womeu, children aud property would be protected At 1 n m today, while on the line of march, I was met, by three ot the principal olllcials with a flag of truce, alating their wish lev aurrendcrlhe town "It w as arranged that Pretoria should betaken posseaalou of by her majesty's troop, al I o cluck till, afternoon. "Mrs. llolha and Mrt Kruger aro both lu Pretoria. Soma few of the llrillth prisoners have been taken away, but tho majority aro .till la Watcrv.l. Over luo ot the ofllcer, .re In Pretoria. The few 1 have teeu are looking well " Ueueral llolha and most ot hit men got away from Pretoria. 1 hit Is Inferred In-ferred from lrfrd Itobrrta mett.ge, but the presumption I, that the Hoer commandant general cnliliot escape ills llritlah dispositions without is fight. Operutlous elsewhere teem to have dwindled to uothlug Ueueral lladeii-Powell lladeii-Powell Joined (leneral Hunter ou Sun- day at Llchtenburg. I |
