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Show I riHITISH UNTBII HnbTOlllA. CltJ arrn.lr.l lntoniIIIInllr. Hut llnlhaan.1 Ills lomnisiMl l.r.p'.l Klghl months after the deelarallon of war, Juna tth Urd Itobcrtt enteral 1'retorla Treflous dispatches of the occupancy of tho Ihier capital were prematura 1 hero were tereral flgbt In front of tha city, and one by one the defenders drlren back, until eracna-lion eracna-lion was accomplished Urd Itobcrtt tclrgram announcing the result Is as fullowa Pretoria, June J, 1! 1 p m JJt before dark yesterday the enemy were Ivatcn back from nearly all the positions posi-tions they had been holding and Ian Hamilton mounted Infautry followed them to within J.owyardaof Pretoria, through which they retreated hastily Dellsla then sent an orllcer lth a (lag of truce Into the town, demanding Its surrender In my nsnio Shortly before midnight I was awakened by IwooBl-cers IwooBl-cers of tho Koiith African republic Handberg. military secretary to Commandant Com-mandant llotha and a generedoMcerof the lloer arnir, who brought me a letter let-ter from llotha, propntlngan armistice for tho purpose of settling tho terms of surrender. "I replied that I would gladly meet the commandant general the neil morning, but that I was not prepared to discus any terms as the surrender of the town must be unconditional I asked for a reply by daybreak, as I had ordered the troops to march on the town as suoii as It was light In hi reply, llotha told mc that ho had decided de-cided not to defend Pretoria, and he trusted women, children and property would be protected At la m today, wlill. on the line of march, I waa met by three of the principal olllclala with a flag of truie, staling their wish to surrender the town "It waa arranged that Pretoria should bo taken possession of by her majesty's troops at 3 o'clock this afternoon "Mra. llotha and Mrs Kruger are both lu Pretoria. Home few of the llrltlth prisoners hare been taken away, but the majority aru still In Walcrral Orer 100 of the oMccra are In Pretoria, The tew 1 hare seen are looking well " Ueueral llotha and most of hit men got away from Pretoria. This Is Inferred In-ferred from Lord Huberts' mestsgr, but the presumption Is that the lloer commandant general cannotescapethe llrltlsh dispositions without a tight. Operations elsewhere teem lu hare dwIuJIed to nothing (leneral lladcn-Powell lladcn-Powell Joined tlcnernl Hunter ou Hun-day Hun-day at Llchtenbiirg |