LORD ROBERTS' CAMPAIGN.
RECENT FIGHTING NEAR JOHANNESBURG. ; London, June 2. Lord Roberts sent the following cable message to tke War Office *n Thursdiy < morning. Lieut.-General French wis I opposed thiroujhout his march on Mon- | dey and Tuesday. He drove the B«rs from strong positieni, and is bow holting a place I directed him to north »f Johannesburj. His casualties were tyro killed and 29 wounded. : The Boers who are retreating before General French's force are in a demoralised and exhausted condition. i They travelled througk Preteria geing eastwards, being in the meantime joiaed by the mercenaries in looting the Government stores. A message from Lord Roberts, datod Johannesburg, Thursday night, wts 1 transmitted en Friday. In this communication the Field-Marshal describes his satisfactory reception on entering the city. 1 Judge Koch was arrested at Johanaes- I burg, prior to the surrender of the t«wn, while attempting to explode the minesLord Roberts has informed the War Office that Major-General AVavell is maintaining order in Johannesburg. Tke remainder of the British force, he states, is encamped on the Pretoria road. | This messaje was doubtless sent by i hand to the Orange Paver Colony froa- ! tier. The Boers claim to have cut the I telegraph lines north of the Vaal. I
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6713, 4 June 1900, Page 2
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208LORD ROBERTS' CAMPAIGN. Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6713, 4 June 1900, Page 2
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