OUR PRISONERS RECOVERED.

Evening Star, Issue 11266, 13 June 1900, Page 4

OUR PRISONERS RECOVERED.

' WHOLESALE SURRENDERS. COMMANDANT OLIVIER KILLED. KRUGER'S NEW CAPITAL. Prew AwocUtton— By Telegraph—Oonjiight. EXILES AT PRETORIA. LORD ROBERTS RECLAIMS 3,651 PRISONERS. LONDON, June 12. One hundred aod fifty-one British officers and 3,500 men were recovered at Pretoria. The British shelled the train conveying the British prisoners to Nooitegeddch£ believing that it contained fugitive burghers. THE BOERS SURRENDER WHOLESALE." LONDON, June 12. Renter's Agency reports tb;*t 1,500 Boers surrendered to General Brabant at Ficksburg on Monday. Two hundred Boers surrendered at Ventersdorp, while Rustenbarg and Potchefstroom are ready to submit. THE LATEST BRITISH DISASTER. LONDON, June 12. Later details of Thursday's fighting show that after Celonel Douglas and fifteen men had been killed a largo number of wounded, and the remainder of the fourth battalion of the Derbyshire Regiment, numbering nearly TOO men, were captured. A BOER GENERAL KILLED. '■' LONDON, June 12. Commandant Olivier was killed and Commandant De Villiers mortally wounded during the engagement at Rootkrantz. [There ig a Rooipoort ten miles south of Heilbion, whew Lord Methuei fought an engagement on Friday. We have not heard of Qlivier's mowments lately, but if the above is correct it cast's suspicion on the accuracy of the cable stating that , 00 of our men had surrendered, especially as no confirmation has been received.] THE TRANSVAAL CAPITAL. LONDON, June 12. Machadorp has been proclaimed the new Transvaal capital. The majority of the inhabitants are living in tents. AN APPOINTMENT. LONDON, June 12. Lieutenant-colonel Lamb, of the.Australian ....Artillery, has been appointed Assistant Commissioner at Jagorsfontein. A VICTORIAN CORPS. LONDON, June 12. The Victorian corps known as Cameron's Scouts have been sent to Marandellas, in Rhodesia. A CONVALESCENT. LONDON, June 12. Major Owen Bridge?, of New South Wales, has been invalided home to England as a convalescent. A TREASONABLE GATHERING. CAPE TOWN, June 12. The Afrikander Bond Congress has broken up. Only ten of those present supported Mr Schroiner's policy.