The Pursuit of De Wet.
WHAT THE BOERS DEMAND,
ENGLAND'S REPLY: 'UNCONDI-
TIONAL SURRENDER."
(Press Association —Copyright.)
LONDON, March 5
An official bulletin states that De Wet has been headed off from Phillipolis, and is now approaching Fauresmith.
General Babington lias unearthed a krupp gun, a pompom, and some ammunition at Zondfontein.
The New York Tribune's Brussells correspondent states that the recent council of commandants at Petersburg authorised Commandant Louis Botha to capitulate if the Boer prisoners of war were liberated and the rebels pardoned
They also decided for a semi-inde-pendent republic under Crown administration to be granted, and owners restored their property. '+
He adds that Lord Kitchener was willing to grant these-terms, but that Great Britain' insists on -an;.unconditional capitulation, and ,ihe. exile, of Kruger and other republican ities. ;■■ De Wet has stated that in any event he intends to continue guerilla war. ■ : ' Major General Dartnell captured a Hotchkiss gun near Pietretief. A commandant in the vicinity surrendered with 50 men on Saturday.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS19010306.2.9.1
Bibliographic details
Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9885, 6 March 1901, Page 2
Word Count
164The Pursuit of De Wet. Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9885, 6 March 1901, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.