THE CAPTURE OF KROONSTAD.
; . STEYN'S MAD RAGE. i MtiXD lOBERTS'S ENTRY INTO THE ■ TOWN. : i , &N IMPRESSIVE SPECTACLE. ' (Bee^ved Slay 1 15, 12.15 a.m.) ; — ' " Zi LONDON, 'A% 14. Krdonstad tvj» : » pandemomurit dri Firiiaay. The disheartened Transvaalerstireat:esed to lnrxp the tpwiu -.The cominaidoes MUte redufifidJby} Kalit \qL d^eseraons. i^Aiphotograpcee got snapshots' of Steyn in a mad '^ b*V*> friujrpiag thos« intending ta trek
home, and kicking and cuffing the burghers refusing his leadership. The enemy's drunken Irish Brigade burned the goods slhed, with much fodder. Steyn went to Heilbron. Two Boer guns were smashed itf Thursday's action and tfhree afterwards. . :
Lord Roberta's entry was the most impressive scene of the war, except General Buller'a entry into Ladysmith, Mrs Lochhead, an American, the wife of a Free Stater, hoisted the Union Jack over the Town Hall. Lord Roberts was stationed in the Market Square at the head of General Carew's division, the whole of the infantry and artillery marching. The Guards swinging past to the accompaniment of fifes and drums, vastly impressed the recently disarmed Dutch inhabitants, who were overjoyed at the relief, and cheered vocifejous-
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6795, 15 May 1900, Page 1
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