Communication with Pretoria is restored.
General French has captured a good many prisoners.
General Brondwood, who is closely following De Wet, has captured' five waggons, and is now at Vredefort waiting for Colonel Little to join him.
General Baden-Powell reports from Majato Pass that 450 men drove 1,000 Boers from a very strong position, inflicting considerable loss, Reuter's correspondent reports from Bronkhorstspruit on the 24th, that the general advance eastward is progressing. General French with two brigades is on the south, General Pole-Carew in the centre, and Generals Hamilton and Mahon on the north, They. arrived (ab Bronkhorstspruit) practically unopposed, and expected to advance to Middleburg without a fight. The Boers are evacuating all their positions, and it is reported that they are moving towards Lydenborg. London, 27th duly.
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