The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-27

r line the situation with any degree oE
\ precisious Three or four main facts.
however. stand out prominently. Gem
\ eraI Symones fight a Glencoe was nOE
anything Like. the decisive victory al
I legged. and General Yule would. in all
+ probability. have been annihilated or
( have met the same fate as the cap
tured hussars il he had not retreated-
General Whites artillery dueP' az
Reltfontein was a very severe engage
ment, in which the rife did great exc
cutf0n. and which success was also
achieved at Al distressing cost. The
bGgmbaTdn1ent Of Mafeking has COM
rnencetf with unknown result. and che
Beers have got their hllssara prisoners
safely to Pretoria.
Altogether the. campaign is being
pushed by the Beers 50 strenuously and
ON such sound strategicaI lines that the
situation OF the British must. in all
probability. give them cause for arrx-
iety for some time TO come
&c is difficult To- see how the cOncen-
trated force at LadysTnith will be able
to take the ags assivss immediately
Apart from the fatigue regiments hike
the Gordon Highlanders and Royal
rifles have been practically wiIn6tss Of
! ficerS since the fights. and 1876 addi-
tionaI officers have BEEN ordered To
leave England as speedily as possible.
The war office today received the fol-
lowing telegrann from General White.
'fLadysmitI. Oct. 25.--Brigadier Cen
eral Yule}s force has left Dundee. with
the view OF concentrating at Lady
smith. To avoid the risk Of life which
a long march would have entailed. the
wounded We're left at6 Dundee under
medical supervision. E T. o.
An official British account Of the
fight at Reftfontein, givenfolIt at Cape
Town. sayss YESTERDAY sir George
White. having aSeertained py previous
reconnaissance that the Free state
forces. had4 moved east from Sesres H.
Station and were attempting 70 gain
tie road from Isadyemith to the north,
moved out i'm the direction of Esaatfs-
laagte with the Fifth lancers, Nine
teenth hussarss Imperial light horse.
Natal mounted volunteers. two neld
batteries one mountain battery and q
brigade Of Infantry
stfFne enemy posted Al battery tw7o
miles south OF Modderspruit. aE1 open
ed with infantry fire att long ranss' on
the British advances guard consisting
of tie Nineteenth hussars. This was .
followed by artillery FIRE, direeteei with
considerable accuracy against the Brit
can action lasting six. hours ensueE
at Reitfontain Friday The eneuny
were driven from the hills command
ing the roads. Sir George Whites 90
1ect being accomplished the column re-
turned to Ladysnitn. The enemy -
believed to have suffered.
Several Beers own officially thae
they lost over 100 Killed at Fslandslaagfe.
Three hundred prisoners wounded and
unwounded, are in the hands Of the
British, including several of high posi-
ti0n.
s'Tn the action att EiandsIaagte, 0cs.
"a vie Johannesburg force with a de-
tachment of the German CORPS, was
completely broken up.
ssAII was we'll al Mafekfng up to
Oct. a. All was we'll at Kimberley up
to Oct 20. The defenders are in good
spirits
Other accounts dwell upon the sever
itv of the rifle fire ait Reftfontein. They
say that when the Beers finally re-
treated the Dancers cut. them on from
their horses and inflicted severe losses
on them. The retreat TT is added. end
ed in a general routq
1T is announced III a. dispatch from
Ladysnftfl. dated Oct 23.f that strong
ref1iforcements Of infantry and artillery
have arrived there from Pieternaritz-
burg.
I'LL was also reported that the Beers
were again massing near Elandslaagre,
Fand that a. Free State force several
thousand strong was occupying Besters
Advices from Cape Town today show
that the assembly att Putiatsu river
was attended By all the principal Bas-
uto chiefs The resident commissioner
Sir Godfrey Langden,$ was present. The
action Of the paramount chiefs Lero-
uhodi. in piedging the nations loyalty
was enpna tically confirmed by the
Chiefs urging the claim at-they be
regarded as the queens soldiers and
be allowed to- share in Great Britain
struggle. Three cheers were given for
the queen by the natives led .by Lero-
thodi.
The British commissioners discouraged
the idea that the British needed as
sistances and babe the chiefs Guell the
excitement There is little5 news from
the western border. The Gordon around
Kimberley is drawing closer. but hopes
are expressed thar al flying squadron
will shortly be sent to its relief.
The BoersH have occupied Windsorton,
an unprotected tteyn. he magislrafe,
with the consent Of the inhabitants,
surrendered on demand. conditional
upon the lives and property OF the peo-
pie being respected Il IS alleged, how
ever. that the Beers refused to respect
the property Of absentees
There is intense anxiety for further
news from NIafeking. where 10 is be-
lieved a number Of officers who were
supposed To be Oh Through Joined Colo
nell Baden Powell.
Y i The Portuguese authorities have re-
eeived news that 500 white and black
prisoners whom the Beers released
from their jails and turned loose IN
Portuguese territory have been turned
back