Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-15

The dispatches from London on the
South African war only give a gencr-
al account % the engagements between
the Dritlah and the Iiocrp. According
to the correspondent OF the New YORK
sun letters ara pouring into England
from tho front IN which there are
many "details and Incidents Of the bait
Ties which make Kood reading
\ FUNNY" SENSATION.
a private In the Kings royal rlf,cs
In a letter to his patents Describes his
feelings under IRE Az he went with his
regiment up the now famous hill OF
Talnnn. Il can tell you II was very
funny sensation indeed, standing there
with shot and shell lying all over you,
hut 80 got the order Co advance. and
then the worst time came for We were
within rifle range then. aud there was
about seven hundred yards OF open
ground TO cross with absolutely no
cover at all. and the bullets did ny
around. | felt rathur frightened at INST.
hut u soon wore OF, and then I felt
very desperate and did not care much
what happened. and that was what
most OF US thought when we compared
notes after"
HE WAS CURIOUS.
The correspondent OF tho Morning
feelings when under nre for the fitst
time at Einndaiangte. lie was under
cover With some troops, waltin. FOR
the advance. and says: This was my
FIRST experience Of rife firc. ~ II was
the whole fort,ss' first experience OF
modern shell mr. I tound that my
strongest inHtinc was curiosity. n a
Fheil fell ncar me always went to the
spot to fos what 4 had done. when
the riiie nro was lfnvy found u 81.
most impossible to keep cover, ! fylt
that I must. Aimply must. Mt up my
head and see what was going on. Al the
same l had rather been under such
shell IRE as the nocrs put into US than
under their rifle IRE. The swift
whistle Of the passing bullets u not a
pleasant sound. Its furious 'phphtt
as II falls into the ground IN rathor
quaint. What I dislike most Of all Is
the ricochet The bullet that ricochets
comes for you all ends up with grim,
unciyii 'bzxz' that IN distinctly annoy
Ing. Perhaps my sentiment IN TINS
matter has been strengthened by obser-
walton of the clean wounds made By
the Mauacr bullet In fun flTht and the
nasty holes that result from the con-
tact of the rlcochetting bullet with the
human body"
KILLED THE WRONG MAN.
The following incidents Of the storm
Ing Of Talana Hlll are told by the same
correspondent; 1T was n sight never 20
be forgotten TO see what the British
soldier could stand, one OF the 'Dubs
shot through the left leg and both arms,
rhiNrfirE With cold and soaked by rain.
being helped slowly down the hill. jpcu-
larry asked his two comrades not TO
let hini go, "a having no arms to pro-
tcct hiinscif he was sure To fnli on MS
face md spoil his beauty. Immediate
~ after the hill was TAKEN many lioer
"a them
with all equipment and even Mauserr
strnppel on 10 the saddles. and II was
a coriicnl sight TO see Tommy career
ing round on Bocr mounts over ground
which even the Bocr would have picked
his WAY carefully There u no doubt
our shell firr must have disconnected
the beers. An officer OF the 'Dubs'
placed his helmet on his sword and
plncrd Is above the stone wall, II was
Immediately pierced by six bullets. Con
trast this shooting with the double
across the open To the homestead below
Tnlnnn nm. when only four men
dropped. one Of the kings rifles was
In the act of picking on Bocr, he had
lust pressed the trigger when Hoer
popped his head M directly In front,
with the result he got the bullet through
his head: 1t was quite an accident, sir;
you see was aiming Mt the other man.
said the Kings rlflcman ms he showed
me the CORPSE"
The hospital attendants who came
with the British troops from India. are
native Indians. and are probably IN
surpassed by any men IN their pnrtic-
uiar branch Of work. The Posts cor
respondent says Of them. In this same
engagement.
I'm Friday'a engagement the Beers
fired on the doolle bearers OF tho held
hospital every time they crossed the
open ground from the nullnh to the
homestead. and Major KERN lost four
OF his men. The way the Doodle bear.
era worked was beyond praiSe. They
started on at $3.50 a. M, and worked
hard all day until " Friday nlght. and
when they got back to camp not a bite
would they have Major KERN forced
them TO take some brandy and eat lit
tie sugar. They will eat nothing un-
less cooked by themselves, ana this
cooking operation lasts about three
houra"