The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-03

London, Nov. Especial dispatches
from Ladysmith. dated Nov. 2, give
further details regarding the lombard
ment. The Beers, having reoccupied
their old positions. remounted big guns.
Their firing was accurate. but almost
harmless. Some of the. troops were
slightly injured by splinters. Lieuten-
ant F. c. Egerton and his men from
/ the Powerful did splendid work, and
quickly silenced the Boer guns
The Beers acknowledge having suf-
| fered heavy losses IN men and horses
/ in. the previous battle.
/ General Jan Kock, who was second
! in command of the Transvaal forces.
and who was wounded IN the battle of
Elandslaagte, died in the hospital at
Ladysmith on Monday night
Little light is thrown on the actual
situation by the news at hand today.
The magnitude of Mondays fight, how
ever, is more than ever evident. Vir-
tuaily three actions were raging stimuli
| taneously, but it is obvious that-the in
tention TO roll back the Orange Free
State troops was not achieved.
Lord Frederick Roberts of Candahar.
commander of the forces in Ireland,
while reviewing the troops at Kilkenny.
said: 1T is useless TO disguise the fact
that we are engaged in very serious
war-a war which viii put our re-
sources to severe test
Beers Sick of Fighting.
The correspondent of the Daily News
at Ladysmith, telegraphing Tuesday.
says: DIR. HornabroOke. while search
ing for the body of Lieutenant Clapham
on Umbulwena hill, which was in pos
.,
On stating the object of his quest he
was kindly received. The concensus of
opinion among the Beers, he thinks. is
that they are sick of fighting and would
like TO throw up the sponge. They
said their loss yesterday was heavy,
and due chiefly to our artillery fire"
All was quiet at Buluwayo, in Rho
desia, according to dispatches received
this morning, up to Oct %. There has
been some skirmishing on the border.
Apparently extensive preparations are
in progress at Deaar. Cape Colony. for
the concentration Of Lieutenant General
Buffers army. Thousands of mules
are corraled in that neighbOrhOod, and
the transport material is being hurried
up from the south
According TO another dispatch, the
naval brigade at Ladysmith has
mounted four more guns from Durham.
The report comes from Rome that
Portugal will permit the landing of
British troops at Lourenzo Marques
This comedies with the view. strongly
prevalent in some quarters here. that
the British invasion of the Transvaal
will be made from that point.
The morning papers are divided in
opinion whether Sir George Stewart
Whites latest list of casualties includes
the losses of Lieutenant Colonel Carrie
toms column before its surrender The
preponderance of opinion is that they
are not included. since. if they were.
General White would probably have
mentioned the fact.
To Seize a Railroad.
A report that a Boer force with guns
from KOomati POOrt is making its way
through Zululand is held TO indicate
an intention to seize the railway be-
tween Colenso and Pietermaritzburg. if
it has not already been seized. This.
however, will soon be known, as ar
mored trains are patrolling. the line.
The real questio. for the British |
public now is, can General White hold /
out another ten days or two weeks un- I
til the army. corps arrives Less anx- /
iety would be felt on this account We're !
il not that every day seems TO bring /
fresh lists of casualties. proving that I
much has been concealed as to the real /
state of affairs. At the best the coming I
week must prove critical and anxious
time.
The Times. commenting editorially /
upon the fact that news appears to ar
rive in Belgium from South Africa
through some channel uncontrolled by
British censorship, reminds the govern
ment that information valuable to the
enemy can similarly leak from Europe
to the Transvaal. 1t suggests that the
government should fully exercise their
right under existing conditions. il any
such channel has been fer special rea-
sons left open, and it appears to think
there may be some truth in yesterdays
Berlin and Paris stories
The Daily News suggests that these
rumors ere more likely intendei for