Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14
REPORT COMES
| OF A BATTLE.
p,a,s and Beers in an Engage
ment Near Ladysmlth'
ENGLISH TROOPS sANGUINE.
.,,..,,on 4. Wore serious Than
ga. thought Boers TO Attack
Three Towns.

ts-son oct il-An EdlnburE pa
M s,ouman. this morning asserts
"a battle has taken place between
III Sir Georgc stewart white. COM
.tl,r Che forces In Natal. and the
=. who entered Natal By way Of
N rename pass Gen. white. tho
,,nso says ls very eangulnc % the
..c,.. Of the British movement
an. foregoing report Is considered to
correct. az late last nlght the war
M. had news Of a British advance
I'm taiysmIh. and was hourly cN-
,nre further intelligence.
Il a'.p,tch to the Daily Telegraph
!, h. correspondent at Iadysmlth,
ia a, noon on Friday says "A
ronr mobile column under Sir George
t,.v.r White. accompanied by Gen.
Archibald Hunter. proceeded before
,ybr,ak this morning toward Acton
me-. f5r the purpoac ~ rcconnoltcr-
Gen whites object was 10 OBJ
I've what was going on ana also 10
., he mobility and efficiency Of hla
H.. All the men are we'll. and tho
saihsr - due"
According TO dispatches from Lady
HMM to tho Standard and the Daily
tssgraph. dated THURSDAY. heavy
.oru. have begun. and forage 10
,r,s on the vsldt Therefore nothing
srpecisd 70 happen Tor "a fow days,
80 the Hoers. who were reported to
Advancing should threaten the Brit
~ lre u defcnHr drawn from Glencoe
.ah,iIon to Ladysmlth. In this ease.
Il ,,finr 10 The dispatches. no Fpprc.
nson " fclt az 90 the result. Gen.
thns has twelve guns. and the Bocfe
f ssyen.
The Daily Mails Capetown cores
t,nd,nt. telegraphlng Friday evening,
syn 4 learn on good authority that
b noers are attacking Mafcking'
1hey ere reported to have already suf-
tf,d several repuises. It il generally
smiitsd that vfybufg cannot stand u
. efong Boar attack"
Aooonilrg to the Daily Maize Cape
Do correspondent Mr.. schreiner.
Iymltr q Cape Colony. viii unrescr-
{, i.y support the imperial government
D. previous reserve was dictated by a
ts.rr not to drive the extreme Dutch
rslienis to gxceascs.
According TO the same authority. the
rlvaJ department had early lntlma-
~ VI The Intention 81 the Beers to
qsuoy railway bridges over fourteen
freims, and sent adequate forces to
u litgi theHa points The result was
o. ihe hosu postponed their at
tmpa
Earl Or0bler member " the Volks-
% Tor fh.lunOIH has been elected
qlmmandanisE5u,rll OF the Free state
Dove He h. only % years OF age. h
~ educated, aud was Free State
fegaie 90 the Chicago exposition.
Tie correspondent % the Daily Mall
ih'r sayt that the Free State forces
w completed all preparations FOR the
gsuueu0u " tno Bothullc bridge
f.fA mat action becomes necessary.
" y an Interesting fact that Lord
ligard Cecil. uon of the Marquis u
slufy. Is with Col. Baden Powell
a Maieklng.
zoe Ladyamiih correspondent OF the
ms ltleguphing on Thursday, says.
u subsequent reconnaissance shows
me invading force from the Free
80 humhefH approximately 1900
~ NE Times explains this az EVIL
r." wv referring 10 previous telegram
,h hh not yet reached them.
lhe Illness capct0Wn correspondent
~ mat The ro-called Irish brig
shich Is lighting Tor the TrnnAvanl
2 q fraud and that scarcely any men
~ known 20 De Irish are In IT,
Il Iya p9udent adds that lrlshmen
sloh q the brigade.
ue Pnueg OF Wales. az prcaldent OF
Yllgd and Sailors Famllics as
4 l,tnn has appealed TO the public
IMl OK NJ wives and children OF
soldiers sent 10 Africa.
Al ~ -ie cabinet occupied the whole
Z W. morning In a conference with
Il . a'lgv Ailuer, governor OF the
ii st,,ss hI hntah high commissioner
u ,-. on thr reports Of cessation OF
Il n 4tn communication We're promn-
al ny were due tn the coincidence
I'M h, "nH Interruption commencing
Al tApii1iion NJ the Trnnsvnai
~rl,nallm and the nan-recelp. ~ ne,vs
I llmes This morning. dlsrusgin,,
situation. Fny1.
n. ~ llle 20 ignore the fact that II
/ Al make a determined advance
n n t s'Al' into Natal. as appears
hhststiy 49, sustained condition OF
I 81 Nv ~ inactivity might become hone.
/ nj fns,r lnr question. We hnyo
| nmt.-, or 'fumuunH exncuy Tho
| az ~ W troops az Labyrinth. Glen
| IA n .Ulntaee, and N we had ID would
/ Hltft1 vi .lgnt 10 discuss that point.
| nrkoBsd y, zee state troops are TO he
/ mAni1b, esn 10 addition To Conn
| ifs NV. GENERAL loubort'a contingent
| n ,u4uon o. undoubtediv ,,9o,,,',.
l No. seemed yesterday ma s,,,,t, I.
la s,ill,l joe awaited with anxletv
IN tts ~ lh favor of the defense ia
Hsn H. ~, state and Transyanl
n uBIse, IVY accustomed 10 WORKING
"a t8 1Nl any attempt ON thsir
n calnrspll me principle OF converr.
nlih Woi,s 20 an attack ON Lndv.
ogbistS s8.l not be likely to meet with
IMAM 'itnofed train Incident ia ra-
n ,ent hatN W is scarcely dispstrous
II from to,,lt Wnls On cut Mafelylug
N Rhadesi' y with Plumbers force
oidlhg 70 the Klrh..,o,. 49,.
Mr. ~ the Daily Teierrnnh g'.1
", NM % narrow pscape frn,,, 49,
NJ lir5ian5 Nv nlH way 10 London "
that uhllnurs the corresnopd
8 nItsd for lying column ~ beinr M.
M1 hetu.' protection OF tho rnti-
LNnhaHey me Orange river ma
"pnA M a.. worthy information