Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-12
,,,,h Admit They Have Los,
4,57O Men in These,
and Beers HOLD THEIR OWN
an, Thcy Took S7a Prisoners
IA Gun. a, ssormbera Dublin
An,i.war Meeting.

--i.,r.ra were taken AT Stormbcfg.
= ~ afhtlng at Modder river yes
,,.,,v evening. Den. cronje maintained
y. ,s,l,lsn and captured nifty British
pidiers" -. -,,
4, ,,noye the mystery ovcrhanging
a. Ga,aere's retreat from stormberg.
3, "A, no, yet forwarded the promised
,linlonal message. and the censorship
"A, prevented the correspondents from
r,lalninr the matter.
while II appears to be generally ad-
.i,,,d that Gen. Gatacre Is inclined to
.,,r,sork his men. Lord Durham's ro-
-, are considered as In rather bad
49,, Until Con. Gatacre has given
4, ,,planatlon It Ia felt that consider
n, Allowance must be made for the
,urme dlfncul,y Of getting intclli-
rsee in a country whose inhabitants
N In strong sympathy with the
ctny
sormberr IL described as n stronger
,,lilon than Lainss Nek. The only
"a winds through lofty hills and
asking IL impossible. colcHburg Is
,,s ,ald 10 be an almost ir'prognablc
ttlli9n, and nB no troops are avail
N 10 reinforce the column acting
,hose directions, II becomes evident
~ Gen. 0atacru'a misfortune or err
~ Mn delay the Invasion VI the Free
rtte. perhaps some weeks
n 4 exceedingly probable that he
vi b compelled 20 retire On Queens
. tur and to walt Cor endorsements
. rssh can hardly reach him until Nir
. OH, warren's division arrives at
\. cape. The first attachments will
nl saturday nfNt Even " Con.
Fsreh 10 not compelled TO retreat he
VI Be- obliged 10 pause In his ad'
unis
u row seems certain that tho
suuih division. which IL being mobl-
zi at AldcrshoL Will also be seat
South Africa.
10 further news has been received
scafning the Bocr report OF the cap-
TN q hny prisoners at Moddcr river
BIN Lord Mcthuen's column.
ns igst two months since the Trans
ua ultlmatum was delivered. Nine
ragsmenls have been fought. aud the
Iatih have lost 800 killed. s,Os7
ts.tied and 1871 missing or prisoners.
ne war office has issued u notice
tal after January LIST. deduction
vi BE- made from the pay Of soldiers
srlns w South Africa-ln the case OF
flaiu four psnce per day for wives
al penny for each child. In tho
ais u sergeant eight pence for wives
AZ ,so pence for each child. These
III have thus far been paid by the
rlurment The order Indicates the
vi that the campaign viii be u long
d = announced from capetown that
" Bows have succeeded In repairing
y Lesuwfontein bridge. between
taimoefg and Burgersdorp, which
., British destroyed on retiring
Ommandant swanepol, who COM
tla.ed tie Boer forces at Stormberg.
~ essh replaced by q seotehman
iantd Robertson.
A PRETORIA dispatch via Lourenzo
sAiVssi dated yesterday. says: "rhe
- captured three British guns In
Management with Gen. Gatncre's
iigs at stormhcrg.
ne sortle at Kimberley last Satur-
~ vas an attempt to take the BOcr
Aaaa al kampdordam. and to Sc
VI me waterworks. All the British
~ isll short
hlails are expected from the Doer
.pfu In the direction OF Modder
w Ihefe ~ report that tho Brit
Ie advancing on the plain and
~ hshung Is anticipated. Gen.
y -, ~ ana Gen. cronje command
s si'ls'. s., from Mafeking. dated No.
49,. spih, VIA L0urcnzo Marquee.
l.,,.a llth, says "Sortics by the
~ afnored train and Boer she'll
wy town continued. The British
~ had but few casualtles. Last
yang the protectoratc regiment man
occupy an outpost where the
l ee'Metfords could reach the
plk guns. and the result was
NJ ~, effectiveness OF the Boer fire
materially reduced"
~. "n9Wihg dispatch has been re-
As,s,mVh the Boer lager near
MI Several Kafiir runners
a,,.s- suy.mllh to Estcourt have been
Ihey received from Gl5 to
H., the uip' The intercepted mes
ls,, snow that men and horses In
N ,shi n are now on half rations.
~ a,,ky 10 81 u bottle, and that
exhausted"
slsn Dec, 1.-THE lord mayor OF
ks,r, Dahiel Talon. presided at a
49,, we corporation today, called
h,ds,t against the Transvaal war.
s.nm announced that there was no
h.s,, out The lord mayor insisted
mi ~ statement. in which he de-
i,tyelss une war was a wanton and
chsu aggression undertaken by
a.. IA
. vshn a handful OF farmers. lie
s. declared that America was ''op-
~, hls Ubiquitous war"
h A. ~ meantime, the members prea-
j! me- No quorum" and "Order."
a. Mhult In the galleries drowned
NJ, ,.se.ehes. Eventually the lord
l,eins ~ we chair, with the galleries
a., ~ resident Kruger. No at
s,p,s', 'nlle TO adopt the previous
'u resolution against the war.
rrhnk, Dec. ia dispatch to
" I'm from London says. When
7. eyIps hrst went out to Africa
nl,s-'r was generally regarded
tbs viFcles IA the strongest of
|sAusn ,Nhlon commanders. Gen.
H. sM called the ideal guards
fard laetlcian OF the parade
naolma.n ven Clery was known as the
s,teile,, W strategy. owing to his
h msnn WIN the stan college and
h a. ms on military science and
~ ans oest dressed officer In the
tpleur, he most popular club man
sinrS a 'are had the reputation OF
~ mn, seasoned soldier who had seen
o,gps. service than either OF his
n,ra, ND had done brilliant work
h. Ba,. snd In Egypt before omdur-
2Nh AZ vatacre and Methuen We're
VIA N. military martinets who ex-
" vhsr. men under them to work
bllnat,a ciery was a less rigorous
tta,man and more considerable In
- hss ny, of his soldiers. Gen.