The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05

fed that il General White keeps strict
" on the defensive he win be able to
hold-his oxn- The British experts
smile at the Boer plan of campaign
which coDtemplates Selling Durham in
ofder-to rreyent the landing of British
fatal defect. namely. that ii ignores
the British fleet. under whose guns ii
is ALLEGED. the seizure of Durham will
be impossible.
The dispatches. today show that the
forces of the Orange Free State at
length prepared TO invade Cape Colony.
These forces are not overwhelming, but
the Dutch in the neighborhood of, Coles
burg and Burghersdorp are exception
ally pro-Boer and their support is evil
IDENTIFY expected. The objective OF this
force of Beers will probably be Naauw-
poort, one of the most important
strategic railroad points in South
Africa. which will probably be. it is
said here, the first advanced depot of
the second division of the army corps.
Naauwpoort is understood to be well
earrisoned and able to take care Of
Itself Trains thence to Colesburg have
been almost suspended.
The dispatches from Ladysmith
though three days old. are regarded
here as being more cheering and as in
dicating that the Beers are not dis
posed to come to close quarters. On
the other hand some people assert it
is more probably that the Beers are
recuperating prior to a fresh onslaught
on Ladysmith, as, according to the
latest news, after the. artillery duel
and ineffective skirmishes Tuesday the
Beers took up good positions on Signal
hill and Cmbutwani mountain
The two commanders continue to ex-
change courtesieS- General White in
RESPONSE to General Joubert's request
Tuesday sent the Beers an ambulance
to assist in the conveyance of the Boer
wounded.
1t is understood that the feeling of
security at Ladysmith has been greatly
increased since all the Natal guns have
been mounted there, in spite Of the
knowledge of the garrison of the Beers
efforts TO cut the railroad south. Ad
vices from Cape Town show that the
people there are beginning to realize
the seriousness of the situation in
Natal. Merchants are apprehensive of
try and it is reported that many OF
them have instructed their representa-
tives to leave PietermaritZburg.
In spite Of the optimism of military
men there is q feeling of general
anxiety at Cape Town. The Orange
river is reported to be so swollen that
the drifts are impossible, and the Beers
which is the only means of crossing
The possibility of Lady Randolph
Churchill accompanying the American
hospital ship Maine to the Cape of
Good Hope has aroused much interest
here. Her ladyship said to a represen-
tative Of the Associated Press today:
THE question of my going is de-
pendent upon several contingencies. 1t
is quite possible 1 may go. but the mat
ter has not yet been fully determined
upon"
Lady Churchill has taken the most
active part in the scheme to fit out the
Maine and her friends are now anxious
that she should see the matter through
personally.
News that Colenso has been evacu-
ated was another bitter pill for the
British public, and is arouSing fear
that the continental statements of a
second serious defeat of General White
may prove true A significant fact is
that the war Office does not say when
ment which emanated Thursday from
DR.. Leyds, the diplomatic representa-
tive of the Transvaal, who is located
at Brussels, that the Beers had occu-
pied Colenso, was possibly true. There
is much apprehension that they We're
suppressing bad news.
The Kimberley correspondent of the
Ddily mali III d uiSpdtcn illeu NOV l., |
and forwarded by way of Orange river, |
says:
THE Beers are still in force in this
On Saturday evening our
patrol was fired on in the neighborhood
of the Wesselton mine, the enemy ex-
pending a quantity of ammunition in |
however, owing to the long
range. A Free State burgher with a |
pass from the enemy has brought 200
oxen into the town.
THE enemy is reported to have three
siege guns in position at Oliphantfon- !
TEN, four miles from WeSSelton.''