Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-05
Distinguished Fighter VIII Have
Direction Of the Campaign.
BRITISH BUTCHER B0ERs.
tgiy Charge Of killing Wen who HAD
surrendcred-H ocr Porcc on the
Tugcia-Los.c. nc Lady smith.

prevalent tonight. supcrsoding General
hullcr. Lord Roberts ranks next 10
Lord Wellesley, the commandor-in .chlcf
" her mnicsty'a forces. aud was LONG
commandment -chicf In india.
THIS nowH caused a decided commo-
tlon In military quarters. which were
already greatly agltntod by the ORDER
Ing out OF 10000 fresh men under Mal.
Gen. Thomas Kclly.Kenny. inspector
general Of the auxiliary forces and re-
cruitinR.
Military experts think Con. Butler
has enough TO do to look after Natal.
while Gems. Gatacrc. French and Meth
uen are operating almost as lndopend-
ont commanders.
continental critics insist that the
nocrs les viii land Gen. Mcthucn
at XII Icy No weakened that he will
not be able TO move toward Blocm-
fontcin or Pretoria. because his lines
behind viii be- cut By raiders.
THE same authorities declare that
the Free statcrs can hold Gems. French
aud Gatacrc while all tho remaining
Bocrs-th0sc In tho cast-will. with
den. Butler held at Tugcln river. cvcnt-
uaily wear out Gen. White at Lady
smith.
1T Ia said now that only 200 Hocrs
fought Gen. Lord Mcthuen at Oraa Pan.
that the force he defeated at Belmont
rutrvatcd to the Orange Free state, aud
that tho troopa he met at Moddcr river
were wholly fresh commandos from the
TranHYunl.
"Tho mobility OF the Doors IL a
source Of constant surprise and unN-
ioty tn the british uuthoritloa.
THE entire British public. from roy
atty To tho lower classes. ~ plunged
into amazcnicnt and grief at the fright
ful losses In battle. The queen now
goes about her daily functions with rod
moan the death OF her soldiers and the
terrible ravnEca OF war,
THE princess OF Wales In private cx-
presses her horror of war. mud the ter
riblc suffering and pain bought upon
the British.
"The war Office ia constantly bcsiegcd
by members " the nobility seeking In.
formation % relatives at the font. one
duchess refuses TO read any telcgrumf
sent her TOT fear OF receiving the worst
news Of her sons. cousins, ncphcwa. ~
other members OF her family ut the
front"
4 dispatch to the World from Lon
don says.
Ugly charges are made against Brit.
iHh soldiers at Elnndalnngtc by cor,
respondent OF the leading Amsterdam
paper, the AlEcmcin Hnndclsblnd. VIII,
visited the bucr prisoners aboard IN,
gunrdship Penelope In Slmons bay. II
II charged that tho prisoners ana the
wounded were robbed Of cvCrythlnr
valuable even wedding rings. and that
IN one case Beers finger was cut IN
To gct ring, The correspondent says
Never nave I thought Englishmcr
TO be such brutcs. 1 Imagine that
about ninety mon were behind a kopl'
when 800 lancers attacked them. tn,
Beers had TO surrender To such over
/ whelmlng numbers and threw duwf
/ their weapons In token Of submission
hut the captain of the lnnccrs shouted
KIN the - whcroupon a tremendous
massacre cnsucd, Souscnthnlcr. IN,
/ only prisoner among them. was SPAR,
| because he had remained Hat on th'
| ground
Remarkable confederation Of THU
/ charge IL furnished by letter writer
I by Private Dplan, OF the NTH lanoers
| about obviously the same Incident a
! Elandslaagte. He describca how tn
ianccrs charged a kopje. adding "a
| soon NJ they saw the lance they threw
| up their rifles ana ammunition an,
| cried Friends But II was no 40. fo
| they fired on the Rcd Cross and W,
| had no mercy Tor them
a dispatch to the Herald from Lon
/ don says;
IT IL now certain that the Beers ar,
In great force on the further side o
| the TugOla river. The Bocr arm
which invaded Natal was put by goo,
Judges at $4,000 10 $1,000 men. II W
nccep, the latter figure and deduct 200
for losses, which may have been mad
| good by disloyal Dutch recruits from
Malta and another ten thousand 10
the remaining force NJ Ladysmith. tn
| total Of the army confronting Genera
| BUTLER may be from 1900 20 20 600 men
A. Tor It's artillery at Farquhar's Farm
according 10 the accounts In Natal pa
pera, the n0or guns oycrpowcrcd IN
| British. who had thlrty-riN ncld wca
pona. But now this artillery viii b
divided and there are not likely to b
| more than thirty or forty lBoer guns,
50 many. ON the Tugcla,
AGAINST this Gen, Butler has forty
two guns. besides naval weapons, n
should, then. have a distinct thoug
by no means n large prcpondernnce.
I'm the meantime some news hn
come through from Lndysmlth showln
that while On the one hand the Zoe
hombnrdment was becoming severe. o
the other that one Of the navy gun
had once more silcnccd the big Boer
or lO0-pOunder,
"Gen. Gntncrc has occupied and ~
cured large quantity uf corn while
would doubtless have bcon commau
deercd had the Beers been allowed I
make a longer stay,
THE two remaining squndrona @
Household cavalry left London ycstor
day for the front, This IN the FIRST 90
cnsion since the Egyptian war tina
life guards have taken the field. The
| should prove a very valuable rein
forcement, as the British are stlll woa
In cavalry"
a dispatch to the Herald from Pleter
harrisburg says;
News from Lndysmlth IL beglnnin
| TO come In more freely. The lntes
dispatches that from the beginning q
the Investment up 10 last Snturda,
Nov. 20, there were S32 killed an
wounded, Including both military an
civilians.
'The Beers shell the town from a
sides, their fayorite timo for openin
being at midnight,
"Tho heaviest casualties occurred o
Nov. 0, when the Beers made a deter
mined attack. advancing close 10 IN
camp. They were routed with heav
loss, our casualties numbering ~. Tn
next day Gen. Jouhort begged med
clnes from the British.
I'VE lost one killed In nm attack o
the gath, the Beers again losing heavily
on the Goth. hombardment, which IN
been more or less severe damage
some buildings. ON the following dn
It was announced that the Beers wer
going SOUTH