Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-20
,s,Ir Rapid Movements Overmatch
the British.
KILLER USED HIS CAVALRY,
-, avaii-Big Prayer Meeting
-EusIi.h want vie'or,-M""y
Volunteers for Docrs.

Iii OF the report that Gen. Me-
ss.r.s communications have been
7. though what little Information Is
.-.aable would seem to indicate that
~, ,rue-ln the first place. the silence
!, N. VAR office and newspaper cor
.,,ondcnts. In the second place. Sir
n'r,s warrcn's division proceeding
!, ~ Aar, which looks as though II
80 going to lend n hand to the Mod
IN river column.
The strategy Of the Beers 10 far has
Yen 10 operate against the communi-
,,,lo.. - 'hc British forces. with
a;,r great mobility they can do this
,sh complete lmpunity. rctrtating on
A, aprroach OF n strong British force
a eehtlng II the force sent be weak.
should any considerable force Of
po,r hay lntrcnched themselves south
Gen. Methucn. II may nccossltatc
a, retreat. Sir Charles Warren should
= able to clear them out. but the most
rssnt need for his troops seems to
10 Natal. where. ut all costs. Gen.
White must be relieved.
The ioss Of 80 field guns. 6 naval guns
,.d 1000 British troops IN one not
b be lightly thought OF. yet It Is APP
,sr,nt that Gen. Butler. with his pres
a strength. cannot accomplish the
Md. With Gen. warrcn'H division
y would have eight batteries OF ar
tIery and about $1,000 men.
On the other hand, were Gen. Warren
D !oln Gen. Methuon In AN advance of
turning movement on Jncobsdnl and
Eoemfontcln, II Nv thought that the
i,tssufc might be- taken on Butler. as
NJ Beers would have to detach large
achievements TO aid Gen. Cronje.
fity might. however. decide to block
Ne British game by allowing Blocmfon-
unL which IN n place OF no intrinsic
lnp0rtance though the capital Of Free
aite 10 fall, concentrating their cf-
ifn on the CAPTURE OF iadysmlth.
From accounts Of the battle OF the
fsgtla Il appears that the great fon-
ilfe was the extreme mobility OF the
posn During the action their REIN
iaftements galloped up TO occupy
trenches and the marvellous rapidity OF
Atf movements gave them. as II were.
front IN the air, enabling them to
Aanre and diversity their positions as
ecaslon demanded.
This mobility was equally In evidence
a Magersiontcln, and explains to a
hfgr extent the British check. Gen.
Nshuen had thoroughly shellcd and
rploref the Boer position the day be-
ffe u. "ght. but ON the next day
hsy Ns' S'fted their ground and oc-
cepled ns-e ..trenchmcuta
" the same cause was due the disne-
" u the British artillery at the Tu-
ola Colonel Long and his three bat
titles were stationed to support Gen.
hliyard. and when that officer was In
tfeul,y Long rushed forward his guns
bsst into close range. apparently with
ct the necessary escort. Suddenly he
l.snd himself confronted by hundreds
Y Beers who sprang out OF concealed
trcrchments, and poured a whitening
N at only six hundred yards range.
ho'tes and gunners were shot down
tsicllessly. and ten field guns had to be
tArdoncd.
he British yeomanry and volunteers,
NO have offered themselves In great
tinoers for service nj the front. are to
Extensively used. The war office this
loinlng Issued a statement that the
ttrnment had decided to raise a
counted Infantry force from the yco-
ABBY especially selected for expert
rikmanshlp and good riding. Lord
',ssham VIII be In supreme command.
L9rd Lonrdalc's name II freely cou-
~ Win It's quartermastcr gcneralship.
I. expected that force from 10000
b.Wo strong viii be raised. This
,,ee operating as mounted infantry,
wv Dc able to tight the Beers with tao
W SIMILAR TO their own.
-aew York, Dec. 20.--A dispatch to the
'npano from London says;
hnhctt Burlelgh sends the Telegraph
= account OF the Tugela battle. which
npahas the information conveyed from
,,ati sources. General Butler did not
ehrliely mention that he had cavalry
Il artillery with both Hanks, and the
s.'sltnce was that all the cavalry was
ny 10 the east engaged In atommlng
,ner turning movement In that dlrcc-
~ ar Burlelgh says definitely that
~. cavalry and artillery were with
~ AZ wing. The British front extended
,tsaAhee OF six miles, while the mar
sH fapidity OF the Boer movements
n. ~ hem, Ms II were. n front In the
,,uubllng them to change and di-
ruI positions as occasion demanded.
ihr Times correspondent says the
NJ had only ten guns and adds thar
,,,. n,irush naval guns made excellent
.su.e' yet the Boor artillery did not
M, 70 nave been sllenced and appar-
v,iy vol Longs intention was to get
V W. range or the Boer guns. which
~. hhklag havou OF the British In
,,.alIN In all probability Buffers
tho,iHs were under an artillery fire, al
la
'aa1e reply.
a. Nv YORK, Dec. 20.--A dispatch 90
nuIlu from Antwerp GAYS.
nsiss sIelt prayer meetings We're held
ss,snn. az Rotterdam by Dutch pastors,
sasl tv XVI rom all Holland. The Trans
a1,l,. Nnl was sung and six thousand
Wllected for the Bocr wounded.
,l,r,,e solu,lon was passed TO send
th,,a TO all British pastors asking
h AZ. preach and pray for an end
he hostilitles.
A. sstrdam and the The Hague la
Le,rae oHering their services for col
rooS money. and many young men OF
die, '.hllles In The Hague have de-
NJ n go 90 the Transvaal To Join
''c's in the Held.
Ne W.ri4 - pN's eVs-N ufphtcn W
IN world from London says:
s,n, we total absence OF news from
" NJ africa, the military expert of
tdtlc,sh'il Post Is forced to devote his
lTbW To the government.
ay", history OF tho war up TO 20.
lsllenne says, rs a history OF the con.
,Blbs, OF the insouciGnce OF the
Arh..'' from May to October.
Apsntr British government In July and
'ridy instead or getting the, army
Ioll, ana on the spot, was trying to
@tts,oup 'lA conscience. and even IN
Mi oer II could not bring itself TO
Mi" o'o than 10000 men to South
Id ,hhe'ory is now urgently needed.
. be us soonest to be had promise,
IL pan. Natnl. where the British ana
'her ~, forces are now facing each
sal yie Wrestlere. but. tax Ing a gem
NisM, them haa haar no IN I'M.