Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25
ts'coud and MOOl River Camps Hard Pressed
BY the Beers.
RISING IN CAPE COLONY.


London. Nov. 2s.--Thc news Of the
death ot the khauta and the anal defeat
Of the dervishes has been received here
with great Joy as a welcome set on TO
the serious situation In South Africa.
A dispatch from Queenstown. cape
Colony. Gen. Gatacre's headquarters, an.
nouncos that four hundred colonial rub
els. Including an cx-magistrate Of Bark.
ly-East, have jointcd the enemy at the
latter place and that the whole force
n reported to b. marching In Dordccht
whence II can operate. TO Intercept Cen
Gntacrc's advance TO rc-occupy strom-
berg Junction. a strategic point from
which Gen. Gatacrc can get In direct
touch, through the railroad. with Gen.
French at Naaupoort and thus with
The British base at DE Aar.
Another dispatch says that refugees
arriving from Queenstown aHsor, that
Ladygfcy has been occupied BY the coli
onlal farmers and that Il Ia feared there
IL a general movement In favor Of the
Beers
Advlocs from Belmont. confirming the
trcacherous use OF the white nag by
the Beers. are nrouning indignation.
The troops engaged are bitterly COM
planning, and II IL feared the result VIII
h. refusal to give the Bcars quarter.
a similar Incident to the one which
occurred at the battle Of Glencoe when
an officer was shot by n wounded borr.
IL reported by the London Times cor-
respondent at Belmont. who says that
Lieut.. Hlundeli Of the srcnadlcr guards
| was shot by q wounded BOcr whom he
was attending. such statemsntH appear
incredible, hut they are now confirmed
| officially by the protest " Gen. Meth
uen. who has sent message 10 the
Boer commander saying;
II must ASK you 20 warn your wound
| ed not TO shoot our officers ' must
warn YOU not To use dumdum bullets or
use the iins Of truce treacherously. such
action IN cowardly In the extreme. and
! cannot countenancc It,"
All accounts confirm the splendid
| charging Of the British Infantry, the
| Scots guards entering the night with
drums beating and fifes playing.
The second ridge was the strongest
position. The liocrs there were shell
tered behind ram9afts OF boulders.
| Nevertheless the guards advanced
steadily. many u them coolly Hmok-
| ing
T. +. knight. a well known war corr
| respondent. who went to Havana dur
| Ina the Spanish American war was
| wounded In the arm by a dumdum bull
let The hospital train arrived at
| Orange river IN the mex Of tlmc from
! cagctown and was sCnt to belmont
| The ttdin II constructed on the corridor
system with beds ranged la tiers on
each side. on IT, return To Orange riv-
err. with the wounded. u was found a
/ number Of them were able To walk but
| there were many strrtchcrs carried, The
troops In camp lined the route from tho
| station to the hospital, The wounded
.I..0a
supported by medical ordcrllce, .N.
changed chan with soldiers In the
! crowd.
Got any ioot7" asked a soldier.
Yes" was the grim reply from the
MANNED man, In my blooming leg
There IN much discussion now as to
whether Gen, Mcthucn Intends TO march
direct TO Kimberley or double around
aud cut OF the Free Staters. who have
| Invaded the ColrHburg and Hurghers-
drop district, Land, driving them on Gems,
Gatacre and French, iniict n crushing
however. IL that h. Will proceed north
! ana attack the Beers at Moddcr river.
thus relieving Kimberley.
There Ii much anxiety now as to the
fate OF Mafeking, In view Of the latest
| and somewhat Respondent ndvicos. II
change today that Mafeklng has sur
| rendered. but the war office officials de-
clare they have nothing conflrmatory
or otherwise.
In the meanwhile the news from Ma
| tai Il not encouraging,
Estcourt and the Moot river camp are
both hard pressed and IL seems almost
| Joke to regard the garrison as form
Ing part OF the relief force FOR Lady
smith.
4 dispatch from Pretoria. dated
Thursday. gives dispatch from south
| ~ uNvauatfh the tmaaf that r.s,
Joubcrt that morning ahelled Estcourt
camp but without response. The In
habitants ~ the town were reported
to be leaving,
A dispatch from Pretoria also lndi-
Gates that news ~ the battle nf Bel-
mont had reached Pretoria. as II says
heavy lighting ls reported south of
Kimberley today between the Free
statcrs and supposed british relief
force from the Orange river"
The foregoing dispatch also refers Ia
the British attack on the Bocr position
| al Willow Grange. outside Of Estcourt,
the previous day, which was reported
by the English newspaper correspond
cnts.
The attack IL said TO have been q
surprise. and although the British re-
| tired on Estcourt. they did not do va
until they had hnyonetted eighty Beers
| and captured all their equipment and d
| number Of horses. a big gun posted
In position. the capture Of which app
pears to have been the British objective
| was found TO have been removed
The story Is thus clrcumstantinl No
official confirmation IL yet forthcoming.
An official statement was issued at
Durham yesterday that there were nd
Boers south Of the Mooi river. The
Bocrs however, as shown In recen,
dispatches. are rapidly closing round
| the MOOi river camp, Another
armorcd train and mounted patrolmen
reconnoltered the country SURROUNDING
and report seeing none OF the enemy
But today the Beers were In strong
| forcn In TWO dlree tons nearby. This