Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-01

~ Dlsarly needed In all directions.
W.,buens column Is stlll very
In Natal Gen. Clery's relief force
considered any too large, while
al, French and Gatacre have only
N 1.nehments with which TO oper-
.,most difficult country. The fifth
.os Is urgently needed, and the
.,s may have to follow
.,sop Dec. IA semi official state
has been issued that Lord Me-
N. wound is not serious, and that
I, eypec,ed TO be all right IN the
,,ss O, few days. II is certain,
ever that the wound Will prevent
ling IN the saddle, and there is
"a, anxiety to know whether he will
,orpelled temporarily to abandon
,s,sonal direction Of affairs, His
=, In command is Col. ColVille. COM
,silrg the guards brigade. He has
,.nuiatlon as an excellent officer
NJ men are needed In all directions.
- Wolseley's announcement that a
/ = division win be embarked without
1 ,,y has been received with the great
N abstraction. The transports VIII
s h. returning from the Cape, and
( hoped that the men VIII be dis
r.hed speedily
6s his point the Morning Post says:
m sooner We can make up our minds
n the magnitude Of the work In
r. The sooner 1t viii be accom-
'Asd
| llsut Col Stapford's death ends a
ID promising career He was the
fgr mainly responsible for working
DE details Of the mobilization
,Asne
| ne Tines publishes the following dis
5tch from Frere. Natal, Monday, Nov.
In "Ladysmth was heavily bonn
lrisi today
| coI Baden Powell. under date Of
Ilitkne Nov, S0th, has sent the fol-
| sng 10 the war office, through Gen.
|Twe.iIer-Walker, at Capetown
al well here. Cronje has gone with
commando and with about twenty
Ivago1s to Riceters, Transyaal leav-
,g most Of the guns here with the
|yidco and Lchtenburg continNnts,
yh orders to shell Us into submission.
|BnbaIdment continues with very
|irsll results
| The enemys sentrIes drew US out
Saturday By making a show OF going
sway, and leaving a big gun. apparent
In state OF being dismantled. our
(s3ais found the enemy hidden In force
q We sat tight.
The enemys 94-pounder became
dnaged and has been replaced by an
dAsr more efficient. ! am daily push
i,g out our advance work, with good
|rut The health Of the garrison Is
Fod No casualties TO report"
4 4 dispatch from Kimberley. dated
November gi,h. by way Of Klokfontein.
November 9th. says There We're a
i'E rae shots early today from the
tictlon Of Wright's farm, but this
tA regarded as merely one OF the nu-
hEo1s Boer tricks 10 draw our men
or by Inducing us to believe that the
|tsYlng forces are drawing near This
'isno0n the Beers blew up two large
Glvers near the rife butts on the
nLvay line toward Spytfontein.
The news Of the proximity OF the
hkylng forces greatly cheered the
nfiion and the inhabitants. 4 few
seN were seen today but Il Is believed
eal he enemy Is In only small bands
round Kimberley. lots Of fifty OF 80,
as greater part having gone TO Spyt-
alsn, where firing is believed TO have
ssl heard about noon.
from kai'ir sOurcs comes q report
tai there are two large Boer laagers
q Oliants dam, with $50 wagons for
's's' supply The Boers have cut the
asilg dam three miles distant, al
eshg the water 10 run down toward
YEN Layers into an old dry dam on
.' larm. This is believed 10 be the
ilv state base OF operations on the
sesiern border
4ht Official estimate places the
,.nosr q Beer shells fred during the
,S,laoafdmenl Of Kimberley at about
XIV and ours al no fewer than 600. As
y, enemys shells so frequently hit
~ sandy ground, the explosive ef-
~ j. greatly neutralized. All our
.-laed are in a very satisfactory con-
AZ elrmored train proceeded toward
.'g,lneld TO econnolter, but this i'm
-l4'ely reused the enemy's cordite
s,t' Shd the train returned after the
l' Y. shell had been fired.
lpe Beers are now firing on the res
u'or fort from Wllbleton."