Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-12
.,H,b Admit They Have Los
4,57O Men in These,
AN BOERSHOLD THEIR OWN
say They Took 672 Prisoners
IA Guns az stormberg-Dubiin
Auu-war Meeting.

tcndOn, Dec. LEA uiHpeNN" Ai''''
,',,oria. dated yesterday, says six
,,,drsd and seventy-two British
'J,opsrs we're taken at stormberg
I, mo fighting at Modder river yes
,..,ov evening, Gen. cronje maintained
\. ,osltlon and captured fifty British
ssldisrs"
A. further news has been received
..,,oye the mystery oyerhanglng
IN Gatacres retreat from stormberg
:, has not yet forwarded the promised
'llnlonal message. and the censorship
i, prevented the correspondents from
aplainlug the matter
While It appears 10 be generally ad-
.,,sd that Gen. Gatacre is inclined 10
,r,work his men. Lord Durhams re-
.,,ts are considered as In rather bad
,ss Until Gen. Gatacre has given
\. sxnlanation 1t is felt that consider
M. allowance must be made for the
.,tnme difficulty Of getting intelli-
rsss in a country whose inhabitants
q, In strong sympathy with the
rsnY
s.ormberg is described as a stronger
..ltion than Laings Mex. The only
,,d winds through lofty hills and
asklng is impossible. Colesburg is
,,o said 10 be an almost ir'pregnable
| rs,ion. and as no troops are avail
| M 10 reinforce the columns acting
! hose directions, II becomes evident
| M Gen. Gatacre's misfortune or err
M will delay the Invasion Of the Free
sa,e perhaps some weeks.
II k exceedingly probable that he
Nh be compelled TO retire on Queens
tgr and to wait sor endorsements
vhlch can hardly reach him until Nir
hafes Wafrens division arrives at
n Cape. The first detachmeDts will
i nD Saturday next Even u Gen.
Tsreh Is not compelled TO retreat he
m te obliged 10 pause In his ad j.
nnce
!, now seems certain that the
yysn,h division, which is being mobl-
lsi al Aldershot will also be sent
South Africa
40 further news has been received
! aaarudng the B0er report Of the cap
us Of hfty prisoners at Modder river
nn Lord Methuen's column.
It's Just two months since the Trans
val ultimatum was delivered. Nine
egagements have been fought, and the
British have lost 500 Killed. 2,027
wounded and 1877 missing or prisoners.
Tie war Office has issued a notice
Dat after January LIST. Il deduction
VII Be made from the pay Of soldiers
sTlns N South Africa-in the case OF
Tiyales four pcnce per day for wives
al a penny for each child, In the
ass Of sergeant eight pence for wives
nd two pence for each child. These
SINS have, thus far been paid by the
r1GnmenL The order indicates the
Alst that the campaign will be a long
a.
Il Z announced from Capetown that
" Beers have succeeded In repairing
" Leeuwfontein bridge, between
s1mberg and Burgersdorp. which
Z. British destroyed on retiring
Wnmandant swanepol, who COM
n.h.sd tie Boer forces at Stormberg,
~ peen replaced by a Scotchman
unt Robertson.
a Pretoria dispatch via Lourenzo
SSl'qael dated yesterday says; THE
~ captured three British guns In
y engagement with Gen. Gatacre's
Ni.s al Stormberg.
me sorlie at Kimberley last Satur-
" vas an attempt to take the Boer
,Augh az hampderdam, and 10 Sc
.t we Waterworks. All the British
egs isll short
pelsils are expected from the Boer
.pss IN the direction OF Modder
va, There Is report that the Brit
Ie advancing on the plain and
~! hghung is anticipated. Gen.
.Ar LOO and Gen. Cronje command
Z. Beer forces,p
As'lees from Mafeking. dated No
49, S'th, Via Lourenzo Marquez,
asLloer 18th, says: "Sorties by the
..a,a armored train and Boer she'll
~ y" sas town continued. The British
nag but few casualties. Last
~ 'he protectorate regiment man
800 o'cupy an outpost where the
,H Lee'Metfords could reach the
plg guns. and the result was
!, w, Ms effectiveness Of the Boer fire
materially reduced"
s following dispatch has been re-
,ss.l,oin the Boer lager near
S,nlih' Several Kafiir runners
s,,,. .-laEsmith TO Estcourt have been
49, they received from els to
k,., 'he trip, The intercepted mes
iSv,,.I.1" mat men and horses In
, sltlllni are now on half ratlons.
" /, sa ana is 81 bottle, and that
~ DEC. 1.-THE lord mayor Of
49,. Lailel Talon, presided al
-. tne corporation today, called
gsss' against the Transyaal war.
s-5ss announced that there was no
n,s out the lord mayor insisted
tnns a statement. In which no de.
t,nyobss une war was wanton and
S ss aggression undertaken by
sal,s," ',o~rlain and capitalists
M, a handful Of farmers" He
o,s - seSiared that America was "op-
~ lhls Ubiquitous war"
B. s, s meantime, the members pres
/. NE. M No quorum" and order"
NJ ahult In tbs galleries drowned
NJ ~ gssshes Eventually the lord
sse-,s !. tne chair, with the galleries
cp wi PRESIDENT Kruger. No at
sspsss. MADE TO adopt the previous
resolution against the war.
\ rrDwh. Dec. ia dispatch 10
B, arns IRON London says. When
=. Gs,..g 'ps hrst went out 10 Africa
ngts-e was generally regarded
} Ia Sircles az the strongest OF
saO,, uNlslon commanders. Gen.
H. s,s@ called the ideal guards
fs,s lactlcian Of the parade
tl5lr ven. Clery was known as the
a,se,,a.'er IN strategy, owing 10 his
h Msn With the stan college and
b a n az on military science and
~ ans AZ oest dressed officer In the
I s,Scn., me most popular club man
sisss sa.aefe had the reputation OF
" sn.s seasoned soldier who had seen
assus. service than either Of his
n,rs,1 ana had done brilliant work
b ~ ana In Egypt before Omdur-