Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-24

vldcd with plenty Of guns Tho ground
they chose to defend was cloVefly
selected. and In driving them from their
position the liHtiah troops had to carty
three ridges IN succession. which seems
almost a repetition of the battlefield Of
Elandalaugtu. The last rdFy was ear
ried at the point 81 the hnyonet by ~.
guards. after the defenders had been
shaken out with nhrapnel Tho Britt
i-h losses. az officially reported, wetp
three officers killed and p wounded. In
GLIDING General Fclh-r6tonehaugh %
mon killed, 40 wounded and q miss.
ing.
The nocrs lost heavily and 20 pri .on.
ors were taken, besides great quantity
OF stores
This victory H. ~ special importance
because u o. tho fret blow dealt by
the British force. acting purely on the
Offensive. ana o. part % The develop.
mont ~ the British plan 90 cumpairu.
u WIZ doubtless ntHen NV The rad Go
Kimberley. at all events as Tar 40 the
Muddcr river, where ,ho advance OF
The column Will again probably be- op.
posed.
Further details Of the fighting win be-
anNiuusly awaited by the British public.
although It l. already clear that the
victory d decisive
\ dispatch 10 also at hand from Gen-
crul Gntncrs. who. In reporting the
latest deposition ~ the british troops,
makes omlnou. mention " the coutln.
ucd Dutch fislngs In the Hr0kon Nah
district. A pariy of armed Dutch o.
said 20 have lcft rfudock ON the east
crn I'm" 20 Port Elizabeth 70 i0in the
iioers. taking armed natives with them.
General French, who was reported %
h" moving cast from De Aar. has found
The lioors holding o strong porltiun at
Arundel fsw miles north N Nuauw.
Th.t IHFNFNaIs
three wounded
There o. no news from Estcourt but
fumor has reached plctcrmhrltzbuTg
that Gen, White made q sucrcrlful aoi-
Tie from LldvHmith. capturing some
Hocr positions with suns and material,
aud lnnlctInr loaa On the enemy
mig battle was plncgrled IN large
letters ON Newspaper posters last night.
but u turned out To be one ~ tho
old Kind In tho Soudnu. whore 900
p'rvishrs had been attacked by Gen,
WlnEntc with m Egyptian force and
utterly routed, after a sudden. lrrcHs.
ilhlc onslaught. over 400 being killed,
The AnElO.EFyutinu loss was three
men woundrd-u low urlCe for com
plytc victory. This IL the training
which tho British armies have had f1r
O gcncration In lighting ruvagrs or
semi.clvlllzcd foes. and 70 has untitled
them Tor battling with the Blers. who
DO not mass their forces ana cannot
be- rushed
The situation In lower Natal offers
striking contrast 10 all conditions Of
warfare To which the Etgllsh people
are accustomed. The Dutch allies. ar
ter Investing Ladysmith. have
turned about 10 deal with the British
relief column niecrmpHl. Iiy dividing
their forces Into mobile bands Of raid.
cfH ana cutting IN between Estpaurt
and Moot river. and threatening To dash
"a HN ~ H.. a
Pictcrmarllsburg. they are isolntlng
one British detachment after another
by their superior mobility, without
making decisive attack AZ any point
or concentrating their forces FOR su-
prone "if0rt. II II guerilla warfare.
with long rangs guns ana howltEers
added for keeping the British at "a dis
lance. and II varied by such diversions
a. horse stealing, cattle rniding and
loutlng ON a large scale. John Run IL
naturally lrrltntcd by these irregular
tactics. but he ought not 10 be- amazed
by them. for General Iouhort. during
the war " independence dealt In pres
cisel! the same way with one British
detachment after another and nre-
vented union OF the various commands.
lie then had the Immense advantage
u superiority Of numbers, Hut coudi.
lions are now reversed Tor the British
force In lower Natal viii be Is 600 GER
talnly. and possibly 60 900, when the last
transport reaches Durham and General
Whites garrison OF l3,0oo troops IL stlll
unframed In reserve. Moreover. Jou-
bert. while blocking the advance Of the
rclief column by separating the var
lous links IN the chuln. II scattering
his own forces without obtaining any
marked advantage,
while the situation In Natal was
most conllcilng several points were
clear at midnight ThV I.adysmlth gar.
s4ls yaFr4ulU.sA UuFH uFaN fhaaFfaI asf
end of last week, az wus shown 10y the
Stars speclnl dispatch from capetown.
based upon the message brought by a
runner General lllldyard was not help
less ut Etcourt, Tor he had made a
Hurtlo aud was eugaging the enemy.
The bridge was rcsoluiely hold by Bur-
toms hattllionH at the Mooi river, after
two days diminishing, ana there We're
guns 10 defend u. pietermnrit zburg
was well gurrlsoncd, and fresh infan-
try dragons and naval guns had been
put ON shore at Durham. General nul-
ier moreover, was not showing any
signs ~ uneasinosa or panic. for tho
only furue sent from Cupetown 20
Durham yesterday was a small body Of
dragons.
News from the western frontier IL
stirring Tho war Office has received
reports from Kimberley 10 Nov, H. an
nouncing weeks Ineffective lombard
ment and iva daHhlng midnight soriicH
by the garrison, The Dutch forces are
concentrating south of Kimberley IN
anticipation " the approach Of Lord
Mcthucn's column, which win have ~
duous work cut out FOR II. As the
enemy ore on good lighting ground
From Mafcking there ia u message 20
the pnll NAH Gazette dated Nov 20,
with the disturbing report that foVcr Is
rife In the town. Lord Salisbury'a son
IL stationed there with dozen well
known British officers who are fshllng
under Badcn-Powcll.
Signs OF active operations are multi.
plying on the Orange river north and