Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25

RISING IN CAPE COLONY.
Dutch Taking sides with Boers-Gcn.
uothucn's Protest o. British
Plans OF Advance.


death Of the khailfa and the iinai defeat
Of the dcrvishes has been received here
with great Joy aa welcome set on to
the serious situation In South Africa.
a dispatch from Queenstown, cape
Colony. Gen. Gatacre's headquarters, an
nounccs that four hundred colonial rob
els. Including an x-mdgistrn,e OF Bark
ly-Eas,. have jointcd the enemy at the
latter place and that the whole force
IL reported to b. marching In Dordccht,
whence Il can operate. to Intercept Gen.
Gatacrc's advance to re-occupy Strom-
berg Junction. a strategic point from
which Gen. Gatacrc can get IN direct
touch. through the railroad. with Gen.
French at Nanupoort and thus with
The British base at DE Aar.
Another dispatch says that refugees
arriving from Queenstown assert that
t.hdygrcy has been occupied by the col
onial farmers and that Il Ia feared there
Ia general movement In favor OF the
Beers.
Advlces from Belmont. confirming the
tfcachefous use OF the white fiag by
the Beers. are arouHing Indignation.
The troops engaged are bitterly COM
planning. and II IL feared the result VIII
h. refusal to give the Boars quarter.
A similar incident to the one which
occurred at the battle OF Glencoe when
an officer was shot by q wounded Hoer,
IL reported by the London Times cor
respondent at Belmont. who says that
Lieut.. Hlundell Of the grvnnder guards
wa. shot by q wounded Beer whom h,
was attending. Such statements appear
Incredible but they are now confirmed
officially By the protest u Den. Meth
uen. who has sent a message TO ths
Boer commander raylns;
II must ASK you 60 war; your wound
cd not 10 shoot our officers. I mus
warn yuu not to use dumdum bullets ~
use the ii1g OF truce trcachctously. such
action ~ cowardly In the extreme. and
l cannot countenance IT,"
al accounts confirm the splendid
chnrging Of the British Infantry. the
Scots guards entering the nght with
drums beating and iifes playing.
The second ridge was tho strongest
position. The Tocrs there were shell
trced behind ramgarts OF bouldcrs.
Nevertheless the guards advanced
steadily, many Of them coolly smok'
ms
T. 4. Knight. a well known war cor.
respondent. who went to Havana dur
iuE the Spanish American war. was
wounded In the arm by q dumdum hui
let, The hospital train arrived al
orange river IN the MEX Of time from
Cagotown and was sent 10 Belmont
The Train IL constructed on the corridor
system with beds ranged la tiers M
each side. on IL return to orange nv
cr, with the wounded. II WIS found u
number Of them were able to walk. but
there were many strctcherS carried Tn,
troops In camp lined the route from IN,
-. NuN -.
were cheerful. and na they hmpcd al0nf
supported by medical orderlies, eS'
changed chan with soldiers In tn,
crowd.
dot any loot7" asked soldier.
Yes" was the grim reply from IN,
MANNED man. I'm my blooming leg"
There IL much discussion now AS I,
whether Gen. Mcthucn Intends to marcl
direct to Kimberley or double arount
and cut on the Free Statcrs who hnV,
Invaded the Colesburg and Burghers
drop district. and, driving them on Gems
Gatncrc and French, intilct a crushing
defeat on them. The general opinion
| however. n that he will proceed nOrtl
and attack the Hocrs at Modder river
thus relieving Kimberley.
There IL much anxiety now as to IN,
| fate OF Mnfeking, In view OF the lutea
and somewhat Respondent adviccs. I
was rumored In the Glasgow stock cN
change today that Mafeking has sur
| rendered, but the war Office officials de
clare they have nothing connrmator,
or otherwise.
In the meanwhile the news from Ma
| tai II not encouraging.
Estcourt and the Moot river camp arr
both hard pressed ana II seems nlmos
Joke 10 regard the garrison as form
ing part Of the relief force for Lady
smith.
A dispatch from Pretoria. date,
| Thursday. gives a dispatch from soutl
| OF Lndyamlth, TO the effect that Gen
| Joubert that morning shellcd Estcuur
camp but without response, The In
hnbitnnts " the town were rcportr,
| 10 be leaving,
| A dispntch from Pretoria also lndl
Gates that news Of the battle Of Bel
mont had reached Pretoria, as II say
heavy lighting II reported south %
| Kimberley today between the Fro
Staters and n supposed British relic
force from the Orange river"
The foregoing dispatch also refers /
the British attack on the lioer position
at Willow Orange. outside Of Estcourt
the previous day. which was reporte
by the English newspaper correspond
cnts.
The attack Is said TO have been
surprise, and although the British re-
tired on Estcourt they did not do y
until they had bayonetted eighty Boer
and captured an their equipment and
number OF horses, 4 big gun poste
I'm position. the capture OF which ap
pears to have been the British obiectiv,
was found to have been removed
The story IL thus clrcumstantial n
Official confirmation Ia yet fortheomine
An official statement was issued a
Durham yesterday that there were n
Hoers south Of the Mool river. TIL
Bocrs, however, as shown In recen
dispatches are rapidly closing roun
the M0ol river camp, AnOthe
armored train and mounted patrolme
reconnoltered the country surroundln
and report seeing none Of the enemy
But today the Beers were in stron