Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25
tsicosr and .ool River Camps Hard Pressed
BY the Beers.
RISING IN CAPE COLONY.
Dutch TsIina sides with nioers-Gen.
u.thu.n's Protest - British
piaas OF Advance.


death u the khailfa and the maj defeat
Of the dcrylshes has been received here
with great Joy as u welcome cot on TO
the serious situation In South Africa.
a dispatch from Queenstown. caps
Colony. Gen. oatacr-'. h.adapartcrs an-
nouncoa that four hundred colonial rub
.ls. Including an cx-magiatrate OF lark
iy.Ensi. have jolntcd the enemy at the
latter place and that the whole force
n reported to h. marching In pordccht.
whence Il can operate. to Intercept Gen.
Gatacrc's advance to rc-oocupy strom-
bcrg Junction. a strategic point from
which Gcn. Gatacrc can get In direct
touch through the railroad. with Gen.
French at Saaupoort and thus with
The British base at De Aar.
Another dispatch says that refugees
arriving from Queenstown assert that
t.adygrcy has been occupied BY the coli
onial farmers and that II Ia feared there
II general movement In favor Of the
Beers
Advlcea from Belmont. confirming the
tfeachsf0ua use OF the white nng by
the Beers. are arouHing Indignation
The troops engaged arr bitterly com.
HIuAnltEs ana u " tfNN'u AAl' AfNNN 80
b. u refusal to awe the BOarr quarter.
A similar incident TO the one which
occurred at tn. battle OF Glencoe when
an officer was shot by a wounded li"rr,
4. reported by the London Times cpr-
respondent at Belmont. who says that
| Lieut.. nlundsll u the Rfonadlef guards
| was shot by wounded iiosr whom he
was attending. such statements appear
| Incredible hut they arr now confirmed
| officially by the protest ~ Gen. M'ih-
uen. who has sent message 10 the
Hocr comma ndef saying
- must afk you 20 war; your wound
4 cd not 10 shoot our officers must
| warn yuu not 20 use dumdum bullets of
use the Has ~ truce trcnch-tously, such
action II cowarily In the extreme ana
/ I cannot countcnanCe H."
Al accounts confirm the splendid
/ chhfging 81 the British Infantry. the
| Scots guards entering the nEht with
drums beating and MES playing.
The second ridge was the strongest
| position. The Horra there wen" shell
| trrsl behind ramgarts Of bouiders,
/ Nevertheless the guards advanced
steadily. many % them coolly uinoks
| l.. 4. knight. well known war cor
| rysuon lent. who went tu Havana dur
| iug the spanish war was
wounded IN the arm by dumdum hui.
| lot The hospital train arrived az
! orange river IN the nick " time from
| Ca.vtown ana was Hgnt TO belmont
/ The tfaln IL constructed on the corridor
system with beds ranged Ia tiers on
| each side. on ~ return 10 orange riv-
Ct, with the wounded, u was found a
number u them We're able To walk. but
there Worr many strotchcrs carried The
troops In camp lined the route from the
station 10 the hospital. The wounded
were cheerful, and na they hmpri along
| supported by medical ordeflieH, cNs
changed chan with soldiers In the
crowd.
YES" was the grim reply from tho
MANNED man. in my blooming leE'
There IL much discussion now as TO
whether Gen, Mrthucn Intends 20 march
direct to Kimberley or double around
and cut on the Free Staters, who have
Invaded the Coleshurg and lurghrts-
drop district, and, driving them on Gems,
Gatncro and French, inlet a crushing
defeat on them. The general opinion,
however. II that he will proceed north
and attack the lioets at Modder river,
thus relieving Kimberley.
There IN much anxiety now ns 20 the
fate of Mnfeking. In view Of the latest
and somewhat dependent ndNicgr. IL
was rumored In the Glasgow stock cN'
change today that Mhteking has SUR
rendered, but the war office officials de.
clare they have nothing conhrmutofy
| OF otherwise,
In the meanwhile the news from Ma
tai II not encouraging,
Estcourt ana the Mool river camp are
both hard pressed ana II seems almost
a Joke 10 regard the garrison ~ form-
INK part of the relief force for Lady
smith.
4 dispatch from Pretoria. dated
Thursday, gives a dispatch from south
OF Labyrinth. to the effect that Gen,
Joubert that morning shellcd Estcourt
camp but without response, The In.
habltnnts ~ the town were reported
10 be leaving,
A dlsnatch from Pretoria also lndl-
Gates that news ~ the battle ~ licl-
mont had reached Pretoria, as II says
heavy lighting Is reported south of
Kimberley today between the Free
Staters and supposed british relief
force from tho Orange river"
/ The foregoing dispatch also refers "a
, | the british attack on the lioer position
| AZ Willow Grange, outside Of Estcourt
the previous day which was reported
by the English newspaper correspond
: cnts.
surprise. and although the British re-
tired on Estc0urt. they did not do su
until they had bnyonetted eighty Beers
| and captured an their equipment ana a
J number Of horses, big gun posted
I'm position, the capture ~ which np-
pears to have been the british objective
was found 10 have been removed
The story II thus clrcumstantiaL Nc
official confirmation h yet forthcoming
An official statement was Issued NJ
Durham yesterday that there were no
, Hoers south 81 the Mooi river. The
Dispatches are rapidly closing round
FL the Mooi river camp Another
4 armored train and mounted patrolmer
n recopnoltered the country surrounding
k and report seeing none Of the enemy
. uut today the Beers were In stronp
Il Alrartlnna ma ~