Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-22

ESTCOuRr Is SURROUNDED.
communicated Gu, on speculation.
OF the csmpsisn Naval aud
uilitary Disputes.

New York. nov. sl-A Dispatch 10 L
the Tribune from London says:
Tho war Tor which Lord Salisbury /
opened the way and cleared the ground |
by a scrrvt understanding with the Ger
man emperor has reached tho transit |
tion stage between Dutch attack |
thw hrtod by the successful defense ~ |
fadysmith. Mnfcklng and Kimberley. |
and British Offensive operations, now |
opening ON a large scale. There was !
renewal yesterday Of elastic rumou of |
disastrous rcpuiro ~ the Bocra at
I.ndysmth on Wednesday. but these
have been deprecated In advance by
definite news that Cen. Whites army
had remained Inactive no late as FRI
day. There were vague reports that
Ioubcrt'r forces had raised the siege.
gone south and cut N Estcourt from
the sea. but those lacked confirmation,
The siOgc ~ i1dNAmlth had "Vidcnuy
failed, but The resources u bptr craft
had not been exhausted. ana both White
and Ciory needed 10 be on their guard
ngalust b.tng cntrappcd nt the last mo-
mont. when the union Of their forces
only required caution and patience.
This was the uudrrtunc % talk al the
war office and among the military stan,
ana lNtN WAS NNNlAUNNM AlAAA " NV
| would remain qulvt and 'lvry would
not allow himself TO be- hurried. While
| the facts of the military situation 10
| lower Natul are carefully concealed,
/ Ii % .lain that tlery viii have IN the
course of a few days force u lhoo9
| or 1900 troops. including the naval
] brigade ana the buttuliona which were
| on the grnund before r'iufnrccmcntl be-
| San 10 arrive at Durham. These viii In
cludc three brlgadcs " the hist second,
and third divialunr, ana the second
SomDrfct llrht Infantry. which lett
/ Cnpctowu yesterday
Hoth Clcry and lllidyarl have been
| connected with the stan college ana are
considered among the best tnctlcianr %
the British army, They hay" been
and understand the minutcst details ~
military tactics of strategy nH taught In
the technical schools.
schools.
While the campaign In Satal 10
wrapped Ia mystery and darkness, ru
much urht IL thrown ON the movement
toward Kimberley that some LEADING
military writer's decline 90 believe that
10 will come ON, uH freely advertised.
Lord Msthuen has two bdEudes. In
Guiding the guards regiment 81 lancers'
several batteries ana a naNa! c9nNn.
gent. and auplrcntl. the Highland
brlgadc. under Wnuchone. VIII join
him. There viii be- a body OF ncuri!
i5.Co0 men. Sko9tics assert that the
censor would not allow the press dis
matches To 70 through II Kimberley
| wcfc the real destination ~ the cul-
umn, aud eNpect that 10 viii occupy
both banks Of the orange river aud
draw on the Dutch troo.s from Cape
| Colony
Other writer's In today's Journals
urge that the advance guard has gone
too far tn support that theory, ana that
Kimberley may hc In greater straits
than the public supposcs, ana that Gen.
Butler knows that the relief column
must march speedily. The censorship
la that quarter has evidently been re-
Taxed from some secret motive which
a. not r,ndlly understood.
General Gatacrc IN evidently expect
cd 60 play an important part In the
advance upuu llupmfontcin from East
London, IN connection with Mcthucn'H
Operations. hut his force ~ now small
Three divisions have been completely
rocast without regard 20 red tape.
Naval officers are annoyed by critl-
cium OF the admiralty for afranging sea
] transport by slow ahlpH, nud are re-
tortiug that the situation has been
sawed by the naVy'H guns. They con-
tend that the war office was ignorant NJ
the artillery resources Of the Beers, and
allowed t.udysmlth 10 be selected as "a
camp without providing guns equal In
range 10 those mounted against u on
the outlying hills, hut that tho eject Of
this blundcr was Counteracted by tho
naval l2.poundcrs sent from the ships
In the nick OF time. This cannot be- de-
MED. nor can II be questioned that the
naval guns on lmprovlsrd carriages
have transformed the situation at Est
court and on Orange river,
A point which Englishmen not COM
neotcd with the rival services perceive
" that the resources Of the British
government for carrying On war az a
iong distance inland are enormously In
creased by the active cooperation or
the army and navy In the present cam
pnign The blurinckets now On cN-
hibition az LadyHmith EHtcouu aud
the orange river are like the SeppyH
displayed at Malta by Lord Beacons-
field. ne practical reminder 10 Rus
nla that there was more than one way
OF fighting a biz campaign
London. Nov, 22, ~. m.--Thc an
nuunccmcnt from Durham that commu-
uication with EHtcpurt II interrupted
seems 10 confirm thr belief that a Bocr
commando has established Itself nt
Willow Orange, or near the Mooi river.
and has cut the telegraph wires. Nov
erthcless whatever definite news the
British commaudrrn may have OBJ
tanned from the scouts % the dispose
ton ~ the Bocr commands In Natal
aud the condition OF beleagucrcd gnr-
fiaonH particularly, nothing has been
allowed TO develop for the public In
formation