Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-25
Lord Roberts Reports a Triumph
for Gen. PoIe-Carew
FAIL TO CUT OFF The BOERS
French's Division Not Quick Enough,
a. Beers Move In The Ni2ht- Brit
ish occupy Dewetsdorp.
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Afternoon Dispatched
London, April 25,2.55 p. m.-Lord Rob
erts has telegraphed The following mes
sage to the war Office
"Bloemfontein, April 25.-Dewetsdorp
was occupied by Chernside without OPP
position at $3.50 this morning
BOER LOSSES HEAVY.
London. April %. 455 p. m.-The war
Office has received the following dis
patch from Lord Roberts.
'Bloemfontein, April 25-Pole-
carews division reported at Roodekop
yesterday evening without casualties.
The advance was covered by cavalry
and horse artillery. which drove back
the enemy with heavy losses, their dead
being left on the ground.
THE mounted troops halted for the
night at Grootfontein and at 1880 this
morning were crossing the M0dder river
al Nalsbank In accordance with my Co..
strucu0ns 90 French. 20 eudeayor 90
place himself astride the enemys lines
Of retreat French's arrival near the
Modder evidently however alarmed the
Beers who evacuated their strong posi-.
ton near DeWetsdOrp during The night
ana 70 was occupied by Chermside. s
division this morning
'Ihe mounted infantry under Ian
Hamilton, drove the enemy off the k0p-
Jes In the neighhoIhood Of the water
works without casualties on our side.
MARCH OF HIGHLANDERs.
"The Highland brigade marched
twenty-four miles yesterday % support
Gen Hamilton, and halted for the
night at Kip kraal, four miles short Of
Sannas Post
"Brabant and Hart are stIll a few
miles short of Wepener and the num-
beers of the enemy appear To- have some
what increased during the last few
days. But n Is not likely there win be
much trouble TN the neighborhoOd OF
Nepener once DeWetsdorp Is occupied
Boy our troops.
81 inspected the City Imperial vol
unteer battalion yesterday on their ar
rival az Bl0emfontein They are IN fine
form and look very workmanlike.
Il also Inspected the FIRST company
OF imperial yeOmanry which has ar
rived here The men turn out smart
and their horses are in an admirable
condition
RuMOR ABOUT WEPENER.
Herschel. Cape colony Tuesday
April 4-lt Is reported that the Brit
ish have occupied Wepener after heavy
lighting II IS also said the Beers are
unable 60 escape 90 the north, aud
that great developments are expected.
TRIED TO PEN BoERs.
London, April 20, p. m-The indie
clslve action and slow progress Of Gems.
Hart and Brabant arc relatively unim-
portant when compared with the prog
ress Of Gen French. To Is now evident
that Lord Roberts wishes not only TO
defeat the Beers, but 20 pen them in as
az Paardeberg. To this end 10000 British
troops are concentrating IN the south
eastern portion OF the Orange Free
state and are operating according %
carefully devised plans. and the delay
may be due as much 90 strategy as 10
necessity. The success OF this import
ant movement almost entirely depends
upon Gen. French. II he can sweep
down from the north with the rapidly
Kimberley and Paardeharg. he will
effect the same swift sudden trans
formation which followed the cavalry
evolutions two months ago.
DISAGREE ON THE PROSPECT.
According 90 last accounts he was
pushing on successfully Every day the
Beers remain al Wepener improves
Gen FrenChs chances of success. no
put a girdle round the 5000 Beers estl-
mated 20 be IN the southeastern part
of the Orange Free State. Lord Rob
cris has evidently taken large chances
The British critics differ regarding The
result some declaring IL Is impossible
Tor the Beers 90 escape from the net.
while others reserve their opinion until
more definite news OF Gen. French's
progress Is received.
There Is a general Impression that
the main advance upon Pretoria win
ue taken up without any rec0ncentra-
ton az Bloemfontein, as with more
tnan half the British army stretched I'm
echelon across the Orange Free state
such change IN directions would in
definitely delay the accomplishment OF
Lord Roberts main objective
RUMoR OF GEN. MEYERS DEATH.
A dispatch from Durham dated Tues.
day, April "A. reports that Gen. Luz
cas- Meyer Is dead, but that the gener-
al is known 70 have been wen on the
previous day.
A B0er version Of the recent British
attact at Fourteen Streams says that
two Beers were killed and four wound.
ed. Little damage, 10 is said. was done
10 the camp. though II was vigorously
bombarded.
The Ladysmth district Is apparently
stu only marked by snipIng and scout
ing.
FOUR BOERs CHASE 300 BRITISH.
A Boer dispatch from Glencoe. Natal
dated Tuesday, April 2ith. says that
four scouts surprised three hundred
British from Ladysmlth, on April 22nd
and put the whole body 20 flight and
captured two OF them
The arrival Of Mafeking dispatches
has renewed the interest and an ex-
pectancy as 10 the fate Oh its defend
crs.
LADY WILSON MIsBEPREsENTED
THE beers.
Lady Sarah Wilson's account Of the
slaughter OF the thirty natives who went
out from Mafcking last Friday 20 re-
cover some cattle which had been loot
cd by the Beers, and who. while they
we're stopping were surrounded by
burghers and shot without quarter, APP
parently harshly misrepresented the
action Of the Beers a dispatch re-
oeived by the Associated Press from
Mafeklng says that the natives In cues
ton were authorized raiders, and that
instead Of being ruthlessly slaughtered