Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-10
Afternoon Dispatched

Afternoon Dispatched
,..,or Feb. lO.-A dispatch to the
,on T,mes from Springfield bridge
"a friday, February 9th, says
.or, force at vaal Krantz entrenched
~. well as possible, but neverthe-
We continued to lose men and and, no
w. w was made. The Boer artillery
I, lrcesantly, and as Wednesday
- /, was increasingly apparent
!, although the infantry might by
mined assault force its way
s,.sb the center Of the Boer position
,oald be impossible during supse-
=, operations to maintain the Sc
M Of the lines, and evacuation was
,se3 upon The retirement COM
.,s,d at = o'clock at night the pom
= bridge being removed after Gen
yards force had crossed this morn
The whole force retired beyond
nuss Of the Boer guns which con-
i.fi shelllng'
RISK WAS TOO GREAT.
saaquarers Camp Springfield
F-lr Feb. s.-The position taken
"a Of the Tugels river proved a dill
m one TO maintain. The regiments
!, across as reinforcements went into
!, hont line Of trenches. but owing 10
n r,ai strength OF the Beers In the
lsi,on,gin hills to the left II was
impossible to advance without
,aa unnecessary loss.
n, Beers continued Smelling the
|s,ss position. Several Long Tom
|ess .el among the transport trains
I'd issr burst at Swat Kop, but the
| ssn could not get the range. The
British gins posted there failed to
s;ss the Long Tom or other
riasd guns. The Beers continued TO
wi the Nordenfeldts on the British
|sanuy entrenched in the hill. Inc
h. sas severe at times,
Wednesday afternoon Gen. Butler re-
|yysa not to press the advance by
|aanats. The transport train moved
ls.A and the infantry retired from Vaal
|EniI.
Wednesday night the guns on the
vars Rop replied to the Beers she'll
|hs When they commenced to shell
h. transport train the Beers got a
Ag, number OF cannon into position
DIT superiority Of shell fire rendered
tt ADVANCE impossible
WHY HE WENT BACK.
London, Feb. lO,-Gen. Butler Is once
-.N south Of the Tugela river. Gen.
li,pOnald is back at the Modder river
n! APPARENTLY the Beers have lost none
9 The asccndancy they have hold so
Ing Yet, todays news by no means
agss the acute disappointment at
saainl upon the other failures to re-
I've Ladysmlth.
MS can be attributed to three causes
mi, there is a strong belief that Gen.
s.lsfs last attempt was only demon
slallon on a large scale; second. the
tss' critics had warned the public not
Y sIpect the immediate relief Of Gen.
Nhlle third, the nation has settled
@sh TO the realization that the war
tll asst a long time, and they are not
waved as the first, by minor reyerses
tll victories.
lhs second and third reasons are self
'l'tining. The first requires consid-
asole eileldation. In favor Of the
Y l'n held by Spencer Wilkinson, the
ccul'aiy critic Of the Morning Post. that
"a. Butler did not intend Immediately
,aaalng on 10 Ladysmith there is over
vvasnlng evidence TO show that Field
"a Lord Roberts ordered system
~ ACTIVITY on the part Of all the
,-esa On this basis, Gen. Buffers
we may BE- only repetition Of Gen.
and Gen. French's recon-
a. ~ halfour's ambiguous statement
~, y. waving the completion OF plans
ssnO'her strong reason for believing
Az never Intended making the main
s,,'.s wa the Vaal Kratz, but was
ny I lne orders Of Lord Roberts.
!, ~. usual appeal OF Bennett Burleigh,
.ssO'rtspondent Of the London Daily
p.ss , ap, asking the public TO sus-
!, augment and rely on Gen. Bul.
n, ~, ~ mas considerable Significance.
n ,, we DINER hand, Buffers speech to
a ~ aVgps IN which he said he hoped
,ss, ~ Laaysmiih within q week,
5~A, some people claim. 10 throw
-. 49, on The belief that he has only
demonstrating In force.
CAPTURED BY Beers.
.sksn ~ rep. lO,-The Beers. have
n M ",sa,aahdlawa, Zululand magistra.
.rplsS s magistrate, the night previous
r,ss ysl he magazine, and with his
snd pr ns .ne police evacuated the place
EXTRA CABINET COUNCIL.
,,slohi Feb, IA, ox. ~,
sr.e vas ~ . held this afternoon in re.
DAY sy.rl,.s ummonses issued yester.
ryg,l y m,. lasted over two hours.
hltlsss v W.. o. the defense com.
prtsided ana LORD Sails