Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-07
Lord Roberts Sweeping All before
Him Toward Pretoria
SEE LADYsMITH HEROES.
scenes Of Enthusiasn 10 HO"'''
Lord Roberts il Not Let'ihs '
Grow Under His Feet

omco has received the followt aH-
patch from Lord Roberts da'el '''''-
deel. May 7th. 1856 a. m'
"Gen. Hunter after deiea'ns 0.
enemy May 4th Joined hana' "'.l
paeet near Warrenton, The enemy
leh thirteen killed and wounded ON 'Ha
ground and we captured sevefa' prise
oners. our losses were slight
Hunter speaks 10 high terms Oh ,As
galantry Of the yeomanry unde Co.,
Maybrick.
"The enemy have retired IRON U's
front Of Thaba NChu and the exceed
ingly strong position they hello l' DO"
occupied by Rundles division
The capture Of Winburg by th' br'l-
ish is confirmed, and the main advance
TO Pretoria continues with the machine
like precision and rapldity which BIAS
characterized all Lord Roberts forward
movements.
by the occupation Of WinburF Gen.
Hamilton puts himself nearly parallel
with Lord Roberts aud only twenty
miles eastward. while be has me all.-
u0ual advantage of being coni.. '.l
with his chief by means Of tne "a 'I.il
that runs from Smaldeel or NInouIs
road station. The only feature %. tns
carefully devised plan Of genefal al-
vance not disclosed Oy the sWIt le-
velopment is that part Gen. BulAi ".s
selected TO take In the operations Al
present there are no Indications ~ any
movement on the part OF the Nal1I
army. Doubtless "a few days or less
win bring out the British line OF action
before the Biggarsbcrg.
Lord Roberts Is now nine miles NORTH
of the Vet and siXty-three miles north
OF Bloemlonteln. Evidently he e n1i
letting grass grow under hh iesJ
though the Beers seem equally WAloas
90 retreat toward Aroonstad ana ait 80
doing.
AT The time this dispatch Is sent there
Is nothing new from Gen, Hunter Dbl,
&c IS presumed ne Is pushing 81 al.Iy
forward IN the direction Of MaleNn5
aided hy the aggresEiveness Of Bart0n
and Pagets brIgades
The critics o. The newspapers View
the situation with the greatest sli.s-
uct0n a special dispatch from SUll-
doel (Winburg ROAD stationl. datti g.il
D. m SUNDAY. May g. glYes details 0t
the occupation Of Winhurg By The Bri-
Ish II says:
News has Just come here that Gen.
Hamilton Is giving the Beers no rest.
and that they are falling back hurried.
ly. He entered Winburg today aNer "a
brisk Eight, i'm which the Beers fel back
SO quickly that one OF their guns. % ale
diti0n TO a Maxim. was aband0ni'
The same dispatch describing the
crossing Of the Vet river by the Brit.
ish says:
"The Boer forces entrenched ON The
opposite bank prepared 90 q0ntet. tho
crossing our guns were brought into
place and a terrific she'll fire was d.-
rected on the BOer lines. Al the same
time the Queensianders, under "a heavy
nra dashed across the river and li.
Nancing To- the 0pen. completely turned
the Boer right. II was dusk. bur moth.
lng could stop the gallant Australians
Ihey pushed ON again. seized a com.
handing kopie and by brilliant move.
ments and continuous rifle fire drove 8F
the enemy in the darkness.
The hrst CLEAN OF dawn this morn
Ing found the enemy IN fun nieht ana
our men after them. and by 3 O'clock
THIS morning we entered the lmporlart
strategic point"
a dispatch from B0shot dated Fri.
day, May 4 says.
Gen Methuen made a reconnaissance
from here Thursday 10 the neirhtar M
Sjartkoppiesf0n,ein locating theitarsr
After an unim90rtant exchange "a frs
the Beers removed their laarcr Al f.lr,
~ strong force Of Beers was seen nov.
Ing nCrthWards Gen. Nethuon M, r..
turned 90 Boshof"
The annals OF service demoneir. ii,rs
probably show nothing 10 paraD,I tbs
enthusiasm with which the neva' a..
roes OF Ladysmith. the officers ana ,-sy.
Of the British FIRST class cruiser p,v.-.
ful were greeted I'm London fosey rbs
scenes IN the streets were remegtsti.
and inspiring. The whole ronts 80 a
noatlng mass OF color and me IN tt,...
aHm displayed was OF the mos, fs4rt.r
description. The flags of mi rs..-r.
banners and notices formed an e'r..,
CONTINUOUS canopy for Can't Tar,t+.-
ana the contingent Of the pewfrt.1 d.
pass under Stands were erecia5 ", ..
the points OF vantage. the houses r.
crowded with sightseers ana an .,rts
and conditions Of men. women "a .,i
dten commingled IN the streeis ti..-g
win each other In honoripg 81 -.L
lant sailors who saved Ladvemih
Ihere was one continuous 49, NJ
EIeellhk accompanied bv the v.,,lrr
OF handkerchiefs. flags ana bsts ,r.
AaNai brigade with the khaki cI...H
guns marcncd from the denot :. .t.
hor5e guards parade where tbs. ..-..
~ W"es pa the uniform of an a5r.r.I
~ 'Nt .tel accompanied hv tb. ....
ioiu oi tne admiralty. Georee a e..
s .,.m,.l aiiu ~ q number VI high navs rf
1900 "uicers Inspected tha \ ...
49,. o,, tD',leu uy thousands OF prlvf ...f
$500 Ce'a "lo warmly appiauded b e..
il, 1919 or Laaysmith. but MN.
~, 1871 w vac sailors IN no way eor ,.
streets. ''sPiAyed b. ...
After the Inspection o.,
formed a square with ~ .s ~, pa ...
center ana ~, e." tn. Officers IN fH.
s11 ~. ana 1ne hrst lord o. admi ,r
una the prince Of Wales $50
in terms oi admiration of ~ iI..
Yaior OF the seamen ana nm lfh 0".
Then Mr. Goschen ndlvi1r'l,,ye ana
uuced them 90 the prince os 1tl N.'-
shook hands with ana sald . vr,es N9'
10 each OF them. '''' a lew words
a lns prince OF Wales introdpo., ,...
~ i,,.,l 20 We princess on Wsi. .
y, , u.ltaue was Afterwards enfcr..
az luncheon, preparatory - eN,ein ln.l
through the city. 70 marh.n1
M .'', nl,1 ene men sag down to limo, .-
wales M Go. wales and prince. No
ersed tb e,r ro 1esehen ana others ,,s,.
cheored were heartily
Boers b1 ave Ian. CAPE Colony Nav The
teen stresy,s pen zen, driven out of F,ar.
sncampcd 1', on 't ne The So, asiilsA are a5r
Wal river. "'''n bank Of ,h1