Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-19
|GHIINC GOING ON
| NEAR LADYSM|TH
|. soIl.r Has About $4,000 Men
n 40 Guns Over the TugeIa"
WILL GIVE NO QUARTER
alan. 10 Troops Regarding
49, p,.r-Briti.h Loss 1887
,9,lr. nc Modder River

IA
4 ,0,ir. nj Modder River
\ -, Ian. ls.-MIlItary critics IN
4 ',,.r With the war Office consider
4. ne expected battle along a VIDE
a 18th and west of Ladysmlth can
H. be delayed beyond today. From
zSoit 4 reported that lighting has
4 ,iy begun.
4, Buffers forces engaged In the
lsng operation across the Tugela
1 .ome 1900 or 1900 bayonets, LOO
:, and forty guns. The DISPOSE
| n Ne other 1900 or 10000 men Is
s,own. although the assumption Is
/ he whole army will be In action
4. he hours for combined move
/ arrives. Three weeks ago Gen.
I :, nod 10 900 men. Considerable re-
framents have since reached him,
him probably $4,000 men ana
N guns, all told.
4 .inates Of how many men ana
1. ne Beers have TO oppose him
4 mere guesswork. In not replying
~ Iyttlet0n's shell fire they are
II me tactics that proved so sue
I'M h the battles Of Magersfontein
1 colenso-lylng low In their trenches
inns hoping TO conceal their precise
|ton until the Infantry advance.
r. Daily Chronicles military ex-
sees a curious analogy between
BulleTs situation now and the
n Magersfonteln. Now. as then.
Beers are making = etand with
II backs TO Investing lines within a
miles. As Lord Methuen. after
Islng Modder river, had TO attack
spypfonteln and Magersfonteln
So Gen. Butler, after passing the
IA faces Invisible intrenchments
rough country
he correspondent mentions Gen.
lefs wheeled transport OF 5000 ve-
u which connect him with the
Iosd about thirty miles to the rear.
rg these vehicles are thirty trac-
engines, which draw from ten TO
N wagons each.
N. Buffers warning as to the mis-
'ol a white flag by the Beers In his |
10 the troops Is considered |
liher broad hint TO give no quarter.
phrase, There will be no turning |
i Is played upon editorlally by the
hing papers as presaging cheerful
is absorbing interest felt in the sit
on In Natal makes other points in
,heater Of war seem microscopic.
I'd Methuen lies between his works
fodder river. II Is estimated that
forces will have TO be nearly or
Z doubled before he can relieve
betley. British relnforcements are
ing toward Gen. French at Rens-
!. With these he is expected TO adj
re, Gen Gatacre's men occupy
trburg, q slight advance.
K war office announces that next
will be embarked ssventy-two
$40 men and 2,210 horses. This Is
largest consignment Of artillery
sent abroad, The war Office Invites
'ounleers for a sharpshooters bat
y Of yoenanry.
William MacCormac, In the Lancet.
mat Of the 500 wounded in the hos
visited BY him, only eight had been
y shells.
Capelown correspondent, OF the
: discussing Afrikander dlsloy-
says u believe the sympathy Of
DuIchman IN South Africa is
the two republics, and that
.Ver, there is nothing to Inn 'icate
'und party as a whole In an off,
organized conspiracy against the
'al government although the
leaders have wlnked at or pam
70 sedltion In order TO preserve
opularity.
z British failures ard the ap-
nee OF the Beers on British terri
nave tomented rebellion, but even
decisive British victory would
d us further spread"
correspondent testifes 10 the
d the services rendered by Mr..
lher the Cape premier, in an en-
sing position. He speaks less
o Mr.. Hofmeyer. the real leader
bund party, and severely con-
the Dutch press OF the colony,
, ne says, Is doing its utmost,
keeping on the windy side OF the
. promote rebellion and 10 en-
faclal antagonism.
british losses In killed. wounded
ap'ured up TO date are 1881 off,
nd men. !
Ipeolal dispatch from Durham.
Wednesday, says: "Advices from
,sI drift dated yesterday CTues- !
~ that sir Charles Warren has
: Nthln seventeen miles OF !
nllh and that British wounded
wing al Moot river field hospital
q Z! uain from the front. indlcat-
y 'here has already been severe ,
:. Neither report has yet been
", w. rom spearman's farm, Ma
yea /, January 18th. 10 a. M, say: '
Ly'tleton's brigade, with a how {
sssery' crossed the Tugela river I
t sls'ers drift on Tuesday, jan r
WI The water rose above the i
y. Inc men. The Beers fired r
.Os and then recalled their A
" " me trenches. the passage be. Z
interrupted. The British ad- S
~ skirmishing order and the c
Iop!es on the SUBMITS were oc- I
u, ny NV p. m. During the night
.s'uay Wednesday, the Boer
! A, were vigorously shelled In |,
- mount Alice. while the British !,
y, N possession OF the kopjes y
as heavy mists enveloped the
, ~ tne naval guns and the how
'',es'erles made good practice.
~ searching the trenches. On
!. right a breach was made in a
. > emplaeement where II is sup
49,, 80 guns had been placed
'nS was heavy and contln-
va the Beers were observed
4 we ne trenches in small partIes,
a,i .aclhs the British position
/. .'el next Gen. Warren has
: -, passage Of the Tugela seven
' , Yen reports that the Beers
.nree culyerts on the Dor
s1 " hve miles beyond the out
a '1e police camp. The com.
- Dordreeht numbers a thou Z
~ va Jan. ls.-At s:s7 this even {
ro @ar ONCE issued the follow. h
'y Is,, buller, spearman's Camp. Y
V sns field artillery, howitzer
"a aha Lyttleton's brigade s,e
Wv lQgala ~ "a