The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-01

London. March 1, 4:5O a. m.-GeneraI
Buffers distinct succesS in storming
Peters hill brings the rescue of Lady
smith near. but the war office init
mated last last evening that an i'm
mediate announcement of relief need
not be expected The goings to and
fro at midnight of officials and mes
sengers suggested that important news
had been received. If this were the
case. Lord Lansdowne obviously de-
sired to sleep on it before taking the
public into his confidence.
AS his message reveals. General Bull
ler's successful attack came after the
hard fighting Of Friday, and it was i'm
prOvised and its execution begun dur
ing the armiStice of Sunday IN pro-
posing the armistice. the British COM
mander stipulated that both sides
should be free TO move. but that nei-
Their should co any shooting. He was,
therefore within his privileges in i'm
mediately beginning TO transfer his
troops.
General Buffers tidings come weight
ed with mis- long list of casualties. His
I losses in the four attempts TO get Gen
eral White out aggregate 1900.
LadySmith is in desperate straits.
Charles Williams the military expert.
says he learns on very high authority
presumably that Of Lord WOlseley-
that General Whites force is almost
at its last gasp"
Drink Poisoned Water.
This is not so much" says Nj
Williams, ION account of any lack of
provisions or Of ammunition, neither Of
which is yet exhausted. as because of
| the poisonous waters Of the Kip river
and the evil effects Of the heat on the
/ Terrain in which the garrison must re
side. Even those who have escaped
fever. dysentery and diarrhOea are in
/ a state of low vitality. They can
still nan trenches and would probably
hold their own against a last Gesper-
! ate assault. but they can initiate moth
ing General Butler now knows that,
as units, the regiments viii be Of no
use to him for months.
The water Of Kip river is not avail
able for drinking, and TO boil il is i'm
/ possible. because of the scarcity of
fuel. II is thick with pUtrid animal
matter. Tea made of it has a sus-
pended fibre, something like beef tea
It is caused by the sewage from the
BOer camps"
| Mr. Williams aGds that when news
/ like this passes under the thumb of
| the censor, it more than offsets what
ever jolly news may be photographed
/ from LadySmith.
There is no authoritative indication
| yet Of what Lord Roberts Will do next
/ It seems likely that a branch railway
/ will be built across the veldt TO lessen
the difficulties of transportation. Colo
/ mel Girouard, who built the Soudar
! railway, is with Lord Roberts The
I
/ from the fact that the population OF
! Kimberley. two weeks after the relief
| continues on reduced rations. Lord
! Roberts troops thus far have been only
/ partially fed.
Transport For the Beers.
It is quite clear to technical heads
| that those who talk of an Immediate
| and rapid advance far into the Free
l State, 90 not realize the transport con
/ ditions. The Beers, as il now appears
| have built a railway from HarriSmiIh
| to KrOOmsJadt to facilitate the move
| ment of their troops between Natal and
the Free State.
| Mafeking was holding out on Feb. IS
] At that time the Beers were showing
/ unusual activity and firing inhammable
shells The Beers who hold positions
south Of the Orange river have beea
weakened.
| Lieutenant Barentzen. writing on be-
half of himself and of other Scandi-
navian prisoners. affirms that there are
no mercenarIes in the BOer army, and
no volunteers who receive q penny for
their services
A dispatch 20 the Daily Telegraph
from Colenso, dated Monday. describ-
ing the famous advance of the Innis-
killings on Friday, says:
4 saw the first company waver and
| then break before a sheet of well di-
rected leaden hail, and within a min