The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-03

POSSIuIer peCduSe OF the SCLt lily VI
fuel. 1t is thick with putrid animal
matter Tea made of it has a sus-
pended fibre, something like beef tea.
1t is caused by the sewage from the
Boer camps
Mr.. Williams adds 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.
1t seems likely that branch railway
will be built across the veldt 10 lessen
the difficulties of transportation. Colo
mel Girouard, who built the Soudan
railway, is with Lord Roberts. Inc
strain on the western railway IS seen
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.
/ 1t is quite clear to technical heads
/ that those who talk of an immediate
and rapid advance far into the Free
State do not realize the transport con-
ditions. The Beers. as it now appears,
have built railway from Harrlsmlth
to Kroomstadt to facilitate the move
ment Of their troops between Natal and
the Free State
Mafeking was holding out on Feb. 16.
AT that time the Beers were showing
unusual activity and firing infiammable
shells. The Beers who hold positions
south of the Orange river have been
weakened
Lieutenant Barentzen, writing on be-
half of himself and of other Scandi-
navian prisoners, afffrms that there are
no mercenaries in the Boer army, and
no volunteers who receive a penny for
their services.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph
from Colenso, dated Monday, describ-
ing the famous advance of the Innis-
killings on Friday, says:
Il saw the first company waver and
then break before a sheet of well di-
rected leaden hail, and within a min
ute not man was left standing. 1t
seemed to me that the brave company
OF fusiliers was annihilated.
Shortly afterwards, however, 1
could see some of them move, then rise,
and finally walk quietly to the rear,
taking cover. The supporting COM
pany was also cut up, but not so Sc
verely.
THE Beers are placed on high, I'M
assailable kopjes and it would take ten
times their numbers to carry these po-
sitions successfully. The kopjes COM
mand the railway from ColensO to
Ladysmith, and real right flank at
tack is rendered impossible, owing to a
high and precipitous ravine, which
opens upon the Tugela, while the left
is too open and void of cover and can
not be seriously considered as a means
of assault
THE Beers and British fraternized
during yesterdays armistice. 1t is re-
ported that 1900 Beers have left the
vicinity of Ladysmith for Dundee"
Winston Churchill, in a dispatch
from Colenso, dated Tuesday, says:
1.-THE condition of the wounded who
were unattended on the hillside Sun
day was so painful that General Bull
Ter sent a flag of truce to the enemy,
and it was arranged that throughout
Sunday military movements should
continue on both sides, but there should
be no shooting. This truce terminated
at dusk. sfe
THE Beers then resumed furious
musketry attack on the British left.
The attack was repulsed. Fighting con-
tinues vigorously We shall see who !
can stand 'bucketing' best, the Briton
or. the Beer
Mr.. Churchill goes on to say that |
there is abundant proof of the Beers |
using a large proportion of illegal bull |
lets, no fewer than five different kinds !
of exploding or expanding bullets hav-
ing been found. He also asserts that |
the Beers are employing armed Kaffirs
and hefadds:
II have always tried to be fair to-
ward the Beers, but after making every !
allowance it must be said that they
show, when in distress, very dark,
cruel and vengeful sunderside of char
acter."
A dispatch toethe Times from Colenso
says: Before Sundays armistice many
ri ficb[ Id !, lie
out for thirty-sfx hours. The Beers
gave them water. -
The military critic of the Times,
dwelling upon the difficulties facing
tIenerais Butler says: Although his
progress has not been SO great as
earlier reports had led us to expect, the
sacrifices his force has made already
have been great The country is ex-
actlv adapted to the tactics of te-
nacious rear guard, and if the Beers
continue their resistance with the skill
and stubbornness hitherto shown,
many difficulties remain to be sur
According to special dispatch from
Cape Town, dated Feb. 81 Lord Kitch-
aner is at Arundel, the Beers are re-
firing TO Norvalspont, and all is quiet
at Stormberg.
In dispatch from Paardeberg, dated
Tuesday, Feb. q, a staff correspondent
says: "On my first visit to General
even before the British guard. At
every ten PAGES came upon the swol- ;
en- -carcasSeS of horses or mules faint
ng the air. 1t seems impossible that
thousands could have endured such
'rightful stencil, The river banks were
with trenches such as
lad never been seen before in warfare.
These were really underground dwell
ngs. Unless a shell were to drop
straight down into the opening, it !
would be bound to fail to reach them
The Beers were lying or sitting on
he ground. Their faces were haggard
md wan. They said there was not a {
lrop of spirits in the lager. Every ]
showed joy at the end of
he dreadful siege Some of them
aughed and said they hoped they !
would soon get whisky.
Nearly all the Free Staters spoke
english, but there was not a word
Jbout fighting for liberty, the only eX-
'ressions being those of joy over their
present deliVerances. One man, shak-
ng his fist in the direction of General
Ironje, exclaimed: That man deserves :
o be shot
Not a woman or child in the camp :
lad been hurt, except one girl, who
moved an injured finger tip. There
we're heartrending partings between '
everal men and their wives, and many {
f the women cried bitterly. Several 7
ouths of from 16 to is years of age c
we're in the camp The Transvaalers
to have lost their former
~ucnlencv." +
a dispatch to the Times from Paar- q
eberg, dated Tuesday, says: THE I
Of the Canadians under
n absolutely whitening fire which t
aused them to retire fifty yards until h
he engineers had dug trenches, was [
plendid. The dim moonlight, and the r
Loudly sky alone rendered the enemy's .
oint blank f1lSiIIo do ineffective The | e