The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26

greatest anxiety prevails in Cape Town
regarding coming events.
Germany, through the semi-official
Berliner Post, reiterates that all re-
ports Of German Intervention are quite
without foundation.
Captain Raymond Harvey DemOnte-
morency who was killed in General
Gatacre's reconnaissance Saturday.
was the heir OF Viscount Frankfort de
MontmOrency, and was the fourth heir
10 peeraSe who has fallen in the
course of the campaign. He was a
noted man IN the British army. and a
Nearer Of the Victoria cross. He gained
the Victoria cross at Omdurman. where
he served under General Kitchener.
Lieutenant Grenfeil had been killed,
and the British earnestly desired TO re-
cover his body. At great personal risk,
Captain Montmorency undertook the
task, Notwithstanding it compelled him
to face the Dervishes alone.
Dispatch From Roberts.
The war office publishes the following
dispatch from Lord Roberts: "Paarde-
berg Feb a. 1880 D. m.--PaTties of
Beers recently arrived from Natal at
tackled our outpOsts in force yesterday.
They lost a good many killed and
wounded. and nearly 100 prisoners, in
Guiding a commandant and three field
comets. Our casualties were four Of
ficeFs wounded, nine men killed. tWen-
ty-three men wounded, two men mis-
sing. On the 21st and 22nd one officer
and thirteen men were wounded.
six men were wounded yesterday by
h0llow-nOsed Mauser bullets. The
nickel cases slit with four Sits, making
the projectile Of the most expansive
and explosive nature possible. A
wounded Boer brought to our hospital
yesterday had sixty of these bullets in
his pockets.
During the advance to and at KIM
beTleY. the casualties We're; Officers,
two killed, thirteen wounded: men. four
killed. seventy-eight wounded"
Lord Roberts has sent the following
additional advices to the war office:
"PaardeOerg, Saturday, Feb. 24-Me-
thuen reports that Barley West
was occupied by our troops on Feb. %.
The loyal inhabitants displayed great
enthusiasm
Country Settling Down.
1.-THE country west of the railway
from Cape Town to Kimberley is grad
ually settling down A detachment has
started from De Aar for BritstOwn;
and Douglas and Priska will shortly be
visited by our troops
"Methuen's account of the admirable
manner in which the Kimberley hos
pital is managed made one desire to
send some of our sick and wounded
there"
Spencer Wilkinson, reviewing the
military situation in the morning Post
saws: The probabilities are that the
Beers have not been able to collect a
large force to attack Lord Roberts.
General CrOnje's surrender may occur
at any moment But the BOer COM
mander knows what he is doing. He
is not sacrificing lives for nothing.
Every day he can hold out means the
delay Of a day in Lord Roberts ad-
vance and the gain of a day for the
besiegers of Ladysmith.
Therefore, Lord Roberts is acting
rightly in tightening his grip in order
to hasten the removal Nf General
Cronie's force, and General Buffers
steady advance is the best help that
can be given Lord Roberts"
The Standard has the following from
Cape Town dated Saturday. The BoeT
/ force occupying Prieska consist Of 12O
/ rebels led by Free Ststers-
a proclamation has been read an
neXing the Prieska district to the Free
State and all loyal British have been
given eight days to quit the place.
4 am assured by refugees from
/ PTieska that unless troops are speedily
! sent there the whole northwestern dis
trict will rise.