Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-10


heard this mouino in The direction Of
Sundays river 10 continued for @ few
hours No details OF ths mga cement
have been received
Pietermarltzburg, April 10 Heavy
cannouading commenced this morning
ia the vicinity OF Elandsaagte.
beers HELD FREE STATE.
Bethuie. Orange Free state Monday
April Sit is expected the Beers viii
endeavor 10 retake and destroy the
bridge over the Orange river Couse-
quently extraordinary precautions have
been taken. A force OF Beers Is located
twelve miles east
AS matter Of fact the Beers pracd-
cany again hold the Free State east-
ward OF the railroad and are greatly
encouraged by their successes at Red
dersberg and koru Spruit
COL. PLUMERs DEFEAT.
Buuwayo. Tuesday April Col
plumei engaged the Beers between
Ramablabama and Mafeking March
81.
The Beers appeared In considerable
force six miles from Maieking and 10
prevent being 0uthduked cu both sides
plumer had 20 withdraw on kaWathlQ
bama, subsequently retiring 90 his base
camp. The engagement lasted three
hours and the retirement was well care
ried out In good order under "a heavy
fire.
The above dispatch is the British yer-
sion OF the defeat Of Col plumefs force
first announced April 9Th. IN a special
dispatch from L0urengo Marques.
which says sharp fighting secured
April 2nd 10 the neighborhood Of Mafe-
king II was added that the garrison
made sOrties while Col Plumbers cav
airy attacked the Beers at Ramathaba-
We're rcpulsed. Twenty Of Col plumers
were found dead on the field and six
Others We're made prisoners. The fed
eral losses were said 20 be small
REITERATED TEN MILES.
Gaberones. sundey, April 1-Yester-
day Col. plumer. with 250 mounted men
and a few infantry and one maxim gun.
arrived at Ramathlabama, where he
left the dismOunted men and proceeded
along the railroad 20 within sight OF
Mafeking The advance guard, under
Col White. encountered q large body
of Beers and almost simultaneously the
left and right Hanks were attacked
and sharp fighting followed.
The Beers were In crescent formation
and outnumbered the British two 20
one. They advanced with skill and stub
bornness and persistently endeaVOred 20
encircle the British After holding his
ground for am hour Col Plumer rec
tired with the Beers slowly following
him up The fighting continued
throughout the ten miles retreat 90
Ramathlaham6. where the British Max
i'm gun was brought into play After a
hard fight. Col plumer reached his
camp The British casualties We're:
Killed, 3 officers. and men, wounded
g officers and "A men; missing II.
The Boer loss was serious.
1.-THE above D. another British yer-
sion OF the defeat of Col Plumerl
AT the conclusion Of the fight Gen.
Snyman Informed Col. Baden Powell
that be- had some British wounded and
both Baden Powell and plumer sent
ambulances The Beers were also busy
Sunday collecting their dead and
wounded Most OF the British wounded
were only slightly hurt Col Plumer
was wounded. but was able 90 carry out
his duties.
while the ambulance was still at
Ramathlabama. Aprl ., Gen Suyman.
with 500 men and three guns. arrived
there and finding no British troops iu
the vicinity returned Co Mafeking
10 is reported here that the advance
guard OF Lord Methucn's relief force
has left Nryburg Tor Mateklng
FIGHT WITH KAFFIRs.
Pretoria. Saturday. April 7.-Advlces
10, m Mafckng say O band Of armed
kafirs LEFT Mafekng through the
buighers' lines during the night of April
JiL and were followed and surrounded
ga the bush when they were sheilod by
Maxm-Nordeifeldt gun. The Beers
then stormed the katBr position killing
81 The kailirs fought siubbornly
SkIrmishes are reported at BIFglrs-
berg and 90 the Free state mostly bee
tween patrols.
BulwayO. March g.-Col Baden
Powell wires from Mafeklng under date
OF March 81 confirming the report thar
the Beers had been pushed back so far
that the town was comparatively out NJ
range OF musketry. he concludes with
saying
IAN promises well for eventually cute
tins on this force OF the enemy 10 we
can hold Snyman here"
BOER ATTACK on BRABANT
London. April l0-The Boer attack
on Gen. Br3bant's force at Wcpcner
was resumed at oawn today. The ene-
my's attack On two or three sides on
Monday lasted until $50 o'clock 10 the
afternoon. when the firing ceased, and
Il was believed the enemy had been
beaten on. but 70 was announced this
morning from Aliwal North that Fight
INK had again been begun.
Gen Brahauts force. numbering
from two % three thousand hold pos
sitions On a rough country. 10 is not
known what the numerical strength of
the Beers IS, but whatever 90 may be
ID is being rapidly augmented
A body of 1000 Beers Is marching to-
wards springfontein from Smlthheld.
between Wepener and springfonteln.
The defamation Of heavy guns was