Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-27
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MAJUBA HILL.
curreuders Internationally on Annl-
''D .,orv Of that Notable Event Fight
mo at Ladysmith and Mafeklng'

IN the middle, leaving the battle I'M
4 dispatch from Paardeberg, dated
Friday. 10 the Times. says that several
thousand Beers are lowering In mat
neighborhood.
LOSS OF DUBLIN FuslLEERs'
The Times has the following from
pietermaritzburg, dated Friday, Febru'
ary 2srd. THE Dublin fusileers have
again distinguished themselves by vol
unteering 10 take Groeblers Kloof,
which they did. This gallant battalion,
which began the campaign $50 strong,
can today be said 20 muster on parade
only between 100 and 200 OF Its original
members"
A dispatch TO the Daily News from
Lourenzo Marques, daetd FRIDAY, req
ruary 23rd, says. III Is reported mere
that 500 burghers have left Ladysmlth
for the Free State. The Beers are con>
centrating their forces thirty miles
outside OF Bloemfontein, and the Free
State government is moving TO WIN,
berg
"Relnforcements from all parts are
passing through Bloemtontein hourly
President Steyn has telegraphed Presi-
dent Kruger that Lord Roberts Is With
in a few hours of Bloemfontein and he
urges that every male. irrespective OF
nationality. should be Communicated
president Steyn Is said to favor
peace The Boer general who was In
command OF Colenso sent a message TO
President Kruger saying that he hae
been smashed UP there, and recom'
mending oyertures for peace. The
burghers al Mafeking are also reported
to have sent word 10 Kruger that they
would rather defend their own farms
than fight elsewhere
The Pretoria government Is paying
its debts with bar gold, the English
professional coiner having refused 70
work. Understanding how continental
shareholders are affected by the closing
OF the Robinson bank. President kru-
ger allowed the Institution to reopen"
The war Office issues an additional
list Of the casualties sustained by the
fifth brigade under Gen Butler Feb
ruary 23rd and oath, which includes
seven officers killed. twenty-three
wounded and one missing Gen. Bull
ler's death lists contain the names OF
three lieutenant colonels-Thackeray
Of the first royal Inniskillen fusi-
leers: Stllwell OF the second royal
Dublin fusileers, and Thorold OF the
royal Welsh fusileers.
An additional list Of the British casu-
altles al Paardeberg. February 18th, is
announced and gives a lieutenant and
eight men killed a lieutenant and
seven men missing and thlrty-eight
men wounded.
A dispatch to the Daily Chronicle
from Paardeberg. dated Friday, Febru-
airy 23rd. says. Gen. Cronje's attempt
to mount guns was frustrated by our
artillery"
CRoNJE HAD 1000 MEN.
The Daily Mail has the following dis
patch from Paardeberg, dated Sunday:
There are about 1000 beleaguered in
Gen. Cronjes camp, exclusive ot the
losses he has hitherto sustained. His
wife Is not with him, although there
are women and children IN the camp.
The Boer position Is now almost exclu-
sively confined to the river bed. The
enemy are entirely at our mercy, but
Lord Roberts IL treating them with
great consideration. from motives Of
humanity"
A dispatch from Capetown says: THE
Beers are concentrating to defend
Bloemfonteln. Lord Rosslyn, who has
obtained a commission In the Thorny-
croft horse, has gone TO join Sir Red
vers Butler"
A dispatch from Gaberones. dated
Thursday February 22nd. says: "Chief
Linchwo has reported that he made re-
prsals on the Beers near Sequain,
killing a few men. and capturing sew
eral wagons and oxen. There are some
casualties on both sides.
"The Beers at Crocodile Pool notified
Col Plumer that, fearing the natives
would attack the wounded, they had
placed their hospital within the lager
Col. Plumer replied that the ambulance
would OF course, be respected, but the
Beers. he said, could not expect good
behavior from the natives. while they
were invading the territory Of the ma
tiVes."