The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-10
RULER AGAIN driven
ACROSS TUCELA RIVER
Third Attempt Of the British to Relieve Lady.
smith Has Ended in Disaster.
War officials at London DumfOunded at the RepulSe-
Methuen FleeS From Beers.

gade to relieve the tired holders Of Vaal
Krantz
The descriptive writer's with General
Butler were allowed a rather free hand
again in explaining the ugly position
which the British held and the natural
obstacles which had to be overcome.
80 it is easy to infer that with Boer
rltlemen and artillery defending them,
these Mills, ravines and jUngles have
not been overcome, and thus the pub
lie IS prepared in advance for bad
news
HeliASraphs from Ladysmith, dated
Monday, describe the effect General
Buffers Cannonade had on the worn
garrison Hope ran high that the long
period of inactivity and tedium was
drawing to a close. The crash OF guns
was almost continuous for ten hours.
and at times it seemed as if as many
as twenty shells burst in a minute.
Beers Make Preparations.
The Beers preparing always for the
possibility of defeat. were driving herds
and sending long wagon trains towards
the DTakensbeTg passes. Intense dark
ness and silence followed, broken only
by frogs crOaking and the occasional
blaze OF star shells, surrounding the
town with a circle of light to prevent
NAtN AAANA'Nl ca WI Nutil NL liz EEAbIilN.
A series Of British mines, laid for the
Beers, exploded accidentally shaking
and alarming the city and camp.
General MaCDOnald'S retirement pUZ-
zles the military commentOrs. The the
DRY that finds acceptance is that it
was ordered by Lord Roberts, and that
both General Buffers and General Mac
Donald's operations We're by the direc-
ton Of the commander-in-chief. in or
der to occupy the Beers at widely sep
arate points, so they would be unable
to transfer any portion of their forces
TO oppose the projected central ad-
vance.
Mr.. Charles Williams. a military writ
er, who is understood to be in conf
Dental relations with Lord WoIseley,
says that beyond doubt the most au-
thOTitative opinion in London regards
it as probable that an endeavOr viii be
made to force the line of the Orange
river before Wednesday next, possibly
bV Monday.
Mafeking Well Provisioned.
Lord SalisbUry's son, Lord Edward
Cecil, is responsible for Mafeking be-
ms so we'll prOvisiOned. AT the out
break Of the war he learned the amount
Of army stores about TO be sent to
MAJ king, and on his own i1luative
pieuSeu MS private means ana mad the
stores quadrupled- He is now in Maf.a-
king and one Of its bOldest defenders.
A dispatch to the Times from KOO-
dOOsbeTg, dated Thursday. Feb. s. says.
1t is reported that BOer achievements
are arriving from Magersfontein- Our
position is easily tenable, but the entire
force has been ordered to return TO
MOddeT river tomorrow
The Times has the following from
dated Feb. s: The BOer
big guns shelled US all day yesterday,
but nobody was killed.
DR.. Leyds has issued in Brussels a /
statement for publication in English, /
denying the purpOrted interviews in
which he is reported as predicting the
Intervention Of the powers in the event
IF the British invading the Free State. /
He says he is convinced that the war /
win continue as long as the two repub- !
lies have arms and ammunition If (
the MaUser cartridges give out, the 4
Beers. he asserts, will fall back upon /
Martini-HenTi rifles for which they 1
nave a supply of ammunition that is /
practically inexhaUsuDle.