Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-28
~. British Army Closing in on
johannesburg
FOR THE MINES
NJ, Blow These Up No OPP
,,.o 10 the British Advance
ip tbc Transva"l


usy gS $500 a m,-When
5r..r,. wrote his first dispatch
-,,vaal territory yesterday
t.f,rs 3 o'clock in the after
mas ff,y-one miles from Jo-
.sure and seyenty-seyen from
yls. immensely superior
t.5 PASSED the vaal river, their
st obstacle. at three points
Val forms a curve OF eighty
AN me- Yves, to zand Drift on the
Tins Lord Roberts, advancing
.,ss railway was in a position to
apy pert Of the crescent by
ape, than those by which the
.apld reinforce the threatened
/ RESISTANCE FROM BOERs.
gaars ra,reated almost without
~ defense. Gen. French and
hamilton apparently did not fire
Of I0rl Roberts immediate
eleven men, belonging TO the
haunted infantry We're the first
"a ihs river They came upon a
g.r5l l0otng at Viljoens Drift
,a.f a skImlsh. lasting ten min
.0gtI
hundred Beers tried feebly 10
nj VeesuIgeng colliery but were
sl
Bgr rear guard Is at Moyerton,
NJ south Of Vereeniging. Their
siy Is moving toward the Kip
sTs that cover the south side Of
sbuIg
lsnt Kruger according TO a
Dispatch from New Castle, has
PROCLAMATION asking the
,wl burghers 70 notify him
g they desire 20 continue the
o. 20 sue for peace.
4 ROBERTS MAKES REPORT
Z, var Office has received the follow
rn Lord Roberts:
ITfsn.gng. Sunday, May 21th 1915
I'VE crossed the Vaal this morn
rl are now encamped ON the north
u The advance troops, which
yesterday, were only just IN
90 save the coal mines on both
nl the other side OF the river
eng destroyed. Our casualties
0lr
alsu.Powell reports that the rail-
HWeen Mafeking and Buluwayo
ben restored, and that supplies
T. lg brought into Mafeking He
n De Canadian artillery Joined Col.
lIom Beira with incredible ra-
. Ed Weber was taken prisoner
3 oron a few days ago. He went
DO telegraph duty II was not
that our troops had been tenn
ry Withdrawn
SIGHT OF TRANsYAAL HILLS.
I Dispatch from Grootviel, twenty
niles south OF Nereeniging. dated
ly Nay 9th, says. Lord Rob-
4 n7hen advance in force steadily
lhle and today the Transvaal
were sighted. Gen. French has
'-i an excellent thanking position
q. northwest There is something
aiabs about this advance.
ia' hoops have been splendldly
va and the Beers, completely out
Nsfed have been forced to
-l.a their positions at the first ap-
.ies Of the British thanking force,
2 pas made q determined resist
q ne Wal impossible.
A,iY Iansyaal burghers are now
Als homeward, and It Is safe TO
ill lhe most irreconcilable Trans
z q, least recognizes the hopeless
p NE struggle. Most Of the farms
l9iIhem part of the Free State.
3 ihe lies Of blood with the Trans
-e strongest. have been deserted.
N seouon has been flooded with
'e'r' OF British cruelty. reports
u burning Of farmhouses and the
y, OF women and children, in the
y inducing the burghers TO re,
'ne c0mmandos, but the evil
A points now TO the existence
p.manent feeling OF enmity be.
us Iransyaaiers and the Free
each accusing the other OF
il and cowardice
= regarded as unlikely that the
,n1al government win 20 10 Lv-
where food is scarce. A body
a 10y mostly on foot, is trekking
"gail Nereeniging from the di-
Of Hebron.
~ condition o. the British troops
~, I, excellent, although the cold
-..' I'e very trying They are able
'' 'nfee miles an hour.
Nay BE FIGHTING YET.
p boes have destroyed every
Ir, r lIl clI'ert They are said 10
"1p Riverberg, north of the
III position OF great strength
I'M, ~ making themselves i'm
JtpD,led that the population Of
.-.r, Il Us To high state of ex.
'eFb ~. IKE Beers who are passing
r'r.. inward threaten 10 blow 10
rg.,I.- '',l w View Of their wanton
B. ,a-l OF everything else. II would
Hrss, '''lls Ii they carried out the
Iri H.. The British are more i'm.
'ir pT,i, eyer 10 grazing and In the
.nFs p.s Than IN tho mines"
.iNIu Roberts 10000 lnfanfrv
h,s..i....ehl lg0 guns are moving on
49, e.5 and Pretoria. through a
n al % 1esgIted country. the situ.
I Ia, le NIansvaal capital ms II
,i,s1ee,. 'lay Us thus described bv
.Dt tsrt N1o sent his message by
Paw ' To L@urenEo Marques YES.
n. W" 3 SITUATION CRITICAL.
Z q poil' I'M both from a military
b IT., y'yal point OF view has he.
f1iay ,5,,.,..eai President Kruger
nata,. omitted that for The 6rst
.nIlato7 very grave. The Boer
af rs55 N Do trust everything "a
go ths ro ou me Gatsrand noun
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