The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-07

London, Feb. mot word has been
received from the correspondents with
( General Butler for three days. 1t is as
though Natal had been wiped off the
map, excepting the heliogram from
Ladysmith, saying that the Beers are
cannonading and fighting is going on"
General Macdonald, with 1900 infan-
+. try, cavalry and artillery, threatens the
4 Boer right at MagersfOntein. This Is
/ the first sign Of activity on the part OF
/ Lord Methuen for some weeks, and
I doubtless has relation to the move
ments Of the British further east
Z The Standard has received the fol-
lowing dispatch, dated Monday, Feb.
8, from Koppies Dam. General Mac.
donald, with a brigade of infantry,
regiment of lancers and one battery.
has reached here from MOdder river
camp in what is regarded as an i'm
( portant-move TO the right of the Boer
position at M2gersfOntein.
'KOppies Dam commands the roads
from Kimberley to HopetOWn and
Douglas. Two Boer laagers, at Kamul-
hook and Griquatown, are within strik
ing distance.
The arrival Of General Macdonald's
column was OppOTtune, as it just pre-
vented two large cOmmandOs effecting
a junction. He now holds both banks
OF the river.
Our fancers had two brushes with
the Boer patrols. There is great &C
tivity among the enemy and strong
forces are concentrating to oppose our
further advance. The troops suffered
from heat and scarcity of water durJ
ing the march"
French Wants More Men.
It appears that General French's
visit to Cape Town was to ask Lord
Roberts for 1000 more men. Whether
Re get thetn IS not disclosed Troops
are no longer detained al Cape Town.
They proceed Immediately TO some
point at the front. Three thousand dis
embarked Monday and were quickly
sent elsewhere. No public reception was
given to the arriving volunteers ar
Cape Town, because they had to leave
Immediately.
As Lord Roberts, since the battle Of
Spion Kop, has had 10000 fresh troops
TO DISPOSE. II is possible that some have
gone 10 General Butler
The World says it learns that Lord
Methuen has disbanded Remington's
scouts, one Of the most useful colonial
that some members Of the corps had
been communicating with the Beers
Captain Walter COngreve, who re-
Ceived the Victoria cross for gallantry
in endeayOring to save the British guns
at Colenso, writes:
4 never saw BOer all day, and 1
do not think any one else did. Thou
sands of bullets battered and shells
burst all over the place, but the Beers
were invisible"
The Transvaal special war tax of
shillings and s pence per acre affects
100000 acres Of English owned land a
part Of which is not worth more than
the tax.
viii Restore Their Farms.
Lord Roberts has caused to be dis
tributed in the towns bordering upon
the invaded colonial territory an invi-
tatiOn to Free Staters and Transvaalers
to go into the desert, Offering them
good treatment and a restoration TO
their farms on the British occupation of
republican territory.
The manifesto guarantees that those
1 bringing horses can sell them For
eigners will have their passage paid to
Europe Colonial rebels are advised to
surrender in preference to be taken
/ prisoners.
L /
that nothing has been heard there re-
garding General Buffers re-crcssing
the Tugela river. while Field Marshal
Lord Roberts, in a dispatcn dated
Monday, Feb 3, reports no change IN ME
situation. In view of the Iatter's dis
patches, il seems hard to credit the
circumstantiaI reports of the engage
ment Of General Buffers troops.
The cOmOn sense now almost incIines
towards the decision that these are
due to the wisE being father of the
thought. SuppoSltion upon such basis
/ is utterly futile. The complete silence
from the front and at home may be
significant, as the wiseacres aver. but
! ii more probably represents that per-
! iOd of preparation which precedes an
! important movement.
Attack On Norvals Pont.
There is an fnconclusive vagueness re-
garding General FTench's reported in
tention to attack NorvaTs Point with
an overwhelming force OF infantry.
I While the news Of sharp fighting in
the neighborho0d of Colenso can be
fairly expected within a few days, il
is not likely that il Will assume greater
proportions than reconnaissance and
skirmishes, for the purpose OF hold
ing the advanced position of the forth
coming main advance by way of
| BloemfOntein. General French is STRAIT
egically prohibited from running any
serious risk
From Kimberley and Mafeking there
| is nothing new so it can be presumed
that the intermittent bombardment of
| those places continues