Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-02
command at Sunnyslde Lager
Beaten with Heavy Loss.
FRENCH REPORTS VICTORY
Eject Of the Recent suceess-Corres'
pondent Lynch keleased-sickness
Increasing at Ladysmitb,


under today's date
"Col. Pitcher reports through the Of
{. fcer commanding at the Orange river:
1 have completely defeated a hostile
command at the Sunnysde lager this
day, January LIST, taking the laager
and forty prisoners besides the killed
and wounded. our casualties are two
priyates killed and Lieut.. Adie wound-
ed. Am encamped at Dover farm, 20
miles northwest OF Belmont, and 10
miles from sunnyside.' >"
4 The success Of Gen. Frenchs column
Is at length confirmed officially at the
war office this afternoon in a dispatch
from Capetown, Monday, January LIST,
as follows,
A dispatch from the Associs ted Press
representative at Dover Farm, dated
Jan. /, says;
"a mounted force consisting Of 100
Canadians of the Toronto company and
200 Queenslanders, commanded by Col.
Richards, two guns and a horse bat
tery under Major de Rougemont, forty
/ mounted infantry under Lieut. Ryan,
and 200 Of the Cornwall light infantry,
the whole commanded by Col. Pitcher,
left Belmont yesterday at noon on a
march westward covering twenty miles
before sunset. The force encamDed al
Cooks Farm. where the troops were
welcomed enthusiastically
AT 6 O'clock this morning the force
approached a spot where lager OF
the Beers was reported. Col. Pitcher,
on approaching the position, which was
a line of strong kopjes, detached Maj.
Rougemont with the guns, TorentOs and
mounted infantry 10 work towards the
right, making q turning movement him
self with the Queenslanders, toward the
south position. The maneuver was
complete success. The British shells
were the first indication Of the presence
OF the troops. The Beers left their
lager and opened fire. but the Queens.
landers completing the movement, the
lager was captured with forty prison
ers The British casualties were two
) men killed, three wounded and one miss
ing.
"The whole force worked admirably,
The two men Killed belonged to the
Queenslanders.
French reports at 2 p. m. today from
Coleskop by Telegraph as follows:
Leaving at Rensburg. holding the
enemy In front.half Of the first Suffolks
and section OF the royal horse artil-
lery, / started thence at In the after
noon, December 3lst. taking with me
nve squadrons Of cavalry, half of the
second Berks, and eighty mounted in
a fri al In
guns. / halted for four hours at
Maidor's farm. At $3.50 this morning
occupied the kopje overlooking and
westward Of Colesberg. The enemy's
outposts were taken completely by sur
prise. At daylight we shelled the
lager and entiladed the right Of the
enemys position.
THE artillery fire. IN reply was hot
from q l5-pounder using royal labOra-
tory ammunition and other guns. We
silenced the guns on the enemy's right
flank, demonstrating with cavalry and
guns TO the north of Colesberg. towards
the junction where a strong lager Of
the enemy was holding a hill position
southeast Of Colesberg as far as the
junction,
Our position cut the line Of retreat
va NAiN libd anu HilIhtt GNlllt AHOuH-
ands OF Beers with two guns are re-
ported TO be retiring towards Norvals-
pOnt.
IAN OF Remington's scouts proceeded
toward Achterlang yesterday morning
Slight casualties, about three killed and
Few wounded. Details later"
Brief Independent messages from
Rensburg filed the evening Of Jan.
SllnnIQfuayt ENap,hfa II
slightly, According to them the British
were stu Smelling the Boer position at
O'Clock Monday evening, and ex-
pected TO enter Colesberg today.
The British losses were three men
Killed and seven wounded.
No officers were killed or wounded.
Inc Boers are supposed 10 have suffered
heavily from the accuracy OF the Brit
ish artillery fire. Gen. French's state.
ment that the Beers were using a If
teen FOUNDER and Woowich ammuni.
ton evidently refers to one OF the Brit.
ish guns captured at Stormberg.
The Boer strength In the engagement
with Gen, French was estimated at
from 5000 TO 1000 men.
While the afternoon papers are dis.
posed TO overrate the brillancy of Gen,
French's success, It will doubtless have
a good moral effect and IL promptly
followed up. as seems likely from the
fact that Remington's guides are al
ready advancing on Achterang. II NAV
result In capturing Norvalspont bridge.
thus gaining an important strategic ad-
vantage, as then Gen. French will
probably be able to threaten Bethulie
bridge, which Is the main line OF retreat
|for the Beers facing Gen. Gatacre.
other official dispatches dated Jan. l
ssay Gen, Methuen's position Is un-
Changed
Sir Charles Howard Vincent, colonel
sof the Westminster volunteers. has
Vailed TO pass the medical examination
3ecessary 10 qualify him TO command
Zhe city OF London Infantry division
pound for South Africa. The command
n this corps must therefore be given
20 another
. Harry McCalmont, the sportsman. has
6een ordered to South Africa with the
Warwickshire militia.
George Lynch, a newspaper CORE
'tpondent who was captured outside OF
.l.adysmith and imprisoned at Pretoria.
'1as been released and has arrived at
}ourenzo Marques.
Sir William Thomson has been APP
pointed consulting surgeon to the Brit
$kh forces In South Africa.
Gen. White reported under date OF
Dec, 81 that the number Of cases OF
'oysentery and fever is increasing.
Berlin, Jan. 2.-The German second
|class cruiser schwalbe has left Dar-Es-
falaam, sea port OF Africa 25 miles
fouth Of Zanzibar, for Lourenso Mar
4ues
The Manauapse's Unseaworthiness.
Manila Jan. ?. 6;s5 p. m.--Col Petit.
commanding the Thirty-hrst infantry,
mo Lieut.. Col. Hayes, who commanded