Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-12

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CHECKED THE BRITISH.
,,.oateh from Dreifontein' date
,,',.S iIlh. says "All Of yesterday wa
,nnlsa IN fghtng The Beers main
.,'.a4 a stubborn rear guard actor
ra, running front Of twelve mile
rsrr difficult ground The British
10. Advancing in three columns. Gen
Ger 10 the south, occupied
s,,osbere unoccupled. Gen. Kelly
r Inv afer following the river BANK
A, IN the direction Of Abraham
Hiaal -. otrh, milo.
..,,S az Abrahams kraal. the Boer'
~'rs found posted In considerable
.,,epgth on the ridges connecting sew
All kopjes, where they had mounteo
THE action began az 8 O'Clock In the
...-nlpg with an artillery duel. Cen
~ French's cavalry and General P0r'
80 brigade supported our guns Ths
a., artillery was accurately handed
"a the British cavalry found a tash
barisr than they had expected.
10 oUTFLANKING THIS TINE.
Gen Broadwood. with logged per-
savance moved altogether six miles
suthward. trying to find a means "a
s,i around but the Beers followed be-
md The rising ground, and even at
tempted to outfank him.
Meanwhile the sixth division OF in
isnty advancing on the Boer left,
slowly forced the enemy to retire. Had
n. infantry been able 10 move faster
the Beers would have been enveloped.
The last shot was fired at 1880 ,. IN.
This morning not a Boer was TO be
s.l. The prisoners belonged TO Pres
Gent Krugers own commando
A Dispatch to the war Office from
Lord Roberts dated Drelfontein, March
In iij q. m. says "The enemy OPP
aed Us throughout yesterdays march,
iri from their intimate knowledge of
n country. gave us considerable trou-
lA Owing. however, TO the admirable
Usiuet Of the troops. the enemy were
cib'e 10 prevent us reaching our des-
IailOn The brunt Of the lighting fell
"a Gen Kelly-Kenny's division, two
taahons OF which, the Welsh and Es-
Sex turned the Beers out Of two strong
psitlons at the point Of the bayonet. "
10? Beers KILLED.
A Dispatch 10 the war office from
Lord Roberts dated Dreifonteln,
Nich llth. 9:l5 q. m, says: u cannot
st The precise number Of casualties
eeiore ! march but will communicate
. as soon as possible. The Beers suf-
Tend heavily. l02 Of their dead being
10 on the ground. We captured about
twenty prisoners.
Among the killed are Capt. Eustace
q ihs Bluffs, Capt. Lomax Of the Welsh
ig.ment, and Mr. McKartie. a retired
MOAN civilian attached to Kitcheners
ioBe
among the wounded are:
blis-Col. Hlckson, leg, severe;
Lieut. Ronald.
Welsh regiment-Lieuts. Torking-
l1 Pope Wimberley.
Essex reglment-Capt. Broadwood.
He'd artillery-Lieut. Dovendish.
Bsne NV
australian artilery-Col. Umphley,
iolomen, dangerous"
UNEXPECTED TO THE BRITISH.
"A dispatch from Dreifontein. Orange
l1w STATE March ilth Gas a. m. saws.
bloadWooi's cavalry brigade. advanc.
ss 10 Bloemfontein. unexpectedly
SlIl me Beers In strong position In
NJ VIZ Drslion1ein kopjes yesterday. Gen.
ses,3 'Aenny's division arriving, severe
ss.lNs ensued. The Beers resisted
s.gOoThly, but were driven from their
salsr position, leaving number OF
~, ana forty prisoners. The Brit
gu ar ,oIee Is moving forward today.
, punng the lighting. In which five
psnsnls took part,wlth artillery. the
,+.,a ~. though forced from their center
sllyn, ciung tenaclously to the other
ae'p!ss Smelling the British freely with
ny pk guns ana two Vickers- Maxims.
~. ~ nlllsh cavalry began 20 turn the
~ position, but night fell before the
,,viienl was completed. The Boers
"uled during the night.
o. urge number OF Australians were
p.s'seu Yesterday The first Austria.
a-u horse brigade. with the SCOTS
- ~ sayanced within 500 yards OF the
S,sn under heavy FIRE. The New
h IN wales mounted infantry Joined
'' pursuit OF the Beers northward."
"OSERTs NEAR BLoEMFoNTEIN.
me-. .ls lornlng Posts correspondent AZ
--y"Velelh ielegraphing Sunday. saws:
~, s hght throughout was much in.
ooru,i.s ne enemy evacuated and re-
MI, ~. positions, subtly conceallng
~, mentions, and only withdrawing
lnnsr esths Few minutes prior TO their
rass.S us capture. Their guns out
ny,s sl ,' ours the naval brigade not ar
tlrpi y, 0aNalry horses We're completely
mrrlssl lhe repeated Withdrawals The
It's movement was begun too late
IA ,snslny attempted. with hellcrranh
hai hs us 70 occupy q kopie which they
,s,5r sS' detecting the deception, We
M sa' Daily News has the following
'Tks ,asl9selkop, dated March If,
M, ,uafch was continued today Ia
v,y FrnN No Beers were seen an the
fge ri lne british are now only twenty
tha pa les from BlOemfonteln. one Of
Nifskins tlhoners says the siege Of
M ny mas been raised.,'
q ko,,sr ONCE maps show a group
DreF6n,a, ana large water nan al
psrs,a,s'n position which has an
vntsuF considerable defensive Al.
AbrsSas The Beers who retrea,ed 10
nus san kraal from Porlar Grove
A fre,hb ',e moved southwark. or else
Hlos,,s luice must have come fron,
No.. ,s''s'n Or the Orange river.
y NOBILITY REMARKABLE
so 4 gS OPPOSITION met at preifop,a,n ros
thar n :, Unexpected. the ideo bs,ng
woua ,"tie were any resistance N
Their 60, ~ Petrusberg. Fronting bv
parA ,A.peflenoe, the Beers were me-,
but !, 'uI British thanking movement
Is AVOID ttn a,llns their position In order
west..ny eullianked, they prob
1917, ,u Their center. thus MAY.
t1e .e i0r the British Infantry
With a bayonet charge
"hkins0n, IN the MarnInr