Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-29
Beers REWVING
IN THE CAMPAIGN
Gen, 0ewet Resumes Operations
in the Free State.
ROBERTS AND BOTnA FIGHT.
Beers Crowded Back Two Miles
British Advance Slow Roberts
May Come Home In October

New York, Aug. ga dispatch TO IN
| Tribune from London says
There is much inclination 20 believ
that the operations On which Lord Rob
erts Is now engaged against Genera
Botha are destined TO form the hna
stage OF the South African war; from
q Pretoria report cabled TO the efiec
that the Beers at the capital believe
that Botha win abandon the contest 81
beaten ON this occasion, and that Presi
dents Kruger and steyn win then he,
to Delagoa Bay
But these rumors have been repeated
and proved fallacious frequently enough
before and IL is impossible Co pronounc,
definitely that the Boer leaders bcliey,
the limit of resistance 90 have beer
reached
The temperance OF DeWot 100 IN,
Orange Free State and the activity OF
the Beers on Buffers communications
in Natal, would rather point the other
way II it had been determined to
stake everything Ou the result of
Botha's stand I'm eastern Tansvaal. 4,
would hardly seem worth while To- re-
vIye the campaign into other quarters.
So Ear the conflicts between the B1sr
and the British main armies have been
somewhat undecsive. Lord Roberts
says In his dispatch ON Monday even
ing. operations are now necessarily
slow ON account of the difficult nature
Of the country which forms the scene
OF the battles. He however. consld-
ers his advance going ON satisfactorily.
ana records General Buffers engage
ment OF the 2lth as an important sue
cess. The result of the days fighting
was that the Beers withdrew their line
by some two miles allowing Butler TO
capture "a strong position within their
outer semi-eircle OF dcfcnces west OF
the Dumanutha railway station.
The question now arises whether the
British viii be- able Go force the fight
Ing So as 90 keep the enemy in posi-
ton and compel him t0 accept the de-
feat which superior numbers and more
perfect artillery should be able To Inc
llct or is The nature ot the country
such that General B0tha San 20 back
from one advantageous position 90 am
other ana possibly be able TO retreat In
time tu save HIS guns and transport
II previous experience is guide. the
Beers viii delay the British advance
as long as they can do SO safely. but
VIII then retire al leisure before the
invaders can secure "a decisive victory.
Charles Williams the well known
military expert believes Lord Roberts
has The present intention Of returning
90 England in The course of October
So as 90 Doe ready to relieve Lord Wolse-
ley on November j. as commander-in-
chief of the British army. In such
event General Butler may be asked to
resume command Of the forces in south
Africa.
General Warren writes TO the Times
10 say that various statements which
have recently appeared IN the press
purportne % be- views expressed bv
nun as 60 recent events IN South Afri-
ga have been made entirely without
his authority that be- has not expressed
any opinions with q view TO publlca-
ton. and that some Of the statements
attributed TO him are contrary to the
fact