The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-28
BRITISH ARE FURIOUS
OVER ESCAPE OF Beers
Lord Roberts is No Match For the Willy BOtha
Successor to General JOubert
Their Successful Raids on English Army Cause Delay in
the March on Pretoria.

the Daily Chronicle, telegraDhine
Thursday, says: The latest reports
Show that the Beers passed east OF
Thaba N'Chu, when going north A
prisoner reports that a commando
which doubled back on the pursuing
British is now making its way west
in the direction of LeeuWkOp.
The BlOernfOntein correspondent OF
the Daily Telegraph, under Thursdays
date. saws: The Beers who retreated
from DewetsdOrp kept well ahead OF
General French'S cavalry. Unless the
enemy should make a stand at Kroon-
stad Lord Roberts will rapidly cross
the Vaal river.
other BIoemfontein dispatches throw
interesting points Of light upon the
situation. One special says that $50
wagons of a BOer heavy transport
train have reached KrOOnstad from the
south Only light wagons have been
left behind. The Beers have organ
lied a specially mounted corps FOR
fOraging and other work requiring
special mobility.
Another reports that before the Beers
were driven from DewetSdrOp about
1900 of them had been slowly retiring
toward Ladybrand. where large sup
plies are stored and immense corn
fields are ready for harvest.
Will Winter at Natal.
The Ladysmith correspondent OF the
Daily Telegraph says: The Beers ara
preparing to spend the winter at Natal
They are bringing their stock from the
high velCt into Natal for winter graz
ing, and they are demanding that the
Kaffirs pay the hut tax TO them in
stead Of to the Natal government. They
also declare that unless the KafhrS
work for them they (the Kaffirs) must
remove south Of Sundays river"
The L.adysmith correspondent of the
Standard says: The strength Of the
Beers in the BiggarsbeFg district is
believed to be between 5000 and 5000
They are commanded by General Lucas
Meyer and are well supplied with artil-
lery.''
According 70 a special dispatch from
LOurenzO Marquee the latest authentic
estimates of the BOer forces place them
at $4,000. Of which is 900 are at KroOn-
stadt 5000 at Fourteen Streams. 5000
in Natal. 200 about Mafekiug and I. 900
at Pretoria; while $50 have. been order
ed north to intercept General Caring
tons force. The work Of entrenching
Pretoria is proceeding.
A dispatch from Kimberley .Says
enteric fever is 50 rampant there tEat
the city officials are urging the mill
tary authorities to remove the camps
from the town and discontinue the use
of public buildings as hospitals with
the view of better safeguarding public
health
The Daily Express says this morn
ing: I'VE learn that the sudden return
Of Mr.. Cecil Rhodes to the Cape was
due to his receipt of news of a great
find of copper in northern RhOde5ia.
Mr.. Rhodes will soon be heard of as a
copper king"
The Beers Slipped Through.
The Daily Chronicle has The following
from Vaalbank, dated Wednesday,
April %: For two days the Beers have
been fighting a series of rear guard
actions Crossing the MCdder here and
they got into the kopies south Of the
crossing and narrowly missed being
captured by General Rumble, who was
coming from that direction. but, on
sighting the advance, they turned east
ward and slipped away between Gen
eral Anderson and General Rumble.
"A prisoner just captured asserts that
President Steyn was present during
Mondays fight at SlangfOntein. east of
LeeuwkOp- He had shaved his beard.
50 that he was not easily recognized -
The IOurenZO Marquee correspondents
Of the Times says: The Bagbie fOln-
dry was under the direct management
OF representative of a lie CreusOte
firm, and many of the wOrkmen had
been trained at lie CreusOte Nothing
is yet publicly known as TO the cause
or the explosion, burt it is significant
that 1t was predicted. About twenty
OF the wOrkmeH have been arrested. and
the others have been prohibited from
leaving the country