Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-17
ENGLISHMEN NOW
GRIT THEIR TEETH.
DFighting Fifth" is Compelled to Surrender
Another British Defeat - More
Troops Called.

N.v York Dec, ia dispatch to
,,e Tribune from London says
The release Of prisoners and other
,,,dents reported by General Kitchen
=. fan to reassure the public The
last phase Of the campaign is remark
ah,s for the mlscalculations on the Brit
,,b side, and has excited many out
nursts OF candor The staying power
~ the Beers has been underestimate,
ana their preparations for continuing
hostile operations in the extremity Of
tbeir fortunes by means Of buried
stores Of ammunition have not been
taken into account
There has been futile discussion for
months on the requirements OF police
work and fox hunting, and suddenly
Nicholsons Mex has been reproduced
,itbin forty miles of Pretoria with an
Isolated command surrounded and
Sorred TO surrender after It's ammuni-
inn had been exhausted, and with the
r,oin body retiring without making
en- effective effort to retrieve the dis
sster. General Clements explanation
MAJ the Northumberland fusileers were
short of ammunition makes every Eng
llshman grit his teeth.
FIGHTING FIFTH FALLS.
The collapse OF the Boer cause has
been assumed as the inevitable cDnse-
Fouence of the exhaustion OF war ma
tsrlal and here is the Fighting Fifth,
without powder and shot, compelled to
surrender
The generals now receiving the con-
gratulations Of their friends upon their
return, frankly confess that they have
IAN uncomfortable feeling - being
toasted and feasted. Lord Dundonald
said before the public banquet at the
Hotel Cecil that he could not help re-
gretting his premature return, since
The war evidently had not ended, and
4 soldiers place was at the front
General Pole-Carew. who Is over
swhelmed with the kindness OF Devon
4thire friends, probably finds II equally
different to reconcile his soldlerly sense
.of duty with n full appreciation Of the
delights of home hospitality. Lord
tMethuen's friends are emphasizing the
sfact that while he has been more sharp
DIV criticised than any other general eX-
3cept Gatacre, he has at least remained
on the fighting line, bent on seeing the
fob through.
spoil THANKSGIVING SERVICE.
Dewet and Delarey are spelling IN
advance the stately Thanksgiving SER
Nice In honor OF Lord Roberts return,
4 The book writer's have also been TAX
i n aback by the recrudescence Of hos
.tiities. which cannot be mlnimized as
Guerilla warfare. DR.. Conan Doyle who
sias written what was considered a
complete history Of the Boer war, anX-
.iously waited during Lord Dundonald's
.fpeeCh at the Vagabonds' dinner for
BONE explanation OF the unexpected re-
t,ival OF hostilites, which seem to in
ISolve the necessity for additional chap.
Hers. n not a fresh volume. The war
correspondents were equally ill at ease
on the same occasion. Among them
WAS Julian Ralph, with an article over
bis signature in the September, on a
Hypothetical question Of the censorship
of dispatches. but with the admission
On his lips that the newspapers had
made a mistake IN withdrawing their
|Inen from the field prematurely, and In
.1eaylng some OF the most interesting eX-
1loits Of the war unrecorded.
4 The latest editions OF the newspapers,
ell comment upon the seriousness OF the
defeat which befell the British force,
under Clements last Thursday. The
telegraph considers that the reverse
.Fas only rendered possible by the care
lessness OF those In command, and that
3 heavy responsibility rests upon some
'one for neglectlng to see that the troops
Fere In position TO hold the hill
FVainst all corners. Broadwood's con-
fuct seems inexpicable, and people are
4 skiing why there was no cooperation
Between him and Clements? The au-
fhorties are quite alive 20 the ugliness
~ the present situation I'm South Afri- |
"a, and an additional contingent OF
fye thousand mounted infantry Will
fhortly be sent out. General Kitchener,
4 IS stated, is 20 be allowed an abso- !
lutely free hand.
MORE HEAVY FIGHTING.
London. Dec. IA dispatch from |
ealiwal North, dated December 18th, |
Nsys a party OF Brabant's Horse. con- |
/ sting mainly OF raw recruits. en- |
gaged a superior force Of Beers De
tember 18th near Zastron. orange /
plyer Colony, losing four killed six /
pen wounded and l2O taken prisoners.
The following dispatch has been re-
telved by the war department from /
lord Kitchener:
Pretoria, Dec. l5.-Ffteen officers /
fnd 3l6 men, Magaliesberg, have been
released
The Beers surrounded and captured
NV Of Brabant's Horse I'm a dehle In
PIE Zastron district.
col Bomheld. moving on Vryheid,
Z a..
drlving them from Scheepers Mex and
I pturing a quantity OF guns The
soheeper's Mex movement occurred
December 18th.
The Beers who attacked Vryhcid !