Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-26
BOER DEFEAT IS
NOW COMPLETE.
They Destroyed Much Property, but
Left a Great Deal.
OPPOSITION IS NOW OYER,
V.timated that 10000 Police Can
Now Restore order I'm the
TransvaaI,

New York Sept PA dispatch 10 the
usald from Loureuzo Marques says:
The Boer defeat Is complete. BY dlnt
ofbard riding from Barberton your cor
r..p5ndent overlook. FIRST General
Hamlltons division. then that Of Gem
oral pole-Carew. and finally entered
ksmaupoort. Not a shot was fred
nor was a Boer seen during the march.
The evidence OF the enemy's desuuc-
tyeness was everywhere 70 be seen.
Tho bridges had been dynamited, the
stores buildings and homesteads loot
,5 and burned. as had been also the
railway property all the chief stations
bs.ng smoking ruins, among them be-
,rg Kaap Mulden, Heotorspruit and
Komaupoort. At the last place there
10 an enormous area over which the
Bosrs have wrought destruction.
The devastation includes hundreds Of
wagons trucks ana carriages which
have been burned together with all
kinds Of stores Of clothing ammunition,
forage and provisions. such as sugar,
coffee rice. flour and stationery.
Thousands Of tons are still burning.
General Pole.C arew has secured nun
dreds OF locomotives. The lines Of the
selau railway are simply blocked with
rolling stock.
on my way from Barberton, | saw at
Bectorspruit the burst Boer guns and
the destroyed stores.
In the Crocodile river there were
visible literally acres Of damaged gun
ammunition, wagons, dynamite detona-
TORS and war stores OF every sort
AT Komaupoort there were, besides
The burning stores. hundreds Of tons Of
ammunition The enemy had left
standing many tents.
The great waste In the effects Of the
Beers was evident Furniture. trunks,
provision. clothing and other articles
were lying about In every direction.
In the rocky bed Of the river were
enormous quantities Of stores, ammuni-
lion rifles cannon and foodstuff.
ANY good police fOrCe-say one Of 20,
O00-can do the rest Of the work Of
pscdcauon for security.
II General Butler and the others move
on and seize the passes, neither Niljoen,
the new commandant general, with
eteyn and Schalkburger nor Kuetze
with the relief Of derelicts from kOma-
tlp0ort. can escape through the noun
talns toward Lydenburg and Peters
burg while TO remain I'm the low Veldt
not al this season Of the year means
death for the men and cattle The
Portuguese have disarmed all the Boer
refugees taken Fifty truck loads, with
nearly 800 tons have been dumped down
on the island Of Sheffeen, of Lourenzo
Marques
The Irish-American soldiers are
clamorlng for pay and threatening the
Boer officials.
The final collapse Of the Boer army
may be summarized as follows;
When the Beers, numbering 1000,
evacuated Komatlpoort they took up
positions between the Lobambo range
and the river They had good posi-
tons and could have made a capital
stand. but owing 20 the DISCRIMINATION
and lack Of discipline that were preva-
lent they were only half hearted.
Wishing TO avoid n conflict and un-
necessary bloodshed, the British consul
general consulted the Portuguese gov
ern0r general. Senior Machado, as 10 the
best course % be pursued to attain this
end. He asked that cmlssarles should
be sent up with an address 10 the Beers
pointing out the useessness Of con-
tuulng their resistance and the abso-
Lutte needlessness OF going further
Besides. II they continued 10 fight
there was a fear Of the natives rising.
owing 20 the fact that the Portuguese
had been most kind 10 the Beers and as
they had guaranteed their maintenance
and repatriation and promised 20 send
them back 10 their country free Of
charge. the scheme succeeded beyond
the widest hopes Of its originator.
Crowds OF dozens came into LOurenzo
Marques, $500 arriving IN this wise.
Diplomacy, therefore, trumphed by
bringing the war to a speedy and blood
less close