Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-15
TARREN OVER
TUGELA RIVER.
Ii Announcement Of a Part Of
the British Advance
EyIErY FOR MORE NEWS

..,o, Expected . situation at
,''s.ners aud uOdder ni'er-
,s,e., from Lad,'m''h'
i Ian. ia special dispateh
0na rao.'swn. dated Friday Janu-
o ~. ~ eyeping. announces that Gen.
4 l-1', has crossed the Tugela river
MS" pohsrts's enigmatical announce
+ %. w" change in the situation" does
~ 20 allay public anxiety or to ex-
hl's ~ mystery surrounding Gen.
~ ,noyements on the Tugela, ana
Y. "a here Is a disposition to re-
Nv. -. sI.patch as disposlng Of satur-
"a ssr.rse rumors, the week has OPP
a state Of suspense almost
. hat Of last week because II
- ..i,sd that failure In Gen. Bull
Fs .l,, a'r attempt would seal the fate
IN L"sS1,mably mo change in the stu
4 % ,sfers 10 previous dispatches sent
a ~, rar department which have not
4 ' ar revealed TO the public.
-, the announcement Of the SELF
L y, poteleter's Drift and Of the az
y" n Gen. Warren, there has oeen
4 ~ ssws from the Tugela. A ray OF
10 In the fact that the same silence
r.rs rom the Boer side. Thus Il
serhaps be fairly inferred that
II Buller has not yet met a serious
/, he announcement Of Gen. War
/, moyement be correct, II Is evident
n, Gen. Buffers forces are spread
r. very wide front, perhaps twenty
\ miles and In the event OF sudden
Il n the river, his operations might
null OF danger, II is believed that
n Butler has no good survey maps
me district. This Will add to his
|healtles,
|sIr Charles Warrens adyace prob
Nh means an attempt to seize lang
ne Hill, the main post OF the Beers
(uh OF the Tugela. Upon the sue
T. or failure Of these operations de-
|ris the whole future of the cam
LEA. Until the result is known, Lord
[5erts will be unable to decide how
dispose the two divisions and the
Inducements now arriving.
he news from other points is Of no
|tat Importance. Boer accounts tell
another sortle from Kimberley on
Inuary 9Th, in the direction of Map
Ii Dam, with a brisk exchange Of
Eng but no result. A heavy detona-
u was heard on January Sth within
'mberley.
\ dispatch to the Daily Mail from
BIDDER river. dated January 10th,
YES rumor that Kimberley is being
Inbarded,
Mex. mentioned in Lord
iberls's dispatch as the locality OF
Ionnolssanee, is northwest Of Coles
rg
doubts are beginning to be raised
tether Il viii be possible to get to-
Their anything like the number OF
pmanry desired. Only a very small
rcentQge Of the applicants satisfy the
Indard OF riding and shooting. a
lee number OF officers from the
fyptian army have just left Cairo for
nth Africa, TO replace those killed
q wounded.
4 special dispatch from the Hooft
ager at Ladysmith, dated January
!, via Lourenzo Marquee, describing
assault on January 9Th, upon Lady
ilth, SAYS
The British made no attempt TO hold
first line OF breastworks but made
exceedingly stubborn resistance at
next row. Every inch was stub
Inly contested. and conspicuous
avery was displayed on both sides.
After 10 o'clock the British artillery
{ slackened and terrible individual
atest ensued among the rihemen for
possession OF Patt- Rand ridge. At
on heavy thunderstorm interrupted
battle, lasting two hours.
Although the burghers succeeded In
lmately gaining possession Of most
The British positions on the western
e Of the Platt-Rand, they were
ally obliged to retire from most Of
ground they occupied.
The British We're most strongly In
nshed' their redoubts being still
ly loopholed and the combat was so
se that rifles were frequently fired at
MS length, Il was a hand-to-hand
counter with the men on both sides
hung Ike demons, and the horror
oeWilderment OF the scene could
freely be paralleled.
me operations were continued the
u Day Sunday, on a smaller scale.
Is reported that as a result OF
OF The forlorn hopes. one gun and
ammunition wagons We're cap.
dispatch TO the Daily Mail dated
nuary l2th, from Pietermarltzburg,
~ Sir Charles Warren marched |
U ll,vlO men eastward from Frere
way OF Weenen. His scouts found
ssh OF the enemy at Grobler's Kloof,
y Solenso was ascertained to be de-
mere are rumors that the Beers are
'psIihg 10 leave Natal. discouraged |
uelr failure to reduce Ladysmith.
me colonials and irregulars have
~ paced under Gen, Warren's COM
among the Free Staters killed in the
! On Ladysmith on January 9Th
I Sommandant De Villiers. who but
4 nis |ell-known friendliness 70 Eng
~ would have been commander-in-
Y, ~ Of the Free State forces"
NY Special correspondent of the
w iele graph, at Frere camp. in a
. na.ch GATED January 10th, after de-
aS'As the situation as already
wv, says Possibly you may not
= rom me for the next two days
~ put believe me, all will 70 we'll"
..oAuoh' Jan. 1.-THE Standard pub.
N.Y. N. NE following from Ladysmith,
WAY January NH, by Photograph, |
-. ne Beers are fortifylng positions
II ~ ana west OF Ladysmlth, doubtless
y Z View Of securing a safe line OF
NY ny should their opposition 10 Gen.
~, r ADVANCE fail They still sur.
- i'tlyslnith In large numbers and
I, ~ ooutemplating another attack.
an. H. SHOWN, however, that they are
~ Suy q pressed by their heavy losses.
"a W saturday they were perfectly
,,,is q their ability to defeat the
W N . and to take possession OF the
,n np4'ch to the Times from Lourenzo
as sIss SAYS The British consul has
,l.s.a notice warning British subjects
sTs eniistlng for service, with the
trading with the republics or
Nm I5onaole conduct IN the Transvaal
'es 49, rolt has Protested against this
4 !, a. constituting an Interference
Fl, .ne sovereign rights Of Portugal. |
isl thousand Beers were sent from |
M Ast week TO defend the Free |
~ oilsr and TO resist the attacks
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