The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-17


"a seemingly in full retreat before Lord
7obzrrf. moving nCrthward. General
-rsnl1 with the cavalry, simply stayed
....r rsrht in Kimberley. and then
,..=5f5 ON TO get in touch with the re-
+f-sra enemy. A long Boer wagon train
izmoyfne toward Bloemfontein, follow
81 presumably. by a large force OF
british iufantr- n their hasty de-
D7-rure the Beers lost quantities OF
tmD.szs and ammunition.
Military opinion here is that LORD
R01srts viii not push far after the
F5srs Immediately, because of trans
mort urab!ems and the need Of re- Tor
The troops. He has 90. feed 10000 per
s5rs ln mis- army, and the whole KIM
bar.ey population. He must rebuild the
railway from MOdder River town to
Kimberley and revictuai the latter.
General French lost a few men only
I'm action. but the forced marches and
haat have probably made many i'll
Numbers OF remounts must be pro-
yided
General Roberts mas wrought genu-
ine preliminary success, and the impress
sion is THAI he has done enough for the
present and viii need TO prepare Tor
another strike
An over England tonight there has
been evidence of public joy. In every
theatre and public meeting, around the
railway stations and IN the streets
there have been expressions Of gladness
and jubi alton over the Eews. The news
papers are edi,0rially rejoicing.
One Disturbing Factor.
Those who read the news closely Gee
only one disturbing factor In the Cape
situation, and that is the pressure OF
the Beers toward Lord Roberts line
of supply through De Aar which was
never more important than now. The
Beers. under Commandments Deiacey
and GObler, are making persistent eI-
fort to penetrate TO the railway. They
have pushed General Clements back 20
Arundel and have outflanked hlm- All
are within sixty miles, or two days
hard march Of the central railway.
Doubtless Lord Roberts has left con
siderable forces along the line, and ca.-
send back more If necessary.
The Daily Telegraph has the follow
ing dispatch from Naauwpoort, dated
Feb Is. delayed ia transmission: Sc
we're fighting occurred On beth cur
eanks near Rensburg. The enemy
greatly 0utuUmbeTed our troops, pelas
about 10000 In number They attacked
she Worcestershire regiment on t1e-r
hill ard made a desperate demCnAtE2-
ulr charging home. only TO experience
heavy Maxim and rifle fire from our
men The death-rOll of the assauanJS
must have been considerable.
"A patrol of the Inniskilling dTa-
roars was surrounded by some 800
Beers and CALAMITY eut it's way thrl uSi
without losing but company or Ne"
South Wales mounted infantry. which
was unfortunately annihilated, most OF
the mems bayonets, however. bearing
the impress Of sauguinary conflict WltE
their foes
Slaughtered by Beers.
Colonel Conyugham was shot
through the heart al the outset of the
euEaEemeut. The enemy chose the time
Of the moons setting for their on
sausht out Of FIVE colonial officers.
only one returned Id camp.
"A strategic and commemorative move
back t1 Arundel has been decided upon.
Our GUNS from Holes kOp have been
s4rs.v removed. one Maxim being de
srrv,I t0 prevent its falling into Jut
hzrEs Of The enemy. Nine wounded OF
f--~S and thirty-fyC men were prou5h1
into he NaauWp0Ort field hospital Our
death rrI IS not known.
In the T0bbieS Of the house last night
g We -umored that General Butler
hal again crossed the Tugela- 4 spe-
cal dispatch dated two days back ana
JUS transmitted from Chieveley says
I1a- an important move was then pro
l.eIlE there. although contrary mol
cations are found in the fact that sew
61E-nr- ambulance bearers have been
temporarily Iisbanded. and the further
.a.- that traction engines are arriving
al Durham from the front 20 be sent
% Lord Roberts. More artillery IS be
Ing sent GO Lord Roberts from Cape
Town
A correspondent Of the Daily sdail at
Naauuo.r-. raleEraphing Wednesday,
l-l describing the evacuation Of Rens-
- sa.s T.n cCTpaniCi OF tEe
Wiltshire regiment. in Withdrawing
t7- Klnrr camp. lost their way and
l-e miss rE. Their whereabouts. now
ever IS pretty well known and they
T- probably re relieved tonight The
Bier losses around Co}esberg on Mon
day are reported extremely heavy.
British Forced TO Retire.
A dispatch % the Daily Mail from
--.-.ugo Na-guez. dated Feb 10. SAYS:
ae..y fighting has occurred at IA
nah lamaaaH. Boo the Free State NOT
.a- from Cape Town. Cape Colony.
The arers say they held all their posi-
IONS The Er -a finally retiring
The Times has the following dispatch
5- Arundel. dated Wednesday. Two
sH- 7-.es of the Nitshires, that were
n outpost duty. failed 20 Join the force
.7-a the retirement from Rensbers,
en- .-alr absence not being noticed on
.-ade, -le-' were eventually cut
The Ile-eTraTirzburg correspondent
&C.. Daily Man. under date Of FEB
- says. There ara indications of a
move D. t'n.arGr D hear that