Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-01
Beers ALLOW ARMrsTrcE.

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that throughout Sunday military move
I ments should continue on both sides,
but there should be no shooting.
This truce terminated at dusk. The
! Beers then resumed a furious musketry
attack on the British left The attack
was repulsed. Fighting continues vigOr-
ously. We shall see who can stand
'bucketing' best, the Brlton or the
Boer."
Mr.. Churchill goes on 20 say that
there is abundant proof Of the Beers
using large proportion Of Illegal bull
let's no fewer than FIVE different kinds
OF exploding or expanding bullets hav-
Ing been found. He also asserts that
the Beers are employing armed kaiiirs,
and be adds:
Il have always tried to be fair to-
ward the Beers. but after making every
allowance, It must be said that they
show, when in stress a very dark, cruel
and yengeful underslde OF character
A dispatch to the Times from Colenso
says: Before Sundays armistice many
OF the British wounded had been left
out for thlrtv-six hours. The Beers
gave them water"
The military critic Of the Times,
dwelling upon the difficulties facing
Cen Butler, says: Although his prog
ress has not been SO great as earlier
reports had led US to expect, the sacrl-
fees his force has made already have
been great The country Is exactly
adapted TO the tactics Of tenacious
rearguard, and If the Beers contlnE0
their resistance with the skill and stub
bornness hitherto shown. many diff
oulties remain to be surmounted."
IN cRoNJE's CAMP.
In dispatch from Paardeberg,
dated Tuesday, February 9th,
stan correspondent says: "On
my first visit to Gen. Cronies camp |
was admitted inside. even before the
British guard. AT every ten PAGES !
came upon the swollen carcasses OF
horses or mules tainting the air. II
seems impossible that thousands could
have endured such a frightful stencil.
The river banks We're honeycombed
with trenches such as had never been
seen before in warfare These were
really underground dwellings. Unless
a shell were to drop straight down into
the opening 1t would not reach the in
terror Flat trajectory projectiles
would be bound TO fail to reach them.
THE Beers were lying or sitting on
the ground. Their faces were haggard
and wan. They said there was not a
drop OF spirits in the Ia, r. Every
countenance showed Joy al the end Of
the dreadful siege. Some OF them
laughed and said they hoped they would
soon get whisky.
Nearly all the Free Staters spoke
English but there was not a word
about fighting for liberty, the only ex-
Iresslons being those OF Joy over their
present dellverance. One man, shak-
Ing his fist In the direction OF Gen.
Cronje, exclaimed: That man deserves
10 be shot,
mot O woman or child In the camp
had been hurt, except one girl, who
showed an injured finger tip. There
were heart-rending partings between
several men and their wives, and many
OF the women cried bitterly. Several
youths Of from is TO Is years Of age
were In the camp. The Transvaalers
appeared to have lost their former
turbulence"
THINK BRITISH WILL WIN
Another correspondent says: "Yester-
day was observed as a tacit armistice.
The Beers freely showed themselves to
the British troops. our horses are now
thoroughly rested and rationed.'
This correspondent has conyersed
with many Boer prisoners, both Free
Staters and Transvaalers. All seemed
convinced now that the war must end
in a British victory. They had never
before believed that the British would
be able to advance except by railways,
and they had supposed that the efforts
TO relieve Kimberley were due TO the
necessity of securing the Kimberley
Mafeking line, whence the advance into
the heart Of the Transvaal would be
easy. Gen. Cronje. II appears. had
steadily refused TO believe Il possible
that the British would make long
march away from a railway, and,
therefore, he totally misconceiyed the
object of the strategic movement OF
Lord Roberts. imagining that II was
merely a change of direction, In order
to attack Magersfontein by way Of ia
cobsdal.
CONDUCT OF BoERs.
with such determined enemies, says
a special correspondent. telegraphing
airy 9th, one would suppose that the
Beers would have destroyed their guns
small arms and ammunition before
suirendering. The only thing injured.
however was a Vickers-Maxlm piece,
which had been hit by British she'll
A British officer and nine British sol
dlers, who were prisoners, had been
provided with deep holes by the Beers,
and kindly treated.
The Boer einqured anxiously whether
Bloemfontein was In possession OF the
British.
BRITISH IN CoLESBERG.
The war office has received the fol.
lowing dispatch from Lord Roberts;
"Paardeberg, Monday, Feb 2s.--Gen.
Clements reports that on hearing Coles
berg had been evacuated, he sent a
force 10 occupy Colesberg Junction,
and rode into Colesberg, where he re-
ceyed an enthusiastic welcome He
secured a certain amount OF ammunl-
ton, arrested several rebels and then
returned TO Rensberg He reported the
railway line clear and working 20 Lane
welewnans Siding. He viii report to-
morrow as 10 the few culverts which
have been blown up. Colesberg and
Colesberg Junction are held by our
troops"
Rensberg. Feb. 2s--Gen. Clements.
escorted by a squadron OF Innlsklllens,
entered Colesberg this morning and re-
celved an enthusiastic reception. The
Beers are In full retreat. A number
OF the leading men have been arrested.
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