Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-05

|G[NERAL BULLER
IS ON HIS WAY.
l., lust Where is Not Definitely
Stated
|,rv ROAD TO LADYSAlrH'
,,, VIII Follow II p Beers arc
Pr''A''' =, COR Him News TO be
vnhheld Indeiini'e'"

v.., Feb. 5.-LondQp today was
Ses ',, "a T. 70 observe few words Of 81
s'il', ,.,n south Africa. They stated
''.' c ,,,,., Butler was advancing TO
ii'' "., q, 1adysmlth; that the gar,
u '' Il me beleaguered town eoula
',H II. guns. and that they were III
=. =, spirits. ready to repel an a ea.oas
Nl n.,o,e with the rescuing forces
7 ~ ',,,.ty Is again becoming IN
o'-.' ,ss feeling is now more hopeiul
'8'" ~ owe Of General Buffers pre-
'lu y. ", engagements. The British force
rrcela has been reinforced with
,r5 guns. but General Joubert
Al. 1900 men can call in no new
.,-spts for the Beers have need OF
,s.,r men to defend the borders OF
e.. STATE 1t was just one week
,o5ay that Gen. Butler announced
:. would be in Ladysmlth In a
~ He has not kept his word
"a news at all has been received from
q. ,rnles operating In Cape Colony
1, there is much speculation In Lon
mto the plans Of Lord Roberts and
N ny.terious movements Of Lord
se.ssner. The general idea Is that
@r are preparing some Napoleonlc
-@,sIrp that viii bring the war to a
n.fatches from Spearman's Camp,
III Friday. Saturday and Sunday
I, nBblished In London this morning.
Frllay photographic communication
~ tstysmith was resumed, messages
.,,.ine freely; the Beers were busy
vng me town and burial parties OF
w are burying their dead at Spion
HI though nine days had elapsed
the battle.
n saturday the bombardment Of
,r.mlth was lighter From Chieve-
d General Barton cannonaded the
.sso lines employing the naval gun
h Beers as usual, appeared at Colen-
but retreated when the British ar
sy opened,
ne day was quiet at Potgieters.
r,g was no cannonading by the Brit
uns.
ne Beers enjoyed this immunity
sn attack and could be seen in large
.ntels, drying their blankets and
S,hng TO strengthen and add to their
t,lsre works.
he Beers around POtgleters seemed
1li on watching every movement OF
b. troops. They could be seen riding
gulklng along their works in careless
ts5n numbers Of them spying
rggt their glasses.
hp enemy have certainly made q
f.-bef Of additional positions for can
. and Tor the defense Of the passage
y be Tugela al Potgieters drift.
Sanding on Mount Alice. or the lower
f3gs q rugged Sewartz Kop, over
'Mieei above Potgieters Drift, one OBJ
lli magnificent prospect for a dis
n1,s Of twelve miles, To the north
10 Of cannon smoke disclose the posi-
% Of the Boer guns bombarding
LiEulh.
N Sunday there was no cannon
-igal Spearman's Camp. and the day
y quIet but for snlping by the
M The shelling Of Ladysmith was
ht
Messages are freely interchanged be-
.sa Buffers and Whites camps by
s, with calcium signal lamps and
cay with the Telegraph. The Beers.
asans OF their aceiylene search and
gay lights, base tried Intellectually TO
7, me transmission Of our signals.
!A carefully censored dispatches
l ho'hng Of q forward movement
lg 10 progress, but spoke Of the 10y
We men at The prospect OF an ad.
Ialon, Feb "a dispatch from
sLlan says Gen Butler crossed the
..sA river Friday night. and Is
Gang on Ladyamith. No definite
s wy be permitted to 70 out until
-l!snlth IS relieved"
= special dispatch from Durham,
w sunday, and referring TO Gen.
,''' fecfo'slng the Tugela in ad-
~, upon Ladysmith. says: 1T is
''oe mat Gen. Butler crossed al a
y eooye richards drift. and that,
.ls me enemy 10 the right ne IS
sang TO Acton Homes. whence the
NJ 70 Lalysmith runs almost due
through fairly open country. II
,.APy,,ed here that he will reach
a. '. aAh tomorrow Monday night"
Lls other hand. dispatches from
~! t''il1n rather indicate that the ad-
~. 10 operation by reporting
w hnng on Friday ana SaturdeV
hi 60 oe directions Of Potgieters drift
e. u1palch TO the Daily Chronicle
hi. a..1ysmlth, dated yesterday.
a report has reached us thar
iSisaue mas crossed the Tugela."
|g ~ nom Head lager Lady,
Z go. ma, says. with the excen-
nj ~ s,., eestl!Iofy shots from Long
,,-., s..eiIylhlng is quiet. Boers with
h,s.4 ron The Vryheld district at
ri Ia. vac Ngutu Magstracy zulu
,,.a.uaiy Sst and captured the
|,y,,~s, a's ana eleven white and thir-
M. ~ .oiored police. their horses sio
,,,-..enu much Ammunition. The
$50 We're sent 10 Pretoria
Nav ' s--l, camp, at 9,35 o'clock Sat
- -, e,ehlhg, reported The Boers
b., IN !, me hills on several souad-
|,s,6n9a1,,'D mounted infantry, who were
h, +, ' ~ They continue 10 ear
las, -e srass on the left a. Mount
h, p, .s order 10 destroy the cover ~
b.. ,lush troops and Ia Snsbie ,Sa
~ 70 See The advance " '''aoie the
|ggBe, . w" Iealanders. Remington
ns3s 40 a squadron OF NE guards
o. Inn, weep of several miles along
tl,k bso urgent to the Bri5rh right
i,;s o oeal hensburg Saturday One
n, r.. upled by Beers were rushnI
ur,, clearing out amer q s,a u,sn 'u'
1a9sd S. rs New Zealander was
atsaled ,S Suall parties In the distance
l.i'sd '"ene'er British horses an
lat Rob.9.iiaee has received this from
i.ly lb. s's dated Capetown' Feb
In - ~. Nafeklng well an Jsrro 49,
rsi batter. extended toward 10
nortbe5n Enemy now pushing back
4s Wen southern aud western
.,hsngs IN V ny. OF rife FIRE. Otherwise
.Nt l.aHHr.-. 'ti'lls
s,,s5lay on Jsnu'aI.. New Boshof read
-th he sslS 'SS ia sSth, a telegram
.'t Rober,s- ne mad lust received:
sls been Z pus prisoner. Gen. Bul.
ellsA have hllied Nine thousand
.'e The p, g,n Killed and 1000 cap
q saturday crush also lost eight guns
,,'i'ersnt 's !, Personally supervised the
ga seoo,a, i NE army across he nv NJ