The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-02

NChu, The dispatches Of Lord Rob
erts. dated Monday and Tuesday show
thar the Boer rear guard, stubborny
resisting his advance, forced. the Brit
ish on Saturday ana Sunday to act
chiefly on the defensive. General
French, Who is directing The operations.
has at least 15.OG9 men. Some estimates
give him $4,000. The Beers are esti-
mated TO be at least 5000 strong, and
possibly 10000
According TO a dispatch from Pre-
t0rIa, dated April Is. they were expect
ing TO give battle and have numerous
artillery SO long as the Beers engage
the attention OF half of Lord Roberts
1orce at Ihaba NChu, his advance to-
ward Pretoria vii! be delayed. No one
here, however, considers that General
BGJha viii be able 90 stand longer than
few days. The feeling is that he
must be beaten OFT bv the masses Of
Lord Roberts
The Beers attacked the British out
posts at Boshof. the headquarters of
Lord Methuen, on April 2S, but without
result. The British suns al Warrenton
sheiied the Beers out of their half-con-
srTucted trenches Sunday.
A native runner got through from
Mafeking to Cntsie, siXty-one miles
north, on April =. with dispatches for
nearly all the London dailies T1at TO
the Morning Post says: We can stick
out for two months or more. Nobody
minds"
Colonel Plumer, who appears 60 have
been reinforced lately by more Rhodes
ians, seems TO be advancing again.
Locusts For Food
a dispatch to the Times from Mafe-
king, dated april 80, says: a side
light is thrown upon the hungry COndi-
ton of the garrison by the fact that
the united efforts Of the whites and
natives have recently been devoted to
c5tehing a swarm Of l0custs which
passed over the town"
The -BlCemfOnteiu correspondent Of
The Times, telegrdphng Monday, says.
The fighting at Thaba N'Chu Is of a
deGultOry nature. The whole front is
now GO be swept by mounted troops.
preparatory to q definite forward
movement, for which the forces may
now be termed organized.
A British accommodating party fell
into The hands Of the Beers near
WindsOrt0n
The war Office has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from General Roberts:
BlOemfOnJein. May Ian Hamil-
ton marched yesterday i'm a northerly
direction from Thaba N'Chu with a
body Of mounted infantry and Smith
DoTrian's brigade of Clements divi-
sion. At Hautney he found himself
opposed by a strong force commanded
b. General BOtha in person. Rein
forceneuts reached this force du-in=
tGe dag and I directed French 10
strengthen him during the night from
Thaba N'Chu.
Beer Numbers Decreasing.
This he was able TO do, az the NUM-
Der uf Beers in the neighborhood Of
Thaba N'Chu had considerably de-
creased. In addition 10 these troops
Hamilton should be reinforced CuUin=
the day by BT5adWoOd's cavalry and
Bruce-tdamiItOn' infantry brigade.
Hamilton mentioned that his cas-
ualties yesterday were about thirty.
.Aiaxwelfs brigade OF the Seventh
division yesterday occupied NlakSOn-
tors and SchWaskraal. row Of kOpies.
without meeting with opposition. but
the mounted infantry were engaged
for some hours"
A dispatch from Mafeking. dated
april 20. says, The Beers nave been
busy for several days blowing up the
railway southwards. There was little
firing during the past week.
The town viii respond cheeTfulIy
10 Lord Roberts request to hold out
for another month. Fever is rife, but
otherwise the health of the garrison is
good, and all are Well"
The following dispatch has been sent
BY LORD Roberts 10 the war office;
Beers Persistent Attacks.
"BlOemfontein. Anri 30.-The Beers
made Vers persistent attacks around
Thaba NChu Saturday and Sunday.
but the position which the Eighth
G3undle's) division holds is strong and
he had the assistance of GordOn's and
DicksOnS brigades. the cavalry under
French and Smith DOrrien's infantry
brigade and a body Of mounted infant
~ under Ian Hamilton. Pole-CareW' s
division returneI from DeweUsdCrp
yesterday
Lord Roberts also reports additional
Casualties sustained during the fighting
Of April q around Thaba NChu. con
sistius Of Lieutenant GeaFy and two
enlisted men killed and one officer and
three enlisted men wounded.
Ale accounts tell of much artillery
firing, with scarcely any casualties. It
Is hardly likely that two such forces
can much longer patiently face each
Other without more stirring occur
Teuecs. General Brabants column is
expected TO join General French short
" A number ~ Beers are reported to
have been seen retiring north, but this
i5 scarcely authoritative.
Stringent measures are being adopt
eg 20 prevent the BOer gueTilas from
securing supplies from other centers.
The little news from ThaDa NChu is
absorbing all interest. The Cape par
lament has besn summoned for
Tune %.
General White Decorated.
At the conclusion of General Sir
George Whites visit 10 Windsor today
Queen Victoria decorated the defender
IF Ladysmith with the cross and star
IF the ROYAL Victorian order. Her
majesty and the soldier had a lengthy
conference.
1t is learned that the queen vas
more angry than Tor years over the
publication Of the Saion kop dispatch.
A special disDateh from Cape Town
snder tOday's date says that Secretary
3eitz IF she south African republic de
saTed TO recent visitor at Pretoria
hat not ualy would every Englishman
D. cleared out Of the state. bat ALSO
svery American. German or any nan
II other nationality VINO was not nre-
larcd to shoulder MaUser and fight
or the country
Was Terrific Commandment
Lady Sarah Wilson. telegIaphing
rom Aafeking- April 70, saws: The l
Investment Is 50 close that no runners
ave entered or issued forth for ten
lays. There was q terrific lombard /
nenl on ApTil IT, bat with the exaep- !
ion Of destfoysuE some houses. it was
gaTmless. The Beers then made a &C.
ermined attack on the sou thwestsrn /
orts which were success sfully Re
lulsed.
aThe Beers haze formed a new
aager on the sou Many horses a-e
wing Of horse nckness. Trees are I
icing cut down fuel.