The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-22

London, April Dispatches arriv-
ing from the seat of war, though mea-
ger and unsatisfactory, clearly indicate
renewed activity at all points where
the British and Boer forces ere III strik-
ing distance of each other. Interest
for the moment centers at Dewetsdorp
and Wepener, where fighting evidently
is in progress.
A dispatch received from AIiwal
North, dated April q. says that there
was heavy firing on the previous day
between Dewetsdorp and Wepener and
around Wepener on Saturday, but that
no particulars have been received.
A special dispatch from Maseru, dat
ed Saturday, says: The investment of
Wepener continues. The Beers seem
determined to do their utmost to cap
ture the garrison before relief arrives.
Severe fighting appears imminent"
The activity of the Beers at Glands
laagte apparently has failed to draw
General Butler, if that was it's object,
into doing more than repel the attaC[
made on his advance posts.
A dispatch from WarrentOn, dated
Saturday, says: There has been inter-
mittent and ineffective sniping by the
Beers, who also fired a few shells, both
during the day and the night at the
station, the past two days"
Beers Attack Convoy.
A special dispatch from Swartzkop.
JOsfOntein, dated April q, says: This
morning 1900 Beers made a determined
attack on a convoy returning to Bos-
hof. The British succeeded in repuls-
ing the attack and their fire became so
heavy and we'll sustained that the
Beers fell back with considerable loss
The British casualties wer sixteen
killed and wounded. The convoy
reached BOshof safely"
The war office ras received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Lord Roberts:
"Bloemfontein, April 21-Rundle's
force came in contact with the enemy
yesterday four miles southwest Of
Dewetsdorp. They occupied strong DO
sitions covering the town. The yeo-
many and mounted infantry seized
another position, which enabled Run
die to drive the enemy off and occupy
the high ground the enemy had been
holding.
.Rundle advanced this morning early
and 3 now again engaging with the
enemy. Our casualties yesterday were
two men severely wounded and Lieu
tenant O'ConnOr and seven men
slightly wounded
Women Among Prisoners
A letter from a nurse in a hospital
at Cape Town corroborates an unpleas-
ant feature Of the war. The writer
says the medical officers, for sanitary
reasons, forced a number of BOer pris-
OnerS to battle in the river behind the
hospital Two Of them absolutely re-
fused to strip, and when forced to do
so. it was found they were women in
mems clothes. The writer adds:
quite a number of dead on the bat
tlehelds have been found TO be women
similarly disguised, and worse than all,
it has often been these women who
killing the wounded"
General Chermsides' and General
Rundle'S divisions were only twenty
miles from Wepener Friday. so unless
unforeseen difficulties arise they should
lOnial force which is besieged. and by
tomorrow have accomplished its relief,
the two divisions being overwhelmingly
superior to the Boer forces.
AS the governor of the Free State,
Major General Prettyman, is organic
ing a corps of mounted police and di-
vfding the country into sections, to be
administered by commissions, probably
army officers.
The law journal says a special court
viii be constituted for the trial of reb-
els in South Africa. of which the lord
chief justice, Baron Russell of KillO-
wen, will be a member.