The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-01

ute not man was left standing. It
seemed to me that the brave company
OF fusihers was aunihiiatsd-
Shortly afterwards. however.
could see some Of them move, then rise,
and finally walk quietly to the rear,
taking cover. The supporting COM
pany was also cut UP, but not so Sc
verely.
Boer Position UnassaiIabIe.
1.-THE Beers are placed on high. IN
assailable kOpjes, and il would take ten
times their numbers to carry these pO-
sitions successfully. The kOpjes com
mand the railway from Colenso to
Ladysmith, and a real right flank at
tack is rendered impossible. owing to q
high and precipitOus ravine, which
opens upon the Tugela, while the left
is 100 open and void Of cover and can
not be seriously considered as a means
Of assault.
''The Beers and British fraternized
during yesterdays armistice. 1t is re-
ported that 1900 Beers have left the
vicinity Of LadysmiJh for Dundee
Winston Churchill, in a dispatch
from COlensO, dated Tuesday, SAYS:
1.-THE condition Of the wounded who
were unattended on the hillside Sun
day was so painful that General Bull
Ter sent a flag Of truce to the enemy,
and it was arranged that throughout
Sunday military movements 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 repuIsed. Fighting con-
tinUes vigorously We shall see who
can stand 'bucketing' best, the BritOn
or the Boer.
Beers Use Illegal Bullets.
Mr.. Churchill goes on to say that
there is abundant proof Of the Beers
using a large proportion Of illegal bull
lets, no fewer than five different kinds
Of exploding or expanding bullets hav-
ing been found. He also asserts that
the Beers are employing armed RdffirS,
and he adds:
I have always tried TO be fair to-
ward the Beers, but after making every
allowance it must be said that they
show, when in distress, a very dark.
cruel and vengefu underside Of char
acter"
A dispatch to the Times from Colenso
says: Before Sundays armiStice many
Of the British wounded had been left
out for thirty-six hours. The Beers
gave them water"
The military critic of the Times,
dwelling UDon the difficulties facing
General Butler. says: Although his
progress has not been SO great as
earlier reports had led US to expect. the
sacrifices his force has made already
have been great. The country is ex-
Z actly adapted TO the tactics Of a te-
naciOus rear guard. and if the Beers
! continue their resistance with the skill
I and stubbOrnness hitherto shown.
many difficulties remain to be sur
mounted"
According to a special dispatch from
Cape Town, dated Feb. p. Lord Kitcll
ener is at Arundel, the Beers are re-
firing to NorvalspOnt, and all is quiet
at StOrmberg.
Beers Angry at CrOnje.
In a dispatch from Paardeberg. dated
Tuesday, Feb. q, a staff correspondent
says: "On my first visit TO General
CronJeS camp, 1 was admitted inside.
even before the British guard. At
every ten PAGES came upon the swOl-
len carcasses of horses or mules faint
ing the air. Il seems impossible that
thousands could have endured such a
frlghIful stencil. The river banks were
hoDeycombed with trenches such as
had never been seen before in warfare.
These We're really underground dwell
ings. Unless a she'll were to drop
straight down into the opening. it
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
drop Of spirits in the lager. Every
countenance showed joy at 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