Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-05
ll[Rs BEATEN IN
CAPE COLONY.
,,,,i.i, Drive Them t t'o" Three
'a .'.,,i,,, After Hard Fighting
| ,,grs RETIRING NORTH
80, ,o continued Dillon o"
'" . s'r ,gnin. Sou h Africa
''', '.,a,p,. Of the struggle
,r..,v pIspateles.l

rarly plspatelesl
!. march 5.-sssncer wilkinson
ISn', Morning rOst today merely re- =.
b The y. sS' mali events announced IN
Se' '. u, I ON the front, and ex-
o 'i'' NV ooIulon that the Beers can
Fssss' . -" more than 10000 men 10 op'
y ' Lord roberts, except by %, : s c0"a.
without that the Beers must u, N, ,Se
VIZ" ',rong rearguards, one al .ne
10 spV .sa Free state passes ana the
rs" 7, ri R,searsburg. Gen. Butler Is
ahs' . Nam and can threaten either
w. y. sl'cretlon. He can, therefore
ns Nom TO keep a disproporIiona'e
a'p'' :. ,bs Two lines. or leave one or
~ M, open TO his advance.
d QUIZ ,s Kim Post has the following
lns SV ,rnm Osiontein. dated March
.sA' .Gsn French made a reeohhois-
". ,osay and encountered tls en-
Af.s 'y ssSe They were occupying a
eng " ..a sT kopje. Shots were ex-
as s,sS a Boer gun replying
BoERs ARE BEATEN
,...,ob from pordrecht, Cape COL
Aa sapntay March ith, says; Gen.
Sl ~ colonial division, after q
s',u'r ,ssyrh attacked the Beers ID a
ls.' n rosIilon at Ia Buchagnes Mex,
s'i ne rroad from Dordreeh' 10 JAMES,
ga. engagement proceeded with
.% ,,sor ana the Beers gradually re-
.oi hssore the British shell fre' from
w ", Raw rife fire was exchanged
,Ss British engaged the Beers
= ~ rIght flank. The Beers nave hau
!, 81 guns IN action. ns...,,
ls,sr dispatch from Dordrecnt'
~ sunday evening, says Gen
o.',s,ts advance today was most sat
ls.e.asr After marching and biyou--
..slrs oycr night. the force reaened
~ s'orgly intrenched positions when
~ serlpied and now hold, the Beers
- IAN an he opposite hill. The British
IN ,.raln tonight In the captured po-
',l,ss although the Beers brought two
~. n,o action and made determined
So, 10 retake them. The British
k,ss ere six killed ana eighteen
v.iniei. ,>,,,s
pr majesty has abandoned her in
.-,ej visit to the Italian Riviera ana
\. decided 10 remain at home.
ssvsud The signs OF a general retreat
~. Roers throughout Cape Colony,
4, little news from the front. Lord
isas IN his dispatches to the war
rsthus far published, says little, but
Alundoubtedly active In some dlrec-
r =,
NJ var office has received the fol-
tvre dispatch from Lord Roberts,
tpiosonteln, Sunday, March ithl
Gen cronje, on behalf OF his party,
I'd conmandant Wolmarans. on be-
ks q 1000 other prisoners, asked the
British officers to thank me for the COM
sl.ratlun and kindness with which
Gsy have been treated.
Gen. Clements reports that his ad-
uhsed troops hold Achterlang and that
nfEay communication would be
ytned 10 Jouberts siding tonight. The
smy Is sill In force at Noryalspont
taigt
Gen Gatacre says the number OF
Btn at stormberg Is daily diminish'
hg
Ccl Baden. Powell reports that all
Hs fell 81 Mafeking, and that the en-
snys activity was being met with
Slal activity on the part Of the de-
lihisN.
The position Is unchanged al Osfon-
pn, except that frequent heavy show
N have materially improved grazing
. The benefit OF the horses and trans
pm animals"
KINDNESS OF BoERs.
A dispatch from Colesberg, dated
sunday, March 4th, says: "A recon-
ioaanoe with two troops OF Australl-
lrs and two guns found the wagon
Nige over the Orange river intact,
my Beers, on the other side, were ia
"a BY surprise, and the British gal
,.ped 10 the lager, some miles on the
nee state side. Prices command has
moved seven miles north OF Colesberg
lhe hoefs during their occupation. de-
,ea themselves rather than see the
0rtsh wounded suffer"
.AeVces from Bloemfontein, o. F. s.,
mar March End, via Lourenzc
Marques, March srd, say: "'rhe fed
'ias nave resolved TO abandon terri
%! around Rensburg. and the retreat
"a oten Effected under the protection
amounted burghers. Ii Is officially an
co.heed that on February eth Gen
uuNegith from 1000 20 5000 men, sur
nnorfed, owing 10 scarcity OF food and
ssaauhiIion. The president (Kruger)
Mdlng a stirring address to the
a.'shers IN Natal, who are falling back
y S1ggarhurg. The president will re.
~ % Pretoria Sunday"
me onsland, the organ OF the Afrl.
naseFound, says. "The Beers viii nov
II-nne themselves 10 the defensive
"@naVnlng an offensive policy"
THE NEXT STAND.
7. a clspateh 10 the Times from onston.
~, Gated March End, dtates on TN,
n. ''saslne difficulty Of telegraphIng q:
w. army advances through the enemy'l
MI The correspondent SAYS
,s.c'age for horses Is almost unobtain,
me whereabouts Of the enem,
nv, NV exactly known. but the mobil,
,,, rs''neees are lowering around GU
~. We anticipate opposition a
n. saaihs kraal, thirty miles cas- 20
,c,.,,sseotrg, where Gen. Joubert is re
q AT eolIectlng a force from the who'll
r,,s sas Labyrinth forces. with IN,
s,ss,'-slern Free Staters. Presiden
Az, snlVel az the Boer camp a
r,ins hraal on the morning o
br,.sey 9Th and harangued IN
Mo- exhorting them to remembe
49, and TO deliver Cronie.r
"a, ssans Kraat as shown in IN,
ko,tss -''e maps, is a group OF thre
gn,i, situated at the junction o
ana,,lp'ult With Modder river. II /
M ~ a POINT Of concentration whiol
Hrss 80 could make exceedingl,
tliI,v !, ~, after the proofs Of the mo
nayh, y, lne army Of Lord Roberts, 1
snar,,1 supied whether they will max,
vance ;, serious attempt TO bar his ad
ope. s,lass.a feature OF all the recen
ben ~ az the theaier OF war ha
force. eelive employment Of coIonia
the pob .n'oh Is IN marked contrast Il
tho vi y.aey adopted al the beeinnlne a
dscldsS The Australian colonies hay
Ca 70 Provide tha . roa 49,, ~.